Evolution of the Groove
Miles Davis
Engineer: Oren Karpovsky, Jason Dale, Neeraj Khajanchi,
Producer: Lenny White, Teo Macero, Pat Thrall, Charley Drayton, Vince Wilburn,Jr.
Legacy Recordings, 2007
1 CD
Catalogue #: 69699891522
EAN: 0696998915220
UPC: 696998915220
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Personnel: Miles Davis (trumpet); Doyle Bramhall II, Pat Thrall (guitar); David Creamer, John McLaughlin (electric guitar); Charley Drayton (6-string guitar); Khalil Balakrishna (electric sitar); Bennie Maupin (bass clarinet); Wayne Shorter, Carlos Garnett (soprano saxophone); Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (alto saxophone); John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Olu Dara (trumpet); Wynton Kelly (piano); Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett (electric piano); Geri Allen (Fender Rhodes piano); Herbie Hancock (Clavinet); Harold 'Ivory' Williams (organ); Michael Henderson (electric bass); Dave Holland, Habib Faye , Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Victor Bailey (bass guitar); Azize Faye, Vince Wilburn, Jr., Jack DeJohnette, Jimmy Cobb, Al Foster, Tony Williams, Billy Cobham, Billy Hart (drums); Ndongo Mbaye (talking drum); Badal Roy (tabla); Airto Moreira (percussion); Diego Carlin (keyboard programming); Erik Kussio, Todd Lea (drum programming); Patt Thrall (palmas).
Additional personnel: Nas (vocals); Carlos Santana (guitar).
Given the progressive trajectory of Miles Davis's career, and his genre-smashing tendencies, it's likely that if Miles Davis were alive today he'd be incorporating electronica and hip-hop into his jazz palette. The remix project EVOLUTION OF THE GROOVE imagines Miles in a contemporary context, taking classic Miles tracks and treating them with new production, beats, and overdubs from guest musicians including Nas, Carlos Santana, and others.
Nas's guest rap on "Freedom Jazz Dance" works surprisingly well, proving once again that Miles's music is so fluid and forward-thinking that it's adaptable to nearly any context. Elsewhere, Santana brings his soulful guitar work to "It's About That Time," and KIND OF BLUE's "Freddie Freeloader" gets a mid-tempo groove remix, but it's the dense, electronica re-visioning of "Honky Tonk" and "Black Satin," from Miles's electric period, that shine the brightest.
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Miles Davis
Few musicians have managed to change the course of music--trumpeter Miles Davis did it several times. An early disciple of Charlie Parker, Davis created an austere, understated approach that became the model for cool. His superb albums in the 1950s made him a star, and in the following decade, he brought small-group jazz to the limit before he unapologetically (and, for some, unforgivably) took on jazz-rock. After a break, he re-emerged in the '80s with a mixture of pop and dense, bristling funk. All the while, his refusal to follow anyone but his own muse made him both a hero and an enigma--either way, he was one of the most magnetic, influential figures in American music.
