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Review by Claude October 15, 2006 (1 of 1 found this review helpful)
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I did an A/B comparision of the two JSACDs "My Funny Valentine" and "Four and More" (both recorded at the February 12, 1964 concert) with the tracks in the "Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis 1963-64" 7CD box set, which contains the concert in the order it was played.
Unlike with the other Miles SACDs I own (almost all of the US and Japan releases), these recordings sound better on the later CD reissue, which has been remixed from the 3-track master tapes and mastered in DSD. The english notes accompagning the JSACDs - released five years earlier - don't say if the transfer was made from the 3-track tapes or from stereo mixdown tapes.
The tonal balance of the SACDs is a bit thinner and the instruments sound more distant. This gives the SACD a slightly nasal quality, while the CDs sound more natural and present. On their own, the SACDs sound fine, but on direct comparision the CDs are preferable.
The new transfer has also been released on individual midprice CDs.
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Review by audiofreak May 30, 2006 (1 of 1 found this review helpful)
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| Highly recommended live recording. The original tape does not sound as good as "Someday my prince will come" (also on SME), but it is still worth paying the extra bucks for getting the JSACD instead of the standard version.
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Review by JW April 3, 2003 (1 of 1 found this review helpful)
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Reviewing Miles Davis is a daunting task. Is there anything original to say about Miles? I probably can't, but I can tell you a few things that may be helpful. I have playing as I write this the Japanese SACD of this album. Sonically this is a gorgeous live recording, with some tapehiss but that never gets in the way. It opens with the title track and continues with another 4 standards: All Of You, Stella By Starlight, All Blues and I Thought About You. The line-up here is awe inspiring: George Coleman on tsax, Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass and Tony Williams on drums.
Miles has recorded every kind of music. One could distinquish (very) roughly three periods; a traditional and acoustic period, a more innovative and fusion period and a experimental and electronic period. This album falls squarely into the first one. Every member of the band gets ample room for solo's and the entire format is that of a traditional swinging jazz outing. Miles's trumpet plays center stage of course and what a player it is. One free flowing solo after the other. Sometimes muted, at other times more pronounced, but always melodic. Herbie Hancock also plays a dominant role with delicate fills and solo's that excell with feeling and swing. If you have never heard Miles Davis and you like traditional jazz is this a great place to start? A heartfelt 'Yeaahhh' - wholeheartedly emphasizing that very same emotion from someone in the audience at 1:58 into Stella By Starlight!
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