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

Julian Vein julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
Sat Mar 13 15:56:28 PST 2010


Dan Van Landingham wrote:
> 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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To be honest, most of the Miles I acquire is for the people with him. I 
stop after George Coleman, who plays the way Hank Mobley had wished he 
could. "Blue Room" is drab.

      Julian Vein


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