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The Complete in a Silent Way Sessions

Name: The Complete in a Silent Way Sessions by Miles Davis
Brand: Miles Davis
SKU: 886444518574
Price: 9.9 USD
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Rating: 5 (119 reviews)

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1969

3 Volumes

17 Tracks

03:30:21

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Mademoiselle Mabry (New Mix) View on Youtube

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Frelon Brun (New Mix) View on Youtube

05:37

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Two Faced (New Mix) View on Youtube

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Dual Mr. Tillman Anthony (New Mix) View on Youtube

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Splash (New Mix) View on Youtube

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Splashdown (New Mix) View on Youtube

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Ascent (New Mix) View on Youtube

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Directions I (New Mix) View on Youtube

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Directions II (New Mix) View on Youtube

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Shhh / Peaceful (New Mix) View on Youtube

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In a Silent Way (Rehearsal) (New Mix) View on Youtube

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In a Silent Way (New Mix) View on Youtube

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It's About That Time (New Mix) View on Youtube

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The Ghetto Walk (New Mix) View on Youtube

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Early Minor (New Mix) View on Youtube

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Shhh / Peaceful (LP Version) (New Mix)

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In A Silent Way / It's About That Time (LP Version) (New Mix)

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Listening to Miles Davis' originally released version of In a Silent Way in light of the complete sessions released by Sony in 2001 (Columbia Legacy 65362) reveals just how strategic and dramatic a studio construction it was. If one listens to Joe Zawinul's original version of "In a Silent Way," it comes across as almost a folk song with a very pronounced melody. The version Miles Davis and Teo Macero assembled from the recording session in July of 1968 is anything but. There is no melody, not even a melodic frame. There are only vamps and solos, grooves layered on top of other grooves spiraling toward space but ending in silence. But even these don't begin until almost ten minutes into the piece. It's Miles and McLaughlin, sparely breathing and wending their way through a series of seemingly disconnected phrases until the groove monster kicks in. The solos are extended, digging deep into the heart of the ethereal groove, which was dark, smoky, and ashen. McLaughlin and Hancock are particularly brilliant, but Corea's solo on the Fender Rhodes is one of his most articulate and spiraling on the instrument ever. The A-side of the album, "Shhh/Peaceful," is even more so. With Tony Williams shimmering away on the cymbals in double time, Miles comes out slippery and slowly, playing over the top of the vamp, playing ostinato and moving off into more mysterious territory a moment at a time. With Zawinul's organ in the background offering the occasional swell of darkness and dimension, Miles could continue indefinitely. But McLaughlin is hovering, easing in, moving up against the organ and the trills by Hancock and Corea; Wayne Shorter hesitantly winds in and out of the mix on his soprano, filling space until it's his turn to solo. But John McLaughlin, playing solos and fills throughout (the piece is like one long dreamy solo for the guitarist), is what gives it its open quality, like a piece of music with no borders as he turns in and through the commingling keyboards as Holland paces everything along. When the first round of solos ends, Zawinul and McLaughlin and Williams usher it back in with painterly decoration and illumination from Corea and Hancock. Miles picks up on another riff created by Corea and slips in to bring back the ostinato "theme" of the work. He plays glissando right near the very end, which is the only place where the band swells and the tune moves above a whisper before Zawinul's organ fades it into silence. This disc holds up, and perhaps is even stronger because of the issue of the complete sessions. It is, along with Jack Johnson and Bitches Brew, a signature Miles Davis session from the electric era. ~ Thom Jurek

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The Complete in a Silent Way Sessions

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Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 3

Volume 1

1. Mademoiselle Mabry (New Mix)

2. Frelon Brun (New Mix)

3. Two Faced (New Mix)

4. Dual Mr. Tillman Anthony (New Mix)

5. Splash (New Mix)

6. Splashdown (New Mix)

Volume 2

1. Ascent (New Mix)

2. Directions I (New Mix)

3. Directions II (New Mix)

4. Shhh / Peaceful (New Mix)

5. In a Silent Way (Rehearsal) (New Mix)

6. In a Silent Way (New Mix)

7. It's About That Time (New Mix)

Volume 3

1. The Ghetto Walk (New Mix)

2. Early Minor (New Mix)

3. Shhh / Peaceful (LP Version) (New Mix)

4. In A Silent Way / It's About That Time (LP Version) (New Mix)

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