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Re: Music like "In A Silent Way" by Miles Davis

chrisdread — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:12:05 GMT

Author: chrisdread

Posted: 06/16/2010 12:12

telefunker wrote:

Everytime I listen it just becomes more and more magical

Can anyone recommend something similar? I've heard Kind Of Blue which I think is fairly bland and I've got Bitches Brew but haven't listened properly yet..

Try the Miles Davis - Tribute to Jack Johnson soundtrack album & anything by Toshinori Kondo

Re: Music like "In A Silent Way" by Miles Davis

JohnnyRocketFingers — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:34:40 GMT

Author: JohnnyRocketFingers

Posted: 08/22/2009 01:34

Here's some other great Fusion (genre of In a Silent Way) albums:

Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
Miles Davis - On the Corner
Weather Report - Weather Report
Weather Report - I Sing the Body Electric
Return to Forever - Light as a Feather
Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire

Also if you don't like Kind of Blue i doubt you'll like maxxy's suggestion of Saxophone Colossus. Saxophone Colossus is Hard Bop/Post-Bop which is far off from the Fusion/Avant-Garde of In a Silent Way. Both great works but very different

Re: Music like "In A Silent Way" by Miles Davis

telefunker — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:54:59 GMT

Author: telefunker

Posted: 08/20/2009 20:54

thanks guys, got the complete sessions.. i just love that warm, ambient feel with the electric piano and all those little embellishments.. seems hard to come by for some reason

kind of blue just sounds like generic late night coffee bar jazz to me.. i have listened 3 or 4 times, so i won't apologize for that 😜

Re: Music like "In A Silent Way" by Miles Davis

maxxy — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:41:01 GMT

Author: maxxy

Posted: 08/20/2009 02:41

"Kind of Blue" bland? Wow, you really haven't listened to it.

Other albums by him: Birth of the Cool, Miles Smiles, Round About Midnight
Sonny Rollins' Saxophone Colossus is a classic, if you don't already have it. Not quite the same, more upbeat, but still good.

Re: Music like "In A Silent Way" by Miles Davis

RFNAPLES — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:36:17 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 08/20/2009 02:36

joannajewsom's recommendation is good. The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions is a three-disc box set which includes the unedited recordings used to produce the original album, In a Silent Way as originally edited, and additional tracks.

If you want something else in a similar style by Miles Davis try Filles de Kilimanjaro. It and the original In a Silent Way were both released in 1969.

Re: Music like "In A Silent Way" by Miles Davis

joannajewsom — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:39:34 GMT

Author: joannajewsom

Posted: 08/20/2009 01:39

You should definitely get the Complete In a Silent Way Sessions. Everything on there is fantastic.

Music like "In A Silent Way" by Miles Davis

telefunker — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:11:29 GMT

Author: telefunker

Posted: 08/19/2009 23:11

Everytime I listen it just becomes more and more magical

Can anyone recommend something similar? I've heard Kind Of Blue which I think is fairly bland and I've got Bitches Brew but haven't listened properly yet..