Even though it's all unrehearsed, the band members know where the music is going, and help it get there, acting as a whole. They must have some sort of telepathic link. This must be Miles' most underappreciated recording... you have to be completely insane to listen to two songs of forty minutes each consisting of improvisation leaning at times towards ambience, but 'completely insane' is a banner under which I proudly identify.
the most important part of so-called jazz is improvisation -- everything else is secondary. and here we have true improvisation -- a coup de grace to the stale and hackneyed be-bop melodies and the reaching out to musical ideas yet to be discovered
They didn't hear it, but Miles buried some of his older music deep in this period. Dark Magus actually has flashes of Bitches Brew and Kind of Blue hidden in it. I kid you not. It's extremely subtle and to hear it would mean you are almost having a vision. But the main point is there are people who can come to the music and "understand" it, or at least glimpse its beauty. Of course the Jazz critics didn't understand it. It wasn't Jazz.
This and other albums from the period are very underrated. I like it because he produces a more afro-beat sound rather than the funk and rock style fusion a couple years before
The way Miles plays his first solo and the guitar chords behind him...beautiful...and Al Foster really is in tune with the mood.
ImaniHekima 3 days ago
TESTIFY, MASTER MILES!!
litlgrey 9 months ago
a huge contrast compared to Zimbabwe
Skidblanar 1 year ago
Even though it's all unrehearsed, the band members know where the music is going, and help it get there, acting as a whole. They must have some sort of telepathic link. This must be Miles' most underappreciated recording... you have to be completely insane to listen to two songs of forty minutes each consisting of improvisation leaning at times towards ambience, but 'completely insane' is a banner under which I proudly identify.
concernedanonymous 1 year ago 6
big fun is cool too!
VUPdingCLICK 1 year ago
2 words for jazz purist......."suck it"
TheBolillo310 1 year ago 2
if Miles could make Jimi look like an small infant who are the critics - amoeba?
sanjuz 1 year ago
Masterful music ! Long live the Miles
1313nrv 1 year ago
the most important part of so-called jazz is improvisation -- everything else is secondary. and here we have true improvisation -- a coup de grace to the stale and hackneyed be-bop melodies and the reaching out to musical ideas yet to be discovered
jakjonsun 2 years ago
They didn't hear it, but Miles buried some of his older music deep in this period. Dark Magus actually has flashes of Bitches Brew and Kind of Blue hidden in it. I kid you not. It's extremely subtle and to hear it would mean you are almost having a vision. But the main point is there are people who can come to the music and "understand" it, or at least glimpse its beauty. Of course the Jazz critics didn't understand it. It wasn't Jazz.
riosalvador 2 years ago
i bet Stanley Crouch came up with those cardinal sins
PerryCoxPF93 2 years ago
Hasn't there been a re-evaluation by the critics? This music is a lot easier to listen to than it used to be.
apkato 2 years ago
Are these tracks you posted with the Japanese remastering or the US one? Thanks.
samanthajanepink 2 years ago
sadly the US one but I hope to get Agharta with the japanese remastering plus its cheaper than the US so its a win win
PerryCoxPF93 2 years ago
Fuck what all the critics say about this period, it was just that it went over their heads.
DanielBowden1975 2 years ago 5
@DanielBowden1975 Amen To That Miles Didnt Give A Shit About Them Mother Fuckers Any Way
brorapp999 6 months ago
This and other albums from the period are very underrated. I like it because he produces a more afro-beat sound rather than the funk and rock style fusion a couple years before
PerryCoxPF93 2 years ago 2
I want more man great
deansusky 2 years ago