BUILD YOUR MILES DAVIS VINYL COLLECTION FAST AND EASY! (PT 1)

Uh, not really. Sorry.
Part I
The Musings of Miles 1957
The New Miles Davis Quartet 1956
Blue Haze 1956
Cookin’ 1957
Walkin’ 1957
Miles Ahead 1957
Round About Midnight 1957
Relaxin’ 1958
Milestones 1958
Jazztrack 1959
Kind of Blue 1959
Sketches of Spain 1960
Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants 1959

[@artyfhartie2269]

Miles Davis was a musical freak. He created a lot of music for a human being. I also love his less known albums like Facets, Miles in the Sky, Filles de Kilimanjaro, A Day in Paris, Prelude, Aura, Early Miles, Get up with it, A Tribute to Jackson? and his live concerts in Stockholm, Osaka, Calypso Frelimo and his album with Milt Jackson. Enriches my life for sure.

[@cytowing3353]

I think that being a collector is more important to some people than the music.

[@juanquintana6070]

Well documented, brief explanations, compelling and interesting. Miles is the bigger star in Jazz in the 50's and 60's,and as Spanish, I will never forget my friend Enrique, who lived in those days the arrival of the Quintet, and showed me "Kind of blue" for the first time. One of those moments that I will never forget. Thank you sir.

[@nickbitten9910]

Great topic sir. As I say to my wife, you can never have enough copies of Mile's work. I love buying different copies of Kind Of Blue especially. Also in various formats. Came across the odd CD box set in charity shops which is always a bonus. Thank you for your interesting videos.

[@ptbfrch]

Miles Davis - I have loved everything up to ESP, and may venture into later recordings if I ever can get ready for that kind of more modern jazz. Great topic!

[@stimpy1226]

I love the way you describe the sound field of these recordings, image specificity, depth, etc. You’re doing a great job Ken

[@JohnFranks1945]

Great topic. I had forgotten how records Miles released on Prestige. Time to go shopping again! Thanks Ken.

[@DaveMichalakChannel]

Nice job. These recordings were some of his Best. I was too young to know, until I got to around 50! I Love this period of Jazz. I'm 72...

[@s.t.e.r.e.o.]

Thanks Ken. Really enjoy these. Happy New Year.

[@fts81]

I think this one summarizes brilliantly your past videos on Miles, brings it all to a new level! I have the MoFi round about midnight, it sounds heavenly

[@whitey7998]

Really enjoyed this Ken, thank you

[@donfisher8979]

My first Miles record was Live at the Blackhawk, found in a cutout bin, probably in '76. I played the shit out of that record until I was able to accumulate the rest.

[@alansenzaki4148]

Nice rundown ken. Have had them all at some point and kept most of them. Love Musings and Workin...also ESP. Of course the classic Miles Ahead and The early Birth Of The Cool.

[@matzeflamingos]

Love this video - happy new year

[@OMW66]

The way Miles approach music in general is quite uniqe. It´s a world of it´s own. His blue lyrical tone, the feel and the journey through the topographics. Every tune he´s playing amazes me in one way or another. It´s impossible to describe his music in just a few words. I love that guy.

[@patrickashby15]

Miles has been a hero of mine since I have been in high school if I could take only two of his records to the proverbial desert island they would be Miles Ahead and Miles Smiles. The first for the sheer beauty of the music and the second for sheer burning swing.

[@s.t.e.r.e.o.]

Was able to snag the Workin / Steamin Twofer from my local shop today. Stoked, so good.

[@DonHamlin]

Very well done, this was really fun to watch!

[@raulgrajales2500]

Great video KM!! Some times I differ from your point of view, but gladly recognize your work of diffusion Jazz Lp culture. Keep your outstanding work!! Happy New Year!!

[@xentakis]

Relaxin’ is my favorite of the 4 prestige titles from those sessions. That arrangement of Oleo with the drums dropping out is classic.

[@louissilvani1389]

Thanks for your insight

[@MrLovell1971]

I really enjoyed that Ken yes Milesstones has that amazing kick . Miles body of work amazes me he had a boar vision which you definitely can hear in the music . I’ve been collecting Miles for about 25 years the ones I’m definitely need to get I’m missing are Steami’ and Relaxin’ so glad to have grab what can before the vinyl resurgence hit Happy New Year Ken. Lovellandrew

[@worldvinylrecord3989]

Happy new year Ken! I hope that 2022 will be prosperous for you, and filled with joy and happiness!🙏 🎉💥🥳 Cheers and jazz-vibes from Copenhagen, Denmark 🇩🇰 - Andrew

[@hectoralvarez941]

Great video

[@norrieclark5217]

Great stuff Ken.Got the Sam Records 10" version of Ascenseur Pour L'echafaud coming

[@s.t.e.r.e.o.]

Love this release. I have the gorgeous Sam records copy

[@jazzbumsmike]

Haha, I love that you didn’t even show KoB haha! I’d like to pick up Blue Haze - been streaming that a lot, sounds great. Looking forward to the next one!

[@arthurmorgan2687]

For the love of Jazz, getting so tired with general lack of knowledge in regards to Sketches Of Spain,. Yes, this is jazz interpretation of VERY famous classical composition by Joaquín Rodrigo. There is great history/motivations that went into this music, easily google-able.

[@MikeyN6IL]

Miles Ahead. The Duke. The End. Since the subject is Miles Davis, I’d be curious to know what you thought about Rubberband. I liked the concept of combining old+new., kind of a tribute/reminder about how he was always Miles Ahead of everyone else and always pushing the boundaries of Jazz.

[@cameronkrause4712]

I am with you on Round about Midnight- It's background music!

[@_mv_2059]

What software do you use to record/edit and what kind of camera do you use? LOVE your videos.!

[@stepicm]

I wanted to rant so badly: What about this record, you did not mention that record! As you finished in “to be continued” and than I noticed that this is part one. Phew. Keep it up! Nice early collection. Probably I should not listen to youtube when working. Some details slip right through my ears. Happy New Year!

[@edwardevans652]

Great video, Ken. I agree, Davis’ 80’s stuff isn’t his best, but Tutu” was my first Miles record I bought as a kid. Sure, the album is dated with the synthesizers and drum machines, but Davis’ melodies are fantastic on that record!!! Title track, “Tomaas,” and “Portia” are my favorites. It was a double Grammy winner in 1986.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

As I said tutu was pretty good, it’s the later stuff the falls off a cliff

[@edwardevans652]

True, regarding Miles stuff not being solid after “Tutu.” I’m also not a fan of Davis’ recordings after “Water Babies” until “Tutu” became his comeback record.

[@allanrscott1130]

Classical musician here with an obsession for Miles Davis. Please know Concierto de Aranjuez is by Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo. And Porgy & Bess is the great American opera by George Gershwin. Sketches of Spain also has excerpts from El Amor Brujo which is an amazing work by Manuel de Falla - but the guitar concerto is by Rodrigo. Miles knew the significance of symphonic music and opera and how they played into his own artistry. It’s important for us not to forget these amazing composers especially if we are loving Sketches of Spain. Respectfully the composers are far more important than the recording logistics - which I love too, but with Gershwin, de Falla, and Rodrigo, some of Miles’ greatest recordings would not exist. Respectfully.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Thanks for your input, but to say " with[out] Gershwin, de Falla, and Rodrigo some of Miles greatest recordings would not exist " is ridiculous. Miles changed his style myriad times, the Evans discs which Spain is part of, are but one facet of his genius. But thanks for the composer info.

[@allanrscott1130]

Thats why i said “some.” To me, Kind of Blue of course is like heaven, but as a classical musician, I love the influence of Gershwin, de Falla, and Rodrigo. Even Miles said his music (like most jazz) would not exist without Debussy, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, and others. While Miles did not see himself as a symphonic musician, his time at Juilliard was important albeit brief. Miles even credits Alban Berg!! Both Miles and Coltrane’s music are heavily influenced and shaped by Stravinsky especially. Miles and Coltrane both acknowledged this. Either way Miles is on par with Mozart especially. The improvisation and willingness to never settle for status quo.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

@@allanrscott1130 That's fascinating. Perhaps that explains something I've always speculated on. Beginning with the second great quintet thru Bitches Brew and even Water Babies,. maybe Miles' surreal, nightmarish, abstract vibe came from the classical composers you mention. Even Lift to the Scaffold. What do you think?

[@allanrscott1130]

@@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455 Indeed. March to the Scaffold is from Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. Miles and most of the great jazz composers all knew that most of the 20th century music is a direct influence from composers, especially Stravinsky’s epic Rite of Spring (1913). There are many writings on this subject, thousands actually about the impact of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, but also about how Miles and Coltrane are directly influenced throughout their career and evolutions by their harmonic language of Stravinsky and others. Even when Miles wasn’t quoting these composers directly (Aranjuez, Amor Bruno, and Porgy & Bess), his harmonies and use of sound is directly and indirectly due to Stravinsky, Debussy, Berg, Prokofiev, - all living during Miles’ lifetime, except Debussy who died a few decades earlier. There is even a recent NPR discussion about the influence of these composers on the jazz legends. Bottom line - these composers changed the course of music, and other greats like Miles to the Beatles to Sondheim all knew it and acknowledged it. Nothing is created in a vacuum.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

@@allanrscott1130 Miles, I can hear in his use of atmospheres taken from classical, if not his literal playing, which is bop and standards based, and his own unique personality. Much of the atmosphere Miles explored was his own psyche. And his more aggressive LPs, Agartha, Live Evil, Pangea, etc are rock influenced. But Trane? Seems far less influenced by classical, a musician fully on his own path, especially after A Love Supreme, and his following Impulse records. His free records sound like nothing else, not classical. Wayne Shorter clearly shows the Debussy, Ravel influence I think. Nothing is created in a vacuum, but classical is an influence on select jazz players but not all. And then only certain points in their careers. But without the subtleties of classical, Shorter and Miles wouldn't have created some of the best music. Bird praised Horowitz I believe.

[@tonykazz2779]

Hello Mr.KM Thank you for the tutorial on Mr.Davis Recordings and music histories. I'm not interested in Horn Jazz but you make it a more interesting history. Tony in Florida

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

What kind of jazz do you prefer Tony?

[@tonykazz2779]

Hello again Mr.KM, I'm mostly a Classical Music guy with an extensive virtuoso collection of all music from any format. I thought Pawnshop recordings were brilliant. Thanks for asking. Tony in Florida

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

@@tonykazz2779 so Mercury living presence is good?

[@tonykazz2779]

Hello on Mercury, I don't own any of them, folks say they're brilliant. I was around when they were originally for sale but I was just doing recorded music for my Mother's singing rehearsal. Mom was an Operatic Voice. I didn't have personal music gear until I discovered the LS3/5a on a Business trip in England, I wen't into Music Gear Importing in the 1980s because of those little KEF transducers were so brilliant. Music is a personal companion for me now, I own small scale Audio pieces like Schiit. I do buy and sell nice Audio Gear to the Asian Market. Thanks for asking Tony in Florida ps. I discovered Mr Atkinson when I lived in England, I imported ( and sold subscriptions to ) his HFN&RR to the States in the 1980s

[@meshplates]

Terrific survey! Are those JRC price stickers stuck so they can't be removed without damage? At Paris Jazz Corner, they use stickers that come off easily without damage.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Hi Mark, yes those are the JRC stickers and they come off very easily. I just leave them on sometimes to remember what I paid for them. Man, would I love to go to Paris Jazz corner. Heck, Id just love to go to Paris!

[@johnkreutz3207]

Ken Thanks for a great overview of miles davis. I am curious can you offer further insight into what reissues you can recommend. Plan to visit jazz record center some time but what are the better reissues out there . Thanks

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Of Miles? The prestige OJCs sound great and don’t cost much. Some like the analogue productions prestige reussues.

[@danijelsan81]

You took down the two Mikes video? lol

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

who needs more shit?

[@danijelsan81]

@@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455 couldn’t agree more.

[@crazyprayingmantis5596]

I'm a fan of Bitches Brew onwards

[@mymixture965]

I would have two questions. Do you use a mono stylus when you play these old records? I am planing to buy a second tone arm and use it as a real mono playback. And why do you leave the price stickers on these old covers?

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

no, but I need one. I leave them on absentmindedly, but it's good to know what they cost. The stickers come off easily.

[@HansJazz]

Most vintage amps have a mono switch. Works fine for me. I nearly bought an expensive mono cartridge/stylus but stumbled upon a topic on the Steve Hoffman forum during research. Check that first. I play my mono records this way and they sound fine, especially over full range open baffle speakers. Very basic d.i.y. but it sure makes a difference.

[@mymixture965]

@@HansJazz Thanks for the tip, but this is not a good solution, it is a known compromise, a Mono Cartridge should be a different beast. I will see, mine is ordered, second tonearm is here. Than I can talk from my own experience.

[@HansJazz]

@@mymixture965 would love to hear about it! I know it can sound amazingly good as I heard some mono albums at a record store some time ago. Perfectly working Thorens with an expensive cartridge over vintage JBL monitor speakers. Very impressive I must say. I nearly bought a €450 cartridge from them. After some research I figured that this cartridge was not genuine mono but a modified stereo one. After a log talk with a renowned dealer overhere I was told that several so called mono cartridges were actually modified stereo cartridges. I decided not to buy one and use the mono button om my amps. For me it's fine this way. I don't have an extensive mono collection either so that's another reason. Would like to hear you're experience sometime. Thanks for the reply!

[@mr.b4444]

Great collection Ken. Although I love the rapid fire approach performed by other jazz trumpeters like Booker Little, Clifford Brown, etc., Miles' approach to giving space in his performances even in up tempo grooves is much preferred by me, especially ballads. Miles could rip too whenever he wanted but that was not his thing. However I didn't care much for some of the early 70's fusion stuff. Happy New Year

[@V1ZNS.]

Those price tags kill me 😂

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

They come off with a fingernail. People get worked up over nothing

[@V1ZNS.]

@@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455 If the tags come off easily without damaging the artwork then it's cool, but I had a lot of price tags damage the artwork. It's really stupid to place a price tag right on a original piece of art when there are many other easy ways to show pricing without causing any needless damage.

[@V1ZNS.]

@@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455 Not to deflect that this a great video and I thoroughly enjoy all your videos!

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

@@V1ZNS. Fred has used the same stickers for 40 years. they come off easily.

[@NeverTalkToCops1]

Not watching. Should be, How to environmentally dispose of stinky non music noise.