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Live at Montreux

	Live at Montreux
	by Warner Bros / Wea Sales Rank: 54832 Price: $14.98

Trumpeter-bandleader Miles Davis (1926-91) helped create the cool, modal, avant-garde, and fusion jazz styles of the modern era, and rarely looked back. But on one fateful night at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland on July 8, 1991, Davis did look back and performed the legendary music he made in the '40s and '50s with his collaborator Gil Evans, who died in 1988. Backed by the combined Gil Evans and George Gruntz orchestras, and conducted by Grammy-winning producer Quincy Jones, Davis shares the spotlight with alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett and trumpeter Wallace Roney, who backs up Davis on the tricky melodic passages. Playing with a sound made heartbreaking by the chronic ailments that would soon end his life, Davis breathes new life into "Boplicity," from the bop/classical-tinged Birth of the Cool album, the flamenco-flavored "Maids of Cadiz," "The Pan Piper," and "Solea" from Sketches of Spain, the haunting "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess, and the elegiac "Blues for Pablo" from Miles Ahead. Davis's patented "walking-on-eggshells" muted melodiousness gracefully floats above the mega-orchestra's sympathetic sonorities. Davis died a few months after this historic concert, and this poignant, sonic self-portrait is a lasting testament to his undeniable genius. --Eugene Holley Jr.

Viewer Reviews
I've said it before and will say it again. There will never be anyone like Miles Davis. His sound. His style. His incredible trumpet playing. His enormous body of work spanning decades. And lets not forget his look. What an intense presence.

This is a great video for any jazz enthusiast. I recommend getting it for its historical value alone. There aren't many Miles Davis videos available for purchase. This video has behind the scenes footage and commentary by Quincy Jones sprinkled throughout its 74 minutes. You can hear the excitement, love and awe in his voice when he speaks on Miles. I couldn't help but smile at Wallace Roney's reactions to Miles. Like watching a kid in a candy store. Kenny Garrett is the other featured soloist in the orchestra. Both are incredible.

I especially enjoyed "Here Come De Honey Man" with its lingering melody and the classic "Summertime". Miles also does two songs from Sketches of Spain, "The Pan Piper" and "Solea".

This is the kind of music you can let play without watching it yet you will definitely want to watch it more than once. A definite must have.

Peace. CLB.

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