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Plus we get half 'Round About Midnight and Milestones, as well as works of jazz expertise So What, Blue in Green, and Someday My Prince Will Come. Miles Davis and John Coltrane, musically, were made for each other. Buy it today. Let's also not forget Straight, No Chaser, Milestones, 'Round Midnight and Bye Bye Blackbird. One already a legend, the other soon-to-be, this is a heckuva pair. Add Cannonball Aderly, Philly Joe Jones, Red Garland and Paul Chambers and you have the best ensemble jazz ever saw.
The only glaring bump in the buzz is that their wonderfully rendered "My Funny Valentine" is not on this compilation. Put some ice in the glass, mix yourself a cocktail, sit back with a companion, or by your lonesome and let the chords and groove chase your early morning blues out the door. This is nonetheless all good/BEK There are just certain times after midnight that nothing else will do but a Miles and Coltrane mixer. Like scotch and soda, gin and tonic, vodka and cranberry, these two just glide together.
As usual, therefore, it is not really a good idea to buy a selection, but that argument applies with the more force in this case because Davis, Coltrane, and their group left us SO MUCH of significance. The four stars is for the desirability of the record; the tracks deserve five stars without a doubt. -. So my advice is NOT to buy this if you feel you may very well want to buy more CDs of this group, and even if you haven't yet made up your mind that you will, it is, I feel, best to keep your options open from the start. In fairness to the music company, it must be said that the tracks chosen are NOT "below par", and they DO give an adequate impression of some of the best music performed by this extraordinary quintet. The trouble is, however, that anyone with any serious interest in Davis's music would, if buying just this record, soon want all of the CDs from which this selection has been taken.
I would wish that the Straight No Chaser master takes would be included, as well as Dolphin Street, because they are both essential to the master tenor sax and Miles Its great to hear them playing from GIllespie, its seriously good. Two jazz giants together, playing popular themes that everyone knows, it can't get much better. Miles and Coltrane really are great.
Keep yourself groovin' on the way to work with Best of Miles and John This collection features the most outstanding Trane solo on Someday My Prince Will Come, exceptional lyricism on Round Midnight and blazingly fast excitement on tracks such the rare alternate take of Sraight, No Chaser, a true American anthem. In a world of overpriced and mediocre music, Best of Miles Davis and John Coltrane is a shining light. Although I recommend the full set titled Miles Davis and John Coltrane: The Complete Columbia Recordings, a less expensive but still extroadinary album can be found in this product.
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