Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
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Artist: Miles DavisBrand: Columbia
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2002-08-20
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Shhh/Peaceful - Davis, Miles
- In A Silent Way - Davis, Miles
Music reviews of In a Silent Way
Music Review: ....Jazz's very own "Chill-Out" Masterpiece!!!
Rating: 5 Stars
For a artist that has produced something in the region of 70+ Albums, and amongst that high volume of studio/Live albums, are some of the most inspired & Defining albums that Jazz music has to offer. So how do you go about picking the best of his work??......Well, firstly, do you have both "Sketches of Spain" & "Kind of Blue"..??, if not....then you need to stop reading this review and add those two albums to your 'Miles Davis' shopping list. Now I'm not saying that "Sketches of Spain" & "Kind of Blue" are the absolute best albums Miles Davis has ever made (Miles enthusiast's & Purists, will probably argue that's not the case). But what nobody can argue against is the fact that they are both not only perfect starting points for beginners & first time listeners, but also no real Miles Collection, can really be called "Complete" without them......so, have you got those albums now??, great!!....now we'll begin.
In a silent Way, is a perfect synthesis of Miles fusing Jazz, with the soothing and intimate solitude of warm electronics (Organ, Guitar), It almost feels like a wordless subtle folk album, that have been marvellously brought up to date for a more broad-minded audience. It's an album that's broken down into two distinct parts, with "Shhh/Peaceful" being the more reflective and intimate of the two pieces, it's truly amazing how the warmth of "Joe Zawinul's" organs creates a mood, in which there isn't a melody as such, not even a melodic frame as such by which everything musically hangs from, it's more a creating of ambiance and shimmering sounds. There are nothing more than grooves layered on top of another set of grooves which create dream like passages over which Miles contributes fragments of trumpet, to emphasise the mood. For me, this is Miles at some of his most restrained & delicate, and It's Miles and McLaughlin, sparing performances that seems to connect, breathing delicately from the trumpet entering into a level of hushed phrases and passages. The groove here is one, that this is dark & smoky, but never in a menacing or ominous way, it's probably has more right, as music to chill/ unwind to, as a Jazz music has any right to. As expressive as the finest electronica, and as graceful as the most beautiful ambient music, this has to be (in my humble opinion), some of the most affecting & articulate instrumental music ever.
"In a Silent Way", (Part two), although not quite a complete U-Turn in dynamics, feels more lively and the performances here are more invigorated, although not to the point of losing the subtlety of whats trying to be achieved here, more that (with the superb intergration of guitar), it gives the music a more open quality, like a piece of music with has no strict boundaries, yet feels coherent, with keyboards swelling to fill the gaps in the instrumentation perfectly and Dave Holland's paces everything along. When the first round of solos ends, and it remains arguably as soothing as the first half of the disc, just in a more engaging way, as the use of electric instruments feel more utilised here, to magnificent effect. And the way that the band swells in orchestration and then takes the tune and brings it down the barely more than a whisper with ethereal organ fading in and out of silence, is on occasion breathtaking.
For me (Personally), I have to say that this truly is one of the most breathtaking Jazz albums, I've had to pleasure to sit through. Nobody's saying for a minute that this is the best Jazz (or indeed Miles Davis) album, ever made. No, what I'm trying to convince you of, is the fact that this is a Jazz album, that is so utterly stepped in gentle ambience and downtempo moods, that it shows that not all music that could be considered "Chill-out" has to be from the Electronica Genre. Its manages to maintain that element of groove and toe-tapping rhythm, that only the best Jazz Music can invoke in a listener, but it's mood is so subtle & considered that it's more a rare form of contemplative mood music than it is Jazz. Sure, It goes without saying that Miles Davis fans (either Casual / Hardcore / Passing / general fans), must have this breath-taking effort in their collection. But I'd even go say far as to extend this recommendation to anyone that is either into Ambient, downtempo instrumental music, or Chill-out Electronica....that wants to try something a little different, as they really should allow themselves to sample this album, and I truly can't argue the case for this incredible album strongly enough.
Description of In a Silent Way
Japanese reissue of the late jazz great's 1969 album originally released on Columbia. Remastered & packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. 2000 release.Miles Davis's famous mid-1960s quintet, featuring saxophonist Wayne Shorter and pianist Herbie Hancock, was intact until just a few weeks before his new, electric ensemble recorded In a Silent Way. Legendary as a kind of line in the sand challenging jazz fans during the ascendance of electric, psychedelic rock, In a Silent Way hinted at the repetitive polyrhythms Davis would employ throughout the early 1970s. It also partook generously of electric piano and bass and rekindled the tonal palette that Davis had explored famously with Kind of Blue. But In a Silent Way remains a clearly electric jazz record, part ambient color exploration, part rock-inflected energy and vibe, and part outright maverick creativity. Davis takes many long, breathy solos, and they glisten in a burnished blue against his new group's strange admixture of musical moods. --Andrew Bartlett
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