JohnS Posted July 30, 2004 Report Posted July 30, 2004 Much more than just a take on electric Miles? Good to hear Leo Smith at length, even through the wa-wa device. Quote
John B Posted July 30, 2004 Report Posted July 30, 2004 from the cuneiform website: "Among the giants enthroned in jazz’s pantheon, no one made as big, as broad, as bad-boy brazen of an impact on popular music in many manifestations – jazz, rock and improvisation - as Miles Davis. At the same time, he pioneered new routes for rock. The innovations Davis made in both jazz and rock spawned immediate followers in his time, and continue to infuse and energize the music of today. But even during the revival that began in the 1990s, "… only one band has had the courage to throw itself full bore into the thorniest Davis era, the mid-'70s years when he created a dark, dangerous, haunting, ecstatically wondrous body of music that no one has ever attempted to duplicate."(San Francisco Chronicle). That band is Yo Miles! Yo Miles! was formed in 1998 to explore, expound and expand on Davis’ mid-70s electric music. For Sky Garden, Yo Miles!’s 2nd recording and 1st release on Cuneiform, Kaiser and Smith have assembled an all-star cast culled from both the jazz and rock communities. The lineup here includes Smith on trumpet; Kaiser, Mike Keneally and Chris Muir on electric guitars; Michael Manring on bass; Steve Smith on drums; Karl Perazzo on percussion; Greg Osby (alto) and John Tchicai (tenor and soprano) on saxophones; and Tom Coster on percussion. It also features special guests Zakir Hussain on tabla, Dave Creamer on guitar, and the ROVA Sax Quartet. This set is about equally split between Miles' compositions and original compositions in the electric Miles style. The group’s studio performance at The Site was recorded live, directly to a stereo DSD (Direct Stream Digital) recorder. The result is a set of two hybrid SACDs (Super Audio CDs, a new technology for enhanced audio quality) playable in either an SACD player or on a standard CD player." Quote
John B Posted July 30, 2004 Report Posted July 30, 2004 I'll definitely be picking up this set. The first release by Yo Miles! is a lot of fun. This weeks Boston Phoenix has an article on this set, the Kabell box and the new Springheel Jack disc, all featuring Wadada. Boston Phoenix article Quote
Claude Posted July 30, 2004 Report Posted July 30, 2004 I have it. It's a departure from the Miles-pastiche of their first CD, which is also titled "Yo Miles". I prefer the first album for it's straightforward rhythms and the intense solos. http://www.mp3.com/albums/319940/summary.html http://www.mp3.com/albums/633203/summary.html Quote
couw Posted August 1, 2004 Report Posted August 1, 2004 FYI & FWIW Yo Miles Live at Filmore, in .shn format (haven't heard this). Quote
Claude Posted August 1, 2004 Report Posted August 1, 2004 (edited) This concert (released by Henry Kaiser himself) is great stuff. Very good sound too. Yo Miles! Fillmore Auditorium San Francisco, CA 03/04/00 SBD->48kDAT Master->48kDAT->ZA2/resample->CDR->EAC->SHN This show was originally released by Henry Kaiser to www.philzone.com as a tree seed. You couldn't ask for a better sounding recording, aside from it also being one of the most amazing and intense concerts I have ever seen.... steve@mojo-it.com Disc I SetI 1. Intro by Henry Kaiser 2. Hollywood/Big Fun 3. Moja-NNE 4. Wadada and Karl duo -> 5. Right Off (Funk Line) -> 6. Right Off (J.J. Shuffle Rhythm) -> 7. Yesternow -> 8. Corrado Disc II 1. Drums/Percussion Jam -> 2. Bitches Brew 3. Sax Quartet: Little Church/Sivad -> 4. Agharta Prelude SetII 5. Calypso Frelimo -> 6. Star People -> 7. Calypso Frelimo Disc III 1. Jam -> 2. Miles Dewey Davis III-Great Ancestor 3. Improv Jam -> 4. Black Satin 5. Manring Solo/Nefertiti -> 6. Ife -> 7. Great Expectations -> 8. Maiysha -> 9. Ife 10. Wili (For Dave) Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet Henry Kaiser - guitar Michael Manring - bass Chris Muir - guitar Steve Kimock - guitar Bruce Ackley - sax** Steve Adams - sax** Jon Raskin - sax** Larry Ochs - sax** Tom Coster - keyboard Steve Smith - drums Karl Perazzo - percussion **-Rova Sax Quartet If you are not familiar with SHN files: - Get the Winamp plugin to listen to the files on your PC: http://wiki.etree.org/index.php?page=ShnAmp - Get the Softsound converter to make WAV files, that can then be burned to audio CDs or compressed to MP3: http://www.softsound.com/Shorten.html Edited August 1, 2004 by Claude Quote
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