Milestones - Miles Davis

...Bass Hit (alt. take), 8. Milestones (alt. take), 9. Straight, No Chaser (alt. take). The Music The opener, Dr Jackle, is furious! The three horns take off in unison at a blistering pace, with the rhythm section driving along. The speed makes for some fine solos by Miles and Coltrane, both showing their technical brilliance. 'Trane trades choruses with Cannonball in the middle, a furious battle, and Chambers takes a bowed solo on the bass. 'Sid's ...
...is a comprehensive blues. Red Garland had stormed out of the studio after a fight with Miles during the session, so Miles himself accompanies the sax solos on the piano with dense chords. His trumpet solos are top notch, making extensive use of pitch bend and other bluesy touches. The saxes take flight on 'Two Bass Hit', an old-style sax battle breaking out in the Dizzy Gillespie-composed tune. Neither comes off badly - both have outstanding speed ...

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Kind of Blue might have received most of the acclaim but Milestones, the recorded debut of the Miles Davis Sextet, is in the same league. This remarkable super group (featuring Davis's trumpet, tenor-saxophonist John Coltrane, altoist Cannonball Adderley, pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones) was arguably the greatest one Miles Davis ever led. "Two Bass Hit" features the two saxes trading off with fire and "Billy ...

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