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    Posted: December 30 2011 at 10:50
Originally posted by CloseToTheMoon CloseToTheMoon wrote:

... but is there an album a rock-based dude like me should pick up?

 
 
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I own Kind of Blue and a disc called The Birth of Cool, but they kind of put me to sleep. I genuinely respect jazz, but I just don't get it. I've heard some of Bitches Brew and that was better, but is there an album a rock-based dude like me should pick up?
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In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk

I know that's just one :)

I jammed to that album a million times when I was 15

And how is this prog, btw?
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My top three are pretty much interchangable :
Bitches Brew
A Tribute To Jack Johnson
Dark Magus

In A Silent Way
Live-Evil
"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"

"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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Including live albums:
 
Dark Magus
On The Corner
Live Evil
A Tribute To Jack Johnson
Bitches Brew
 
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all electric Miles for me:

In A Silent Way
Bitches Brew
Tribute to Jack Johnson
Big Fun
On The Corner

i love Get Up With It too, tho i must say the main thing i love abt it is largely He Loved Him Madly.....
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1. Round About Midnight
2. Kind Of Blue
3. Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete
4. Relaxin'
5. Birth of the Cool

Something like that. It's not a definitive list by any means though. As you can see I prefer the pure jazz era to fusion.



Edited by The Miracle - December 28 2011 at 23:18
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A Tribute to Jack Johnson
In a Silent Way
Kind of Blue
On the Corner
Bitches Brew

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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

I'll stick to studio albums, though I really like Dark Magus, Agharta and Pangaea.

Get Up With It
Big Fun
In a Silent Way
Bitches Brew
Nefertiti


Mine's pretty identical. I might swap the excellent Nefertiti for either Filles de Kilimanjaro or the hugely underappreciated Water Babies, though.
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Yeah, I've got only a dozen or so of his albums and it doesn't really scratch the surface, but (in no real order)

Sketches of Spain
In a Silent Way
Kind of Blue
Round About Midnight
Miles Smiles
We are men of action. Lies do not become us.
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Surprised I haven'tv already answered given the thread creation date Confused
 
 
in terms of chronology
 
Kind Of Blue
Sketches Of Spain
Miles In The Sky
In A Silent Way
Bitches Brew
Tribute To Jack johnson
Live -Evil
Gondwana (Pangea >> the other primitive continentWink)
Agartha-


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I don't even think I have 15% of his discog but nevertheless...
 
Dark Magus
Pangea
Tribute To JJ
In A Silent Way
Live At Fillmore


Edited by Man With Hat - June 24 2011 at 03:39
Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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1. Pangaea
2. Agharta
3. On the Corner
4. Get Up With It
5. Bitches Brew
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Originally posted by Matthew T Matthew T wrote:

1....Kind of Blue
2....Milestones
3....Miles Smiles
4....In a Silent Way
5....ESP
 
In the number 5 area there is a few more that could have just as easily made it but hey ESP was the first of that aaaaaawesome quintet,Shorter,Hancock,Carter,Williams and Davis
           it's a bit funny cause i was about to choose that good columbia compilation  MILES DAVIS QUINTET  1965 1968 IT4S REALY GOOD STUFFApprove
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1....Kind of Blue
2....Milestones
3....Miles Smiles
4....In a Silent Way
5....ESP
 
In the number 5 area there is a few more that could have just as easily made it but hey ESP was the first of that aaaaaawesome quintet,Shorter,Hancock,Carter,Williams and Davis
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1 ina silent way 2 kind of blue 3 porgy and bess 4bitches brew 5 tutuBeer
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Tribute to JJ is the best. Not a big fan of Britches Brew, it's just a little bit too up itself. 

Kind of Blue comes in at number 2, and I don't really know the others well enough to rank them.
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An interesting poll question!!! My Top 5 by Miles...
1) "IN A SILENT WAY"
2) "MILESTONES"
3) "SEVEN STEPS TO HEAVEN"
4) "JACK JOHNSON"
5) "BIG FUN"
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Bitches Brew
Big Fun
Sketches of Spain
Ascensour pour l'echafaud
On the Corner
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Here's what all I got:
Birth of the Cool
Round About Midnight
Milestones
Porgy and Bess
Kind of Blue
Sketches of Spain
Someday My Prince Will Come
Sorceror
Quiet Nights
E.S.P.
Miles Smiles
Complete In A Silent Way Sessions, The
Filles De Kilimanjaro
Miles In The Sky
Water Babies
Complete Bitches Brew Sessions, The
Tribute to Jack Johnson, A
Big Fun
On the Corner
Pangaea
Agharta
Amandla
Miles Ahead

And I can see from some of the lists here there's much more to explore.
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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