[78-L] Miles Davis etc [was Thelonious Monk [was Leonard Feather's Inside Jazz]]

[Julian Vein]

Dan Van Landingham wrote:
> I had some of those Miles Columbias and I just couldn't get into them.I'd like to get my hands on the stuff
> he recorded for Prestige between '51 and '53 with Sonny Rollins.
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Davis's best work during his Columbia period was on his live recordings, 
mainly with Coltrane (who, by 1959, was under contract to Atlantic and 
couldn't make studio sessions with Miles). Davis's Columbia work was OK 
(apart from Cannonball Adderley whose playing, frankly, was a disgrace, 
and sounded like a tipsy debutante with champagne bubbles up her 
nose--strange, because I've heard him play much better elsewhere), but 
tended to be on the "constipated" side--too much A&R'ing perhaps? I find 
a similar problem with Blue Note--too much supervision, and too much 
reliance on undistinguished "originals". The chords may have gassed the 
musicians, but they don't make for an attractive presentation. Prestige 
fared better by letting their artists get on with it. The material 
seemed to be superior too. The best thing about Blue Note was the album 
art work.

      Julian Vein


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