Name: In A Silent Way
Brand: Miles Davis

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

865562

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2007-09-18

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Supplier GB

Sony

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Standard:20

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5099708655624

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Miles Davis

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Jazz

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Trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and one of the most important figures in jazz music history. Miles Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in his five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major stylistic developments in jazz. Born on May 26, 1926 in Alton, Illinois, USA and passed away on September 28, 1991 in Santa Monica, California at the age of 65. He is best known for his seminal modern jazz album "Kind of Blue" (1959), which remains the highest selling jazz album of all time with six million copies sold.Miles Davis studied at an academic school for musicians in NYC where he met Charlie Parker and they started playing together from 1945. In 1948, Miles Davis formed his own ensembles and collaborated with Gil Evans to create The Miles Davis Nonet. Their recordings from 1949 to 1950 resulted in the album "Birth of the Cool" (1957) and laid the foundation for their future collaborations.A pioneer of 'Hard Bop' in the mid-1950s, Miles Davis constantly pushed boundaries throughout his career. In the late 1960s, he ventured into experimenting with electronic instruments and incorporating rock and funk rhythms into his music. Despite health problems leading to a hiatus from playing in the mid-1970s, he made a comeback with an 'electronical' sound in 1980.

with 'in a silent way', the elements of popular music, blues and electronics that had been implicit in miles davis' previous recordings now came centre stage, and the trumpeter never looked back again. 'in a silent way' is miles' birth of the cool / miles ahead / kind of blue for the rock generation. gone are the rhythmic and harmonic trappings of bebop. in their place, miles conjures a hypnotic, subliminal dance pulse and an airy, celestial drone of electric keyboards. miles fell in love with the bell tones and flute-like textures of fender / rhodes electric pianos, and in the hands of herbie hancock, chick corea and joe zawinul (who doubles on organ), they create layer upon layer of choral texture, in great reverberant washes of colour and counterpoint. the juxtaposition of groove and impressionistic drone movements creates the inner tension in each of the extended pieces - miles' 'shhh / peaceful' and zawinul's 'in a silent way / it's about time'. newcomer john mclaughlin's lyric, sitar-like guitar sets a serene mood on 'shhh', as bassist dave holland and drummer williams essay a pulsating vamp. miles' open horn is nuanced and graceful, combining long notes and cracked speech-like tones into one of his classic melodic statements, followed by mclaughlin's dancing figures and wayne shorter's chanting soprano. the title tune is a dark, dreamy, aquatic tone poem that breaks into an irresistable blues vamp. 'in a silent way' is one of miles most sublimely beautiful, enduring creations.

In A Silent Way

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Discover In A Silent Way by Miles Davis on CD. A timeless masterpiece blending jazz and electronics, creating a hypnotic and celestial sound experience.