Miles Davis - Live in Munich
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Actor: J?nos Darvas, Miles DavisDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 164 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-10-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
DVD Reviews of Miles Davis - Live in Munich
DVD Review: Breathtaking recital!
Summary: 5 Stars
The last Saturday I had the chance to watch this superb recital in Munich and the result has been simply overwhelming. Although Mlles Davis tune was some diminished, nevertheless the fire and the passion the ensemble played that evening of October 10 1988 in Munich has become a true status performance for newcomer viewers.
If you are a big fan of M.D. and even if you as I are a profound admirer of his musical legacy , don't miss this DVD.
DVD Review: Miles is Electric...
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm positive this wasn't his greatest concert in the electric days, but it is very good. Bottomline, you won't be wasting your money if you buy this. And you'll want to show it to other people. Especially Joseph McCreary, "what the heck is a lead bass". It looks and sound like a Jackson electric guitar. Very Cool. Buy you won't regret it.DVD Review: Excellent live jazz fusion!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the Miles Davis of 1988, so expect lots of electric organ and guitar solos, miscellaneous percussions, slap bass, groove, soul, funk... and of course Miles' trumpet. The entire band is extremely tight, there is no doubt about that. If you like jazz fusion then this live dvd should be in your collection. The performance is well captured, various cameras and angles. The sound is great, except for some keyboard solos and flute that are hard to hear sometimes. Plus there is a bonus disc with an interview with the prince of darkness himself. This dvd is really a gem any modern jazz player should own. Sure we all like the Miles Davis Quintets and the Gil Evans-directed orchestras, but this is 80's Miles and it's just as good. Miles knew how to keep himself fresh and up-to-date...DVD Review: Slick and Groovy!
Summary: 4 Stars
This is an exquisitely produced record of Miles Davis' 1988 performance in accompaniment with an extremely talented, albeit young, touring band.The band is: Miles Davis (Trumpet), Joe "Foley" McCreary (Four-String Guitar), Benny Rietveld (Bass) [Sheila E and Santana's "Supernatural" (1999)], Kenny Garrett (Saxophone and Flute) [Art Blakey and Sting], Marilyn Mazur (Percussion and Dance), Bobby Irving and Adam Holzman (Keyboards and Synthesizers), and Ricky Wellman (Drums) [Chuck Brown and Soul Searchers].
Five of the fifteen tunes are from Davis' Grammy-winning album "Tutu" (1986).
Far from hogging the stage, Miles Davis spars continually with band members, allowing them numerous opportunities to segue into solos. That leaves the audience hungering for Miles Davis who delights plentifully with brief moments of brilliance without actually launching into any extended solos of his own.
Included is a rare and irreverent interview with Miles during which he is absentmindedly engaged in another lesser-known passion of his - painting.
DVD Review: WOW!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have adored all of Miles work since I bought my mono copy of Kind of Blue in 1959. I put on this DVD thinking I would check out a couple of tracks only to find myself unable to stop until the last of the 2hrs plus nonstop pinned to my chair ohmuhgawd delight of it all.For those who think Miles doesn't play enough in his latter work, dig it! his instrument IS the band. Nobody complains that Duke Ellington doesn't play enough piano on his recordings.
This DVD is an absolute must have for Miles fans: a generous serving of music from a period when up-tight criticism of his music resulted in a scarcity of recordings.
While I tend to regard the video of a music performance kind of an extra (music is an AURAL experience; MTV generation needs to shut their eyes and open their ears), the visuals here emphasize the ensemble interaction and Miles role in gently steering the sonic machine. Especially enjoyed watching percussionist Marilyn Mazur's joyful delight in the proceedings.
Description of Miles Davis - Live in Munich
For more than 50 years, trumpeter/bandleader Miles Davis was a major innovator of cool, modal, avant-garde, and fusion jazz styles. This program captures Davis's band: alto saxophonist/flutist Kenny Garrett, Keyboardists Robert Irving III and Adam Holzmann, lead bassist Joseph "Foley" McCreary, and bassist Benjamin Rietveld, percussionist Marilyn Mazur, and drummer Ricky Wellman, live in Munich, Germany on July 10th, 1988. With these musicians' sympathetic and syncopated support, Davis's trademarked Harmon-muted trumpet tones dance and trance over the combo's supple electric swing. Throughout the concert, Davis glides across the stage with the elegance and power of a dancer and a fighter, huddling with his sidemen to play and share a phrase. Interview snippets with Davis feature the trumpeter frankly discussing his other passion, artwork. All told, Miles in Munich shows that the man called "Prince of Darkness" was full of artistic light near the end of his creative life.With over two hours of music, much of it brilliant, plus a lengthy conversation with one of music's more elusive characters, Miles Davis in Munich is a treasure. The music Miles Davis was making in 1988, three years before his death, was loose and funky, informed by James Brown as much or more than Charlie Parker, with covers of tunes by the likes of Cyndi Lauper ("Time After Time") and Michael Jackson ("Human Nature"). And if it wasn't the high point of Davis's glorious career, or if the musicians weren't giants on the level of Coltrane, Shorter, and Hancock (the best known player here is saxophonist Kenny Garrett), there is still some brilliant music being played, all under the guidance of a man who had arguably the richest recorded legacy of any jazz musician but who resolutely refused to look anywhere but forward. The 30-minute interview is interesting, but the music really does speak for itself. --Sam Graham
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