Poll: [SACD] Miles Davis - Kind of Blue [Archive] - SoundAndVision Magazine Forums

hoops

November 17th, 2004, 22:52

Rate this multi-ch SACD... 
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Deacon

November 18th, 2004, 00:42

foxman

November 18th, 2004, 11:57

I voted above average. I only have a limited experiance with Jazz in general and only own two of Miles Davis'' disks so for me to vote otherwise would be optamistic.

Shaggydawg

November 18th, 2004, 13:37

I love kinda of blue but the SACD version vs. the CD version? I just couldn't hear a sonic difference. I was hoping I would but I didn't. I voted 2 for kinda disapointed. (It may just be my system.) edit//This SACD isn't multichannel is it? Maybe I didn't get the right version?'/idealbb/images/smilies/15.gif'//edit

foxman

November 18th, 2004, 14:10

Yes it is Multi Channel, I have included in this reply a review of the disk and some other info for your reading pleasure. Miles Davis Kind Of Blue Compact Disc 1959 Genre Trumpet Label Legacy Recordings Distributor Sony Music Distribution UPC Code 7464649356 Producer Irving Townsend Engineer Fred Plaut; Robert Waller Release Date 11/30/99 Sound Format Multi # of Discs 1 Print Status In Print Similar Artists Allen, Carl, Getz, Stan, Golson, Benny, Henderson, Joe, Hubbard, Freddie, Monk, Thelonious, Olson, Byron, Parker, Charlie, Rowland, Dennis Personnel: Miles Davis (trumpet); Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (alto saxophone); John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Wynton Kelly, Bill Evans (piano); Paul Chambers (double bass); Jimmy Cobb (drums). Liner Note Authors: Robert Palmer; Nat Hentoff. Recording information: Columbia 30th Street Studios, New York (03/02/1959 - 04/22/1959). With BIRTH OF THE COOL, Miles Davis distilled a new tonal palette for jazz. As early as 1954, Miles reacted to the escalating chordal complexity of hard bop by fashioning an evocative blues based on a simple scalar pattern ("Swing Spring"). KIND OF BLUE was the ultimate fulfillment of this approach, with Miles providing his collaborators little more than outlines for melodies and simple scales for improvisation. By emphasizing the blues and the improvisor's melodic gifts, KIND OF BLUE precipitated a major stylistic development--modal jazz. Charles Mingus had experimented with pedal points throughout the 1950s, and the melodic freedom of Ornette Coleman's Atlantic sides was also predicated on freedom from chord changes. But KIND OF BLUE was to prove the most influential, enduring work of its kind. There was just such a vibe about these 1959 sessions--Miles' lyric genius and burgeoning stardom, the innovative voicings and rarefied touch of pianist Bill Evans, the electrifying presence of Coltrane and Cannonball--that some thirty-plus years after its initial release, KIND OF BLUE is still recognized as Davis' point of departure towards jazz's less-explored regions. Bill Evans' translucent chords and Paul Chambers' famous bass line herald the revolution that is "So What": Davis and Evans' taut, coiled lyricism stands in sharp relief to the saxophonists' labyrinthine elation. The fat, shimmering beat of the classic Evans/Chambers/Cobb rhythm team is an oasis of calm throughout the childish blues "Freddie Freeloader." Often credited to Davis, "Blue In Green" is an Evans masterpiece, in which the rhythmic oasis becomes a smoky mirage for Davis' minor reveries on muted horn. The waltzing "All Blues" is one of the smoothest, most swinging grooves in the history of jazz, while "Flamenco Sketches" reflects Miles fascination with the earthy melodies and brooding metaphors of the Iberian peninsula...a harbinger of his next masterpiece, SKETCHES OF SPAIN. KIND OF BLUE remains Miles Davis' most evocative piece of musical haiku.

GreatDane

November 18th, 2004, 20:50

<DIV>I like it very much for the music content alone...I thought it was stereo only also ??</DIV>

hoops

November 19th, 2004, 15:16

<DIV></DIV>Date:11/18/2004 5:50:26 PM Author:GreatDane 
<DIV>I like it very much for the music content alone...I thought it was stereo only also ??</DIV> 
 
No, it is definitely a multi-channel disc. It is a non-hybrid, however. I don''t know why Sony released so many non-hybrids when they were the ones trying to champion SACD for its hybrid capability.