i don't know, i think there is a pretty big difference. some of the tunes on the records are really complex, and they got to rehearse and do multiple takes. live, on the other hand, they stuck to the older Miles tunes and standards (and just played them really fucking fast and deconstructoid). that said, i like the studio records better, they're more musical and more interesting to my ears.
― Jordan, Monday, 10 December 2007 15:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Round About Midnight, mostly because a lot of the early stuff (pre-59) seems under-appreciated, but also because I've heard it a hundred times at parties and in coffee shops, and still put it on for an afternoon groove.
― abd tucker dummychuck, Monday, 10 December 2007 15:29 (sixteen years ago) link
One of the things I love on Plugged Nickel (and I guess other live stuff too) that I don't hear as much on the studio is Miles taking those extra-long pauses in the middle of his solos and letting the rhythm section fill everything in.
― Hurting 2, Monday, 10 December 2007 16:08 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm voting for W(or|al)kin'
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 10 December 2007 16:23 (sixteen years ago) link
COOKIN W/THE MILES DAVIS QUINTET
(really a tie between cookin/workin/steamin/relaxin; like one album in four installments) yup
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 10 December 2007 16:24 (sixteen years ago) link
workin' is my fave, so great
― Jordan, Monday, 10 December 2007 16:30 (sixteen years ago) link
My choice changes daily but today it's On The Corner (and I MUST get that new box set)...
― Dingbod Kesterson, Monday, 10 December 2007 16:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Man, looking at this list just reminds me of all the good stuff out there. Voted for "On the Corner" even though it makes me feel a bit like a johnny Come Lately hipster, but honestly of the half-dozen Miles albums I own, it's the only one I listen to. (Though the poll has inspired me to dig some stuff out, I think.)
― mitya, Monday, 10 December 2007 19:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Hurrah for that!
― Herman G. Neuname, Monday, 10 December 2007 19:59 (sixteen years ago) link
how did i not see this poll. awesome.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 10 December 2007 21:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
This is going to be pretty close I think with lots of votes across the board (as it probably should be). I do wonder if A Kind Of Blue will get the lurker vote though.
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 00:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Has anyone actually voted A Kind Of Blue?
Workin' for me.
― Billy Pilgrim, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 05:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Workin' for the weekend.
― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 06:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Workin' seems to have as many votes as In A Silent Way so far and more than Bitches Brew and A Kind Of Blue
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 09:18 (sixteen years ago) link
I think I'm more wondering what albums wont get voted for. There's so many great albums in that list that certainly deserve one vote.
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 11:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Tell that to the jazz drummers thread.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 11:41 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm the lurker vote, and I'm voting Porgy and Bess, as it's one of my favourite records ever. And also perfect.
Although I only own seven of these, and have only heard 11, so I may be missing out.
― Jamie T Smith, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 12:14 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, December 11, 2007 12:18 AM (18 hours ago) Bookmark Link
I did. Not because I like it more than In a Silent Way or On the Corner or Porgy and Bess or about four or five others (is nobody voting for Birth of the Cool?) But because being the cliche choice it is it's not going to get nearly the votes it deserves on ILM.
― The guy who just votes in polls, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 19:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, that's why I was asking. There's about a dozen albums or more that deserve 20 votes each! I'd hate AKOB in this and Head Hunters in the Herbie Hancock poll to get left out as clichéd choice (though H H did win the previous poll.)
I'm surprised at the lack of mentions for Birth Of The Cool too, It may not be one of my favourites but it is a landmark album.
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 19:10 (sixteen years ago) link
(unless it gets the lurker votes and wins haha)
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 19:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Birth of the Cool is great. altho Darn That Dream's vocal always irritated me.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 19:41 (sixteen years ago) link
i might vote for "miles smiles" or "ESP". musical equivalent of an eames lounge chair.
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 19:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Every album will get 1 vote each! (Hurrah!)
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 20:56 (sixteen years ago) link
I voted Miles Smiles just cause I spent a semester studying it and dug really deep into everybody's solos, really feel like I *get* it more than anything else on the list.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 21:41 (sixteen years ago) link
I still want to know if some of the stuff like Live in Tokyo is worth getting. Anyone?
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 21:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Live in Tokyo is wonderful, yeah. in a silent way gets my vote and is my desert island Miles if i *had* to pick one....but there are really a dozen i could pick
― outdoor_miner, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 21:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Tokyo's a strange one. The band actually seems to take fewer risks with Sam Rivers on board (though in this context, "fewer risks" is a relative term). Definitely worth it...better if you can spring for the Seven Steps box, which also has the phenomenal Antibes date.
― Sara Sara Sara, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 21:48 (sixteen years ago) link
I need to check that one out then too.
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 22:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Cool, thanks dudes.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 22:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't even know that it's close to being best but Ascenseur pour l'Échafaud has the dearest memories attached to it for me.
― Michael White, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 23:24 (sixteen years ago) link
shocker :)
― Jordan, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 23:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Brit ILXor inside baseball?
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 23:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Surprised On The Corner finished above others but a really good amount of votes. Steamin' deserved a vote but everything else did quite well considering. This is the perfect example where having votes ranked 1-10 would've been rewarding.
― Herman G. Neuname, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 00:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Motherfucker had a lot of good albums
― Hurting 2, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 00:13 (sixteen years ago) link
results not all that surprising
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 00:14 (sixteen years ago) link
A discography The Beatles could only dream of!!
― Herman G. Neuname, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 00:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Water Babies is pretty interesting.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 00:35 (sixteen years ago) link
somehow Live Evil is still underrated. I voted OtC, but it's only been in the last few years that LE wasn't my pick.
― Dominique, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 02:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Surprised On The Corner finished above others
dont be, ultimate rock crit dork choice
― deej, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 02:37 (sixteen years ago) link
dude
― Dominique, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 02:38 (sixteen years ago) link
im not saying its bad per se
(at least in that post)
― deej, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 02:46 (sixteen years ago) link
I had assumed that In A Silent Way was the ultimate rock crit dork choice - which is supported by the fact that I voted for it and that it won.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 03:03 (sixteen years ago) link
In A Silent Way is the "I've outsmarted the rock crit dork hivemind, oh wait, no I haven't" choice.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 03:06 (sixteen years ago) link
i dont know if 'in silent way' is musically rock crit dork enough. too much jazz
― deej, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 03:12 (sixteen years ago) link
I very nearly didn't outsmart the rock crit dork hivemind myself.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 03:23 (sixteen years ago) link
I did!
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 03:32 (sixteen years ago) link
"i dont know if 'in silent way' is musically rock crit dork enough. too much jazz"
I can sort of see this, but its relative structure makes it seem much more accessible than Bitches Brew or On the Corner, and that's speaking as someone who hardly knows any jazz.
If someone was coming from, say, a krautrock or post-rock angle (which is how i imagine a lot of rock crit dorks like myself probably come to these records) it's the one that make the most sense, I think...
― Tim F, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 03:33 (sixteen years ago) link