Damn. That’s just wrong. I played this album in its entirety on tonight’s radio show (Friday, 4-21):
That’s Bitches Brew, which was the first slab of Miles Davis vinyl that I ever picked up.
I knew some of his work thanks to my dad (who was especially fond of his big band work with Gil Evans), had heard Sketches of Spain, and had seen him on various televised appearances in the 1980s (including one on SNL), but it was this particular album that just blew me away at the time. If I could only take a handful of albums to a desert island, this would top the list still. Eventually, as I grew bored of the whole punk/industrial scene, I’d start delving into Miles’ early to mid 1970s work (these days I’ve got a burgeoning collection of live bootlegs from that period) as well as his mid 1960s quintet recordings, and of course anything from back in the day with Trane.
What’s your fave jazz album?
