CD Review
A CD Review of Bluing: Miles Davis Plays the Blues Miles Davis, from his beginnings as a nineteen-year-old kid in 1945 New York City, to his final days in the early 1990's, is to be considers one of the jazz's best. The 1996 album entitled, Bluing: Miles Davis Plays the Blues, the engineers at Prestige Records bring Miles Davis back to life. Packed with over 73 minutes and 12 bar blues, Bluing brings nine great tunes of Davis' together on one disk. Having been originally recorded in the 1950's, these nine cuts take the listener through a decade of music and a decade of Davis' life. On the opening track, entitled "Bluing", we hear nearly ten minutes of Davis on trumpet, Jackie McLean on alto sax, Sonny Rollins on tenor, Walter Bishop, Jr. on piano, Tommy Porter on bass, and Art Blakey playing the drums. Bishop provides the intro of the song on
Prestige Records did a great job of choosing nine of Davis' blues tunes to compile onto one disk. In the end, for me, this track is made classic by a botched ending on the part of Art Blakey. Track five has come to be my favorite on the album Bluing. I was surprised to find that I liked the faster songs on the album because in the past, I've always enjoyed the slower songs. The entire song is background by the Jones' stirring of a brush on his snare. Nearly a minute in, Davis begins and is soon softly accompanied by the saxes. Later on in the song the group picks it up a bit and begins playing double-time, only to slow it back down for a great bass solo by Pettiford. the piano, with Blakey coming in soon after. Entitled "Green Haze", this cut consists of Red Garland on piano, Oscar Pettiford on bass, Philly Joe Jones on the drums, and of course Davis with his trumpet. It is this melodious and softened feel that makes me enjoy the tune so much. Another cut that I enjoyed on this album is "Bags' Groove". " Obviously enough, Blakey doesn't contribute to any of the other songs on the album. He is then followed by the tenor and alto sax, respectively. As for Miles Davis' Bluing, I would recommend it to anyone wanting to hear some really good jazz.
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