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

[Dan Van Landingham]

I had "Sketches of Spain" several years ago and I did find it rather boring.I gave it to a friend of mine.The
Miles stuff I had from '51 and '53 were from an old 10" LP.I had it on a cassette I recorded years ago.I
remember the tracks of "The Blue Room":one track of was strictly Miles and he didn't sound good at all.
The other was a combo version that had a nice Rollins solo.It sounded like an overdub to me.When I got
I got out of high school back in '70,"Bitches Brew" was popular and I had a 45 of it I acquired somehow.
I couldn't get into it either. 



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From: Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
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Sent: Sat, March 13, 2010 10:50:54 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Miles Davis etc [was Thelonious Monk [was Leonard Feather's Inside Jazz]]

Bertrand CHAUMELLE wrote:
> What about "Kind Of Blue" ? It's Coltrane, it's studio and it's more 
> than OK !!
> 
> "Porgy and Bess" and "Sketches of Spain": ditto. The covers are better 
> than anything on gloomy Blue Note.
> 
> Cannonball a 'disgrace' ? You must be kidding, Julian.
> 
> But don't worry, that's only my opinion, and France isn't part of the 
> www, AFAIK
> 
> BC ;o))
=======================
"Kind Of Blue" is OK, but I don't consider it the classic that others 
do. "Porgy and Bess" and "Sketches of Spain" were both boring records 
along with the rest of the Davis-Evans stuff for Columbia, poor 
definition of full of overdubs. I've tried listening to them over half a 
century, and can't warm to them.

As I said I've heard better Cannonball Adderley. I heard him in person 
in, I think, 1958 with JATP alongside Benny Carter, and I was more 
impressed by Adderley--he had a fuller tone than Carter's watery one. 
It's just that he wasn't up to the job with Davis, his solos are full of 
quotes and changes of direction. His playing is a serious blemish on 
"Kind Of Blue". At other times he seems to be aping Coltrane. The album 
wasn't that well recorded either.

      Julian Vein


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