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?
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?
Brilliant indeed. My favourite of the late Miles.
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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Its not as 'challenging' as I like him, but not as boring as the 'social music' he did.
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
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.
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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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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