Name: Miles In The Sky
Brand: Miles Davis

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

ck65684

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Discs

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2018-08-06

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Sony

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

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

Artist

Miles Davis

Genre GB

Jazz

Label GB

Columbia

With the 1968 album Miles in the Sky, Miles Davis explicitly pushed his second great quintet away from conventional jazz, pushing them toward the jazz-rock hybrid that would later become known as fusion. Here, the music is still in its formative stages, and it's a little more earth-bound than you might expect, especially following on the heels of the shape-shifting, elusive Nefertiti. On Miles in the Sky, much of the rhythms are straightforward, picking up on the direct 4/4 beats of rock, and these are illuminated by Herbie Hancock's electric piano - one of the very first sounds on the record, as a matter of fact - and the guest appearance of guitarist George Benson on Paraphernalia. All of these additions are tangible and identifiable, and they do result in intriguing music, but the form of the music itself is surprisingly direct, playing as extended grooves.

Miles In The Sky

Music GB