We Want Miles [Import]

We Want Miles [Import]

ASIN: B000026KPV

Track Listings

1. Jean Pierre

2. Backseat Betty

3. Fast Track

4. My Man's Gone Now

5. Kix

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Recorded in 1981 and originally released as a 2 LP set (contained here on one CD). This album features sidemen such as Mike Stern (guitar), Marcus Miller (bass, guitar), Al Foster (drums), Bill Evans (saxes) and Mino Cinelu (percussion). Includes the songs: 'Jean Pierre', 'Back Seat Betty', 'Fast Track', 'My Man's Gone Now' and 'Kix'.

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Can we say that this is Miles's real comeback album?

We Want Miles LIVE!!!!

as good as it gets

we want more and more miles

THE BEST LIVE MILES YOU'VE NEVER HEARD

We Want Miles
Miles Davis
Manufacturer: Sbme Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000026KPV
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Tracks:

Jean-Pierre
Back Seat Betty
Fast Track
Jean-Pierre
My Man's Gone Now
Kix

Album Details

Recorded in 1981 and originally released as a 2 LP set (contained here on one CD). This album features sidemen such as Mike Stern (guitar), Marcus Miller (bass, guitar), Al Foster (drums), Bill Evans (saxes) and Mino Cinelu (percussion). Includes the songs: 'Jean Pierre', 'Back Seat Betty', 'Fast Track', 'My Man's Gone Now' and 'Kix'.

Customer Reviews:

Can we say that this is Miles's real comeback album?.......2006-09-30

This album is a live version of The Man with the Horn in many ways. The Man with the Horn was the first Davis album I got, and I was always disappointed in it (the Miles Davis albums I picked up after that got significantly better). We Want Miles is superior to The Man with the Horn in every way. The long version of Jean Pierre (I saw Miles perform this tune on SNL, of all places) sounds like Fat Time from Man with the Horn, including a blistering guitar solo by Mike Stern. This version sounds looser and it is much more alive and intense than Fat Time. The version of Back Seat Betty here is quicker and looser (no pun intended), but the best track is Fast Track. This has the melody line from MWTH's Aida, but here it's twice as long, and the groove that Miles and his band create reminded me of his fantastic, acid funk jazz albums in the 1970's (Al Foster is the drummer here, and he was the drummer on the 1970's albums). The last two, My Man's Gone Now and Kix, are excellent as well. The crowd really gets into the former, and Miles seems to be enjoying it. This album was kind of forgotten after the disappointment of The Man with the Horn, and that's a shame. We Want Miles is a great album.

We Want Miles LIVE!!!!.......2006-06-05

I agree with the others, I bought the import 2cd version around 7 years ago. Its' a shame Columbia hasn't remastered the best live Miles Davis Album of all time. It won a grammy folks, that's how good it was and still is. Of all the miles that columbia has released, they are stuck on his 70's stuff. Why don't they remaster "The MAn with the Horn" or "We Want Miles" which are classics. Because Sony/Columbia people are pathetic! Anyways, Mike Stern was born to play with Miles. On (Fast track/Adia) he is smokin!!! He was scary back then folks. Miles is just as scary on the trumpet and by this time in 1982 he had gotten his chops back! I wish they had released the whole version of Back Seat Betty, one of my favorite miles peices. I bought the 17 disc Montreux Box set of Miles which is the best box set out of any of Miles's box set. For some reason from 1981-1983 they didn't play at the Montruex Jazz Festival. I wish this band which featured the now legends Marcus Miller, Mike Stern and Bill Evans could have been on that box set. Oh yeah Al and Mino are legends as well. But you have a chance of hearing this group in prime time. We want Miles!, well I got'em alright.

as good as it gets.......2005-09-14

The title "We Want Miles" refers to the excitement and shroud of uncertainty upon Miles' return from few years of absence. His first studio album in years, "The Man with the Horn", pointed to exciting new direction yet Miles playing was frail. It was the uncertainty related to Miles future at that time that prompted Columbia to follow and record him live everywhere he played. The material issued on this recording comes from mostly, relatively small, club settings (including Boston's "Kix"). On some tracks you can hear the audience and the club's clutter. It's a fantastic collection. Again, Miles the voodoo master, brought the best in his bandmates. You can hear Marcus Miller at his best, Mark Stern's guitar never again had so much fire. My favorite track is Gershwin's "My Man's Gone Now". Clocking at about 20 minutes it offers, alternatively, classically swinging treatment of the theme and funked up solo passages. Somewhere at half point Miles lays off and it's time for Mike Stern. He, together with Marcus Miller and Al Foster slowly builds his solo to such a driven climax that it gives me goose bumps. The pulsating funk groove coming from Foster and Miller is unsurpassed. Miles must have liked what he heard because few minutes later Stern's solos again. I find this recording to be Miles Davis best from his final period; an absolute must!

we want more and more miles.......2005-08-06

Yeah, this is a funky album that owes as much to his band as to the Man. But that's what made Miles, was his restraint. Miles knew he had a capable band that could blow, and that they do on this offering. It's as if Jeff Beck played on this, because there is some smoking guitar work on this record, and the rythym section is solid. When Miles lets go, he does it in true fashion. This is as much a group effort as anything I can think of from the Miles catalog.
I especially like Fast Track, as the groove is solid, and Miles introduces the middle, before letting it go. This is a very accesible recording relative to new jazz. I've been digging on this for 20 plus years, and as a certified Miles freak, I rank this one of his best.

THE BEST LIVE MILES YOU'VE NEVER HEARD.......2005-06-20

When you ask some Miles fans, what are his best LIVE recordings? Most would say, get the LIVE AT THE PLUGGED NICKEL sides or LIVE EVIL from the BITCHES BREW era. Or get the dark Sivad Selim side of Miles on DARK MAGUS or AGHARTA. I tell them to get WE WANT MILES first, then buy the others.

Miles was continually changing sidemen and experimenting with his sound. Coming out of retirement, Miles was looking for that new combination of rock, funk, and avant-garde, that would take him into the 80's. Miles would always rehearse his musicians LIVE before taking them into a studio. My God, if these guys were just rehearsing I can't imagine what they might have produced if they'd have stayed together. They did one other recording after this called STAR PEOPLE, but it didn't quite sound as awesome as this LIVE outing. Some of the cast like Bill Evans on soprano sax, Al Foster on drums, and Marcus Miller on electric bass had played on his previous THE MAN WITH THE HORN. Miller and Foster continued to play with Miles for a few years. But the man who really made this session stand out was Mike Stern on guitar. Say what you want about John McLaughlin (and John was great), this guy was born to play with Miles.

What you get is the thundering drive of rock and funk under Miles and Stern, who play blistering solos on a lot of open trumpet and electric guitar. Evans takes his turns on sax too. (But Miles upset Evans to no end by continually making him lay out on his performances.) Like a stripped down jazz rock sound with two horns, an electric rhythm section, and Mino Cinelu on percussion. There is no sign of the electric keys that often muddied the waters of Miles' more unusual compositions. IT'S GLORIOUS. Miles was know for laying out and letting the rest of his band stretch out and improvise long passages in a LIVE context. Not at this show. While Stern gathers a large portion of the spotlight (because Miles loved guitar), Miles turns in some of the best soloing I've ever heard from the man. At the time of this recording, Miles was making a comeback after maintaining a seriously dark coke habit. The playing on this shocked many critics who felt that Miles had lost his chops and was finished as a musician. His chops never sounded better. Some of his high notes are breathtaking. And, you can usually tell when musicians are psychically tuned in to one another, but these men were reading each others minds that night. THIS RECORD SMOKES!! BIG TIME!!

This is my favorite Miles Davis recording. Even over BITCHES BREW, KIND OF BLUE, and any other Miles favorite you might happen to mention. And I own a lot of Miles. MILES AND HIS BAND WERE IN THE ZONE. This is meaningless, but it also won a Grammy. If you don't own it, I urge you to buy it and TURN IT UP as loud as possible. I'm sure it will at least become ONE of your favorites. I'd give up The whole 8 CDs of THE PLUGGED NICKEL BOX SET for 8 CDS of this LIVE band. I know you think I'm crazy, but it's that good. (Wait, maybe I would give up something else.) AND I CAN'T SEEM TO GET THIS OUT OF MY CD PLAYER.

This was originally released as a 2 record set. Now it's on one disc. There are very expensive IMPORTS of this recording and it's supposedly out of print. But, search it out. I found a copy for 12 bucks a week ago at Tower Records. If you have to - beg, borrow, or steal it, because you have to have it. THE BEST 12 BUCKS I EVER SPENT.

AND AS MILES WOULD HAVE SAID, "WE WERE ALL UP IN THAT S#%T LIKE A MUTHAF#%KA. IT'S CLEANER THAN A BROKE D#%K DOG."

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An Electric Start To A Legendary Artist
Was lost, now found... at a cost

We Want Miles
Miles Davis
Manufacturer: Sbme Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2001-07-18

Tracks:

Jean Pierre
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Fast Track
Jean Pierre

Tracks:

My Man's Gone Now
Kix

Album Description

Japanese reissue of 1981 album that's out-of-print domestically. Packaged in a limited edition miniature LP sleeve.

Album Details

Japanese limited version featuring an LP sleeve style cover. DSD digitally remastered.

Customer Reviews:

An Electric Start To A Legendary Artist.......2007-01-24

The selections were recorded in 1981 in Boston, Tokyo and the two Kool Jazz Festival performances in New York City.

The Kool Jazz gigs drew tepid reviews from critics and fans, seemingly because the mix pushed the hard rock guitar work of Mike Stern at the expense of the other musicians, which included Marcus Miller (b), Bill Evans (sax), Al Foster (d) and Mino Cinelu (p). But the problem was handled in the studio with much more balance being presented to the listener.

The June 27 Boston concert in the KIX nightclub was one of the first appearances by Miles after his lengthy sabbatical from performing.

Demonstrating much more confidence than heard in his studio comeback, The Man With The Horn, Miles is feeding off the energy of his band and the audience. My favrite cuts are the lengthier pieces, My Man's Gone Now & KIX.

We Want Miles is truly an electric start to a decade of outstanding concerts and studio releases.

Was lost, now found... at a cost.......2001-09-05

I have heard the original "We Want Miles" album, (actually I heard a tape copy of it) and it is an excellent live album. The recording quality was indicative that it was a produced album, not a bootleg.

The album contains the awesome tune "Aida" from Miles' 1981 "Man with the Horn" album. I suspect that the track listing is incorrect and one of the duplicate "Back Street Betty"'s is probably Aida. I remember that the live Aida on the original album contained an extended percussion solo, which was breathtaking.

Why this hasn't been available for so long, I don't know. I would certainly buy it if it were at a reasonable cost, like most of the other Miles Davis live albums. I'm still tempted, though.

The original album is worthy of 5 stars, at least to people who like this music. I wouldn't recommend it to someone who only has Kind of Blue and Sketches of Spain, but you liked "Man with the Horn", this is better. If the album has been transferred to CD with competence, then I'm sure this CD is excellent. Worth the price? You decide.

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