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    Miles Davis - Aura

    This is seriously brilliant stuff. Did Miles ever do anything else like this? A touch of ECM Euro-jazz with modern classical, maybe not so surprising as Palle Mikkelborg wrote it -- but I think this would grab a LOT of PE readers. Thoughts?

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    Brilliant indeed. My favourite of the late Miles.

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    I liked Amandala from the same time frame. Not everyones Miles, but I liked it. Marcus Miller....is what he is.
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    This is the Under Wraps of jazz. An otherwise great album, ruined by its drum sounds.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teddy Vengeance View Post
    This is seriously brilliant stuff. Did Miles ever do anything else like this? A touch of ECM Euro-jazz with modern classical, maybe not so surprising as Palle Mikkelborg wrote it -- but I think this would grab a LOT of PE readers. Thoughts?
    For me, it's the best of his late period stuff BY FAR, but

    1. That's not saying too much, imo

    2. It's not really HIS work. He just plays on it. It's Palle's work.
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    ^^^

    Its not as 'challenging' as I like him, but not as boring as the 'social music' he did.

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    I liked it from the first time I heard it.
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    Great record, but he's more of a passenger. Full credit to all the Danish musicians and also John Mclaughlin . When I first heard it, I thought it was Misha Mengelberg of the ICP Orchertra who was overseeing things, but it was somebody else
    With a similar sounding name.


    Like the last concert he did, with Quincy Jones, right before he died. Actually, his health was much worse at that point, and they had to bring on Wallace Roney to play parts he couldn't play

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave (in MA) View Post
    This is the Under Wraps of jazz. An otherwise great album, ruined by its drum sounds.
    But Under Wraps is terrible in nearly all aspects.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve F. View Post
    For me, it's the best of his late period stuff BY FAR, but

    1. That's not saying too much, imo

    2. It's not really HIS work. He just plays on it. It's Palle's work.
    In this way it's similar to Siesta, Amandla and even Quiet Nights and Sketches of Spain.

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    I used to have it. Certainly unique among Miles's 80's work but (aside from the aformentioned 80's sounds) I didn't find I liked his playing on it that much. Maybe I will revisit it one of these days.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teddy Vengeance View Post
    This is seriously brilliant stuff. Did Miles ever do anything else like this? A touch of ECM Euro-jazz with modern classical, maybe not so surprising as Palle Mikkelborg wrote it -- but I think this would grab a LOT of PE readers. Thoughts?
    Been a while since I pulled it out. It sure is different though isn't it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teddy Vengeance View Post
    This is seriously brilliant stuff. Did Miles ever do anything else like this? A touch of ECM Euro-jazz with modern classical, maybe not so surprising as Palle Mikkelborg wrote it -- but I think this would grab a LOT of PE readers. Thoughts?
    I praised it on the Ground and Sky site and said it was something prog fans would probably like. So Brandon (the guy who rand that site) bought a copy...and then gave me grief because he hated it. Oh well.

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    I think Aura is easily Miles Davis' best studio album since the 70s. I wrote a review of the album: https://pienemmatpurot.com/review-mi...vis-aura-1989/
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve F. View Post
    For me, it's the best of his late period stuff BY FAR, but

    1. That's not saying too much, imo

    2. It's not really HIS work. He just plays on it. It's Palle's work.
    I believe it was written for Miles by Palle,who's a trumpeter himself.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Storm Chaser View Post
    I believe it was written for Miles by Palle,who's a trumpeter himself.
    Miles also guided and rearranged the final version with Palle Mikkelborg. Changes were profound. That is at least what Mikkelborg himself has told.
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    Wow, I had never even heard of this before. Listening to it now...
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    I had picked up Aura in a CD thrift store with some apprehension, but I was pleasantly surprised by the quality as compared with his other notorious recordings of that period. Now I know why. Anyhow, yes, I would recommend it.
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