Miles Davis Poll: Early 60s Transitional Years

Wow @ Geir. I think that was the most challenging opinion ever, except that it was probably totally sincere.

I picked Someday My Prince Will Come

"Someday My Prince" will come. His last really good album until "Tutu".

haha - good old geir...no thread's complete without a deliberately contrary geir opinion!

'someday' is one of the first miles records i ever bought so i have a sentimental connection to this one.

i vote prince just cause i love how jazz cats take these totally gay broadway/disney tunes and turn them into something that's actually really great to listen to, and "someday my prince will come" is a prime example of that.

Seven Steps to Heaven and Joshua are really amazing tunes. Weird to think Victor Feldman turned down joining Miles Davis group on piano and later on did percussion work for Steely Dan. Small town. Jazz is like that though, as who knows how things go if Hancock doesn't end up in Miles group.

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I was a BIG fan of The Complete Concert -- My Funny Valentine/Four & More. The version of MFV is the bee's knees -- especially that bent note Miles puts on in the intro. Plus, George Coleman acquits himself rather well.

I think George Coleman had a bad situation, not many can fall into a group inbetween John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter and not seem like a step back. Four & More is a fine record. The version of So What on that record really grooves.

george coleman is great!

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Don't know any of these except Quiet Nights which would appear to be the worst, so I need to catch up: currently obsessed with the second quintet, so I need to see how he got there.

I think George Coleman had a bad situation, not many can fall into a group inbetween John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter and not seem like a step back. Four & More is a fine record. The version of So What on that record really grooves.

I love the bit in Miles' autobiography about Miles walking offstage after his solo and Tony saying to him, "Take George with you." And George playing "out" one night to fuck with Tony's head.

There was also something about the recording of Four & More/My Funny Valentine in that the intensity of the music was also tied that band was pissed as they got to the gig and found out they were not going to get paid as it was a benefit.

I just listened closely to Seven Steps for the first time last night. (I'm mostly a '67-'75 and live '80s guy.) Damn, that is some flat-out gorgeous music. I think that to me, that's his /prettiest/ album ever. (of the ones I've heard, that is, but I've heard most of them).