Miles Davis At Carnegie Hall

Artist: Miles Davis
Label: Sony
Category: Music

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Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2

UPC: 074646502723
EAN: 0074646502723
ASIN: B0000062EZ

Release Date: 1998-03-31

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Customer Reviews:

A historical document.......2006-06-12

Teo Macero sold Miles and Columbia on recording this event. He ordered all the necessary equipment to record what would have been a terrific recording. However -- unsurprising considering his temprement -- Miles decided the day before the event he neither wanted to play nor record the event. While he was convinced to play, he would not budge on the recording.

Macero, however, had four single mics hid strategically throughout the stage so he could at least have one copy of the event. For all of the tribulations (Max Roach's protest nonwithstanding), Miles, Gil Evans, the band, and the orchestra were all able to put on an impressive event. The crowd was overwhelmed, and Miles himself said to Teo afterward that he wanted to release it after all.

Blame the temper of the times for the poor recording. But remember to praise Teo for his foresight in recording this anyways.

Virtues easily outweigh defects.......2005-10-05

To my mind Miles never played better than at this recording. There is a new searching and driving vitality to his playing which probably indicated that he had reached the absolute peak of his powers but was still pushing himself further. His technique was certainly better than ever. Don't let the imperfections of the recording as an inadequate document of sound disturb you - not really worth worrying about, as one can hear enough to know that this was an exceptional performance. Hank Mobley on tenor complements Miles well, and the new thythm section whips the horms along with great impetus. The tracks with Gil Evans and his orchestra have a spontaneity lacking on the more polished studio-recorded equivalents. This record is not immaculate - but it is a very great one and clearly a must-have for any serious Davis fan, because he plays here in a way that he doesn't on any other recording, and produces unusual excitement even for this, the most permanently satisfying and richly artistic musician in jazz, whose music is sure to go down the centuries as great by any standard at any time. - Joost Daalder

Great performance, important document, not good sound........2005-09-30

This was a great and underrated Davis ensemble. The fact that they were playing some of the innovative pieces of the Gil Evans/Davis era with full orchestral accompaniment and in a live setting (and with acoustics of Carnegie Hall no less) should have made for a mounumental recording. As a historic document, it's a must-have: the playing is without reservation, first rate. But then, the sound. Even with remastering, you can't fix mike overload, and it is there often, and most specifically on Miles' principal mike of all places. At best the high dyanmics make for a rough sound, almost frayed and thready in its texture. Anyone used to listening to overmiked recordings, especially live ones from the 30's and 40's can deal with this, and enjoy it, if you like a rough, electric timbre to your trumpet sound. But at worst it's just full-blown distortion, distracting and disappointing and would have been so if any other instrument or player was playing in any other venue, whether Carnegie Hall or your cousin's wedding reception at the Elks Club. And this after all, IS Miles Davis, and this IS Carnegie Hall. Me, I can live with the sonic shortcomings; the performace, the occasion, and the lineup are all too important not to. But it's really a shame; this could have been, all around, one of the finest recordings, live or in studio, of Miles' career. As it is-- well, I have it playing now. So there you go.

testing one two, testing one two.......2004-12-29

Caveat Emptor! Let the buyer beware:

When the audio engineer says "testing" and the performer plays, it is to get the proper recording level. One these recordings, that wasn't done. As a result the tape recorder went way over into the red, front end overload. What you hear is 100% maybe 200% distortion. If you want to know what really high intermodular distortion sounds like, instead of just reading a number, this is it.

It's a shame, too because the performance seems, to the extent one can tolerate the painful experience of listening to it, is dramatic, quite subtle and nuanced. This was the kind of sensitive music Miles Davis, very shortly afterwards, would turned away from forever.

If only the recording engineer had bothered watching the VU meter, this would be a classic! Or if he had adjusted the VU when the recorder went into the red. When listened to on a high quality stereo system, the experience is even more painful.

Miles at Carnegie Hall.......2003-01-13

This is Miles at Carnegie Hall with his group, including the underrated tenor saxophone of Hank Mobley. Also, the Gil Evans Orchestra makes an appearance. The sound is unbalanced and raw. Fans of Mobley will obviously want it, though.

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