Showing posts with label jazz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jazz. Show all posts

Wednesday, 1 September 2010

#7 Miles Davis - In a Silent Way


In a Silent Way
I did find my copy of Miles Davis' Porgy & Bess but then found this and went with that instead. Bit of a weird choice for my walk to work through the City of London but a great meditative start to the day.

The mix of electric (keyboards/guitar) and acoustic (trumpet/drums/bass) gives the music an ethereal yet solid feel that always seems on the verge of something (rather like a much shorter Tristan und Isolde) til things finally get going part way through It's About That Time.

Seems like the Miles Davis fusion album you're supposed to love is Bitches Brew but give me this any day or, preferebly, late in any evening.

Tuesday, 31 August 2010

#6 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Porgy & Bess


Porgy And Bess

This CD has to contain some of the most beautiful jazz singing on record - Ella is on amazing form. Not having heard it for a couple of years it also reminds me how endlessly fascinating Gershwin was as a composer. In every track some harmony, melody or counter melody tugs your ear and sounds modern yet classic at the same time. Wonderful, wonderful stuff. Now, where's my CD of Miles Davis' Porgy and Bess...