Circle in the Round
| Circle in the Round | |
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| Compilation album by Miles Davis | |
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Publication |
1979 |
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admission |
1955-1970 |
| Label (s) | Columbia Records |
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Format (s) |
DoLP, DoCD (April 29, 1991) |
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
1:38:21 |
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Jim Fishel, Joe McEwen |
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Circle in the Round is a jazz album by Miles Davis that contains (almost exclusively) previously unreleased recordings in various line-ups from 1955 to 1970. It was released by Columbia Records in 1979 after no Miles Davis album had been released for over four years.
The album
Davis was happy with the compilation as it contained "a whole bunch of good songs". The album opens with Two Bass Hit , which was made during the first Columbia session ( 'Round About Midnight' ). Love for Sale in sextet cast from 1958 first appeared in 1975 on the compilation Black Giants . Blues No. 2 from 1961, a reunion with drummer Philly Joe Jones , was recorded on the " Someday My Prince Will Come " session but not used on the album. The title track of the album Circle in the Round was the first studio recording of Davis with an electric instrument, the electric guitar of Joe Beck . In the years that followed, Davis began using electrical instruments more and more. In particular, with Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea on the electric piano, Joe Zawinul on the keyboard and John McLaughlin on the electric guitar, he made the transition to fusion music.
The title track Circle in the Round is also the first studio recording with which Davis leaves the classical formation of his jazz quintet. With glockenspiel , celesta and a " gimbri-like " electric guitar he creates a new sound. The piece consists of 35 segments that Davis recorded with the band; Teo Macero assembled these parts. These recordings are the link to the albums In a Silent Way (1969) and Bitches Brew , with which Davis continued his stylistic change in fusion jazz .
Davis himself said of this phase in his autobiography:
- “ As soon as we got back to New York [Davis speaks about the 1967 European tour ], I went into the studio with Gil Evans - who arranged a few things - and the band. This time I brought in a young guitarist named Joe Beck. I was slowly moving towards the guitar sound and listening to James Brown a lot because I liked the way he used the guitar. I 've always liked the blues , now listened to Muddy Waters and BB King and wanted to incorporate that atmosphere into my music . "
Teo's Bag and Side Car I & II were made in early 1968 while recording Miles in the Sky ; In Side Car II the Miles Davis quintet was supplemented by guitarist George Benson , who only arrived during the session. Splash belongs to the environment of the In a Silent Way sessions. Sanctuary was the first version of the Wayne Shorter title, the second recording of which was released on Bitches Brew . The interpretation of the David Crosby composition Guinnevere also belongs to the environment of the Bitches Brew sessions, but sounds far away.
George Schuller's Circle Wide recorded a reinterpretation of Circle in the Round on the 2003 album Round 'Bout Now .
Title of the album
- Miles Davis: Circle in the Round (Columbia KC2 36278)
| No. | title | page | composer | year | running time | occupation |
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| 1 | Two bass hit | A. | John Lewis , Dizzy Gillespie | October 27, 1955 | 3:42 |
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| 2 | Love for sale | A. | Cole Porter | May 26, 1958 | 11:49 |
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| 3 | Blues No. 2 | A. | Miles Davis | March 21, 1961 | 6:47 |
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| 4th | Circle in the Round | B. | Miles Davis | 4th December 1967 | 26:15 |
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| 5 | Teo's bag | C. | Miles Davis | January 16, 1968 | 5:55 |
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| 6th | Side Car I. | C. | Miles Davis | February 13, 1968 | 4:58 |
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| 7th | Side Car II | C. | Miles Davis | February 13, 1968 | 3:34 |
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| 8th | Splash | C. | Miles Davis | November 12, 1968 | 8:30 |
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| 9 | Sanctuary | D. | Wayne Shorter | 15th February 1968 | 8:48 |
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| 10 | Guinnevere | D. | David Crosby | January 27, 1970 | 18:06 |
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Editorial note
The album Circle in the Round was first released in 1979 as a double LP (Columbia - KC2 36278). In Europe the double LP was sold under the label CBS (CBS 88471). The Japanese edition (Columbia 36AP 1409 ~ 10) contained a version of 'Round Midnight' instead of Love for Sale . An edition titled Miles Davis was released on Amiga as a single LP, which contained Circle in the Round, Sanctuary and Guinnevere . The CD edition followed in 1991 (Columbia - C2K 46862 or in Japan SRCS 9308 ~ 9 in 1997) on two CDs.
reception
Allmusic awarded the album four (out of five) stars; Lindsay Planer emphasized in his review that Circle in the Round shows the “'real colors of the jazz chameleon Miles Davis' from a phase of fifteen years. Whether it was a lucky coincidence or a planned coordination that created these record sides, Davis enthusiasts will undoubtedly find a lot of pleasure in his [...] metamorphoses. "One of the highlights is planner Cole Porter's Love for Sale ," an unbelievable recording, the intense solos by Miles and Adderley "contains, but also tasteful piano interludes by Bill Evans, in a manner of interaction that is associated with his name. The title track is heavily Eastern-influenced freebop work . The "excellent interplay" between George Benson and Herbie Hancock in Side Car and the material from the Bitches Brew sessions are particularly noteworthy in the 1968/70 Fusion Sessions ; the version of David Crosby's Guinnevere is breathtaking. Although the album appears to be "a mishmash in the composition", Circle in the Round still offers "a brilliant investigation into the depth of the stylistic range" by Miles Davis.
The critics Richard Cook and Brian Morton only gave the album three (out of four) stars in the Penguin Guide to Jazz ; it is an interesting compilation from a period of over 15 years. The long title track is "an attempt at a hypnotizing mood piece that works for some time," but loses itself away from the center. Instead, the highlight is the wonderful Love for Sale from the vital 1958 sessions.
Web links
- Circle in the Round at Allmusic (English)
Notes, sources
- ↑ Paul Maher, Jr., Michael K. Dorr (Eds.) Miles on Miles: Interviews and Encounters with Miles Davis , Chicago 2008, p. 179
- ↑ a b James Isaac's Liner Notes of the album (1979).
- ↑ A second, much shorter variant appeared on Miles Davis Quintet: 1965-1968 . See Keith Waters The Studio Recordings of the Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-68 Oxford 2011, p. 240
- ↑ Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe : Miles Davis. The autobiography. Heyne, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-453-17177-2
- ^ Bill Meredith: George Schuller's Circle Wide: Round Repertory (2008) in JazzTimes
- ↑ Miles Davis - Circle In The Round at Discogs
- ↑ Circle in the Round at Allmusic (English)
- ^ Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 , p. 378.