Decoy

Artist: Miles Davis
Label: Sony
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 074643899123
EAN: 0074643899123
ASIN: B0000025X5

Release Date: 1990-10-25

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MILES DAVIS: DIRECTIONS IN MUSIC
My favorite pieces of music
Favorite Miles Davis
Essential Albums from the 1980's (Vol. I)
Lifetime Inspiration
Electric/Electronic Miles (Chronological)
Miles Smiles

Tracks:

Decoy
Robot 415
Code M.D.
Freaky Deaky
What It Is
That's Right
That's What Happened

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Customer Reviews:

Miles Gets It Back STRONG!!!.......2007-02-26

Of any of Miles' 1980's period recordings, "Decoy" for my money is one of the best of the batch from a musical/compositional standpoint. And with the likes of drummer Al Foster, guitarist John Scofield and saxmeister Branford Marsalis, how could you go wrong?

The opening title track is particularly strong, conveying the mystery, urgency and intensity that was Miles. "Robot 415" ain't half bad either, even with all the synths still magages to create a strong mood in its brief span. "Code M.D" is somewhat sabotaged by the stiff drum-machine rhythm (live drums would've really made it sparkle) though it does have a very compelling harmonic/melodic shape despite that flaw. "Freaky Deaky" with it's repeating bass line had some potential but falls flat on its face.

The strongest cuts are the last 3, "What It Is" a manic funk track that would've been very much at home in the opening credits of an old Quinn Martin crime drama (all it's missing is the voiceover of one Hank Simms grimly intoning "Tonight's Episode---"), "That's Right" pours on the sloooowww, smoldering blues and things wrap up with "That's What Happened" a tour de force, on which the melody and harmonic structure is interestingly enough, a transcription of a VERY inspired John Scofield guitar solo from the previous "Star People" album (on the track "Speak").

All told,a good solid effort, far more listeniable than most of Miles' 80's efforts.

Eighties jazz - Miles Style.......2007-02-21

This CD was released in 1984. The sound quality is very good. Much better than many of the CD's released in the mid eighties. It is 39 minutes long, which is fairly short by Miles Davis's standards. His LP's used be 25 minutes to 30 minutes a side. The double album, Get Up With It was 2 hours long.

This is eighties style jazz, but with a Miles Davis flair to it that makes it better than most jazz released at the time. The eighties were not a very good time for jazz. Sunday Brunch, light jazz was all the rage. People like Spyro Gyra and later Kenny G were popular. Also musicians were folding in New Age jazz (which at the time was about the only thing that was interesting). People like Chick Corea and Bill Cobham went light and pop.

This CD has that distinctive 1980's jazz sound. Code MD sounds like something Chick Corea would have done. There are also twinges of 80's Weather Report.

The band on this CD includes John Scofield on guitar and someone named Robert Irving III on keyboards. They wrote most of the compositions. Also appearing in spots in Branford Marsalis (who now plays with all the jam bands like the Gov't Mule and Widespread Panic).

This CD is more lively and a little more main stream than Davis's earlier work. It is certainly more accessible to the general population than anything Davis has done. But, it isn't bland or white bread like most popular music. If you want Bitches Brew or Sketches of Spain or Doo Wap, this isn't it. This isn't ground breaking. But, it shows that Davis can take on any style and make it better.

An improvisational jam album?.......2007-02-16

I don't even know where to begin. This album seriously lacked musical direction. The only thing I enjoyed on it was Darryl Jones's bass playing. I apologize to anyone who enjoyed it but I just couldn't. I'd get "Tutu" or "Aura" before this one.

Miles Davis Gets Funked Up!.......2003-08-05

No matter who backed him up,Miles always played in
his own way and one could always tell it was him.The trio of songs that begin the album-the tital cut,"Robot 415" and
"Code M.D." are pulsing electro-funk hip/hop numbers that stand as the beginnings of jazz-hop and are therefore a precurser to what Gang Starr and Digable planets would be doing a decade
later."What Is It" and "That's What Happened" are organic,white-
hot,live-in-the-studio jams where Miles blows like a siren.The
moody "Freaky Deaky" and "That's Right" add enough change of pace
to make this one of Mile's better 80's albums by far!

WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT MILES??.......2001-12-08

AS USUAL WITH MILES,THE ONLY WORD TO DESCRIBE ANY OF HIS WORK IS "GENIUS"!
WHAT MORE CAN YOU SAY............?

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