Miles From India

Miles From India
Times Square Records
Jazz | May 2008

Reviews

Don Farrell
Reviewed 2008-06-23
Former members of Miles Davis bands meet musicians from India. Recorded using the Internet from various studios on two continents. "Bitches Brew" goes to India. ALL STAR LINEUP
CD#1
1: 19:45 Instrument & male vocal/wail/drone into @ 5;00 percussion kicks in for a mid to fast trumpet/vocalwail/percussion groove, about half way in vocal wail drops out, flute thing, tabla, e guitar at end
2: 9:21 slow sitar,@ 1:30 Brass All Blues kicks in with sitar. nice piano-bass groove, alto sax
****3: 8:41 Indian violin intro, almost bass/violin call & response, constant bass rhythm, flute thing, cool fast e guitar @ 5:00 minimal Indian scat style vocal at end.
4:  2:33 sitar & drone intro to "In A Silent Way"
****5: 10:01 fast up & running percussion/violin/keyboard/guitar/bass/sax groove, The Hammond B3/bass/e guitar/locked drum set jam is great
****6: 11:37 flute drone thing intro, then bass/drum/e guitar kicks in, cool flute riff, great e guitar, minimal Indian scat style vocal, flute drone thing coda. D  Farrell   06/2008
CD#2
***1: 8:09 'dat dat dim dat' scat intro, piano, bass "So What" Indian percussion (ghatam clay pot)
2: 9:03 trumpet and fast constant Indian percussion, locked bass Adam Holzman keyboards, great great guitar groove, battle of the instruments of mass percussion
3: 13:08 slow instrument noodling intro. male vocal/wail @ 6 min sparse e
guitar plucking by Mike Stern,
****4: 8:40 pounding bass, trumpet, fast sitar & bass clarinet all to a locked
pounding rhythm section, lull@ 4:00, kicks back in with fast e guitar
***5: 14:12 wailing tenor sax Indian percussion, very cool guitar/percussion
jam wailing soprano sax, big bass & deep Indian percussion
6: 6:54 male vocal wail, piano, very nice e guitar noodling (John
McLaughlin) D  Farrell   06/2008

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Charting

2008-06-22 — 2008-08-24 Jazz
Week EndingAirplays
Aug 24 2
Aug 17 1
Aug 10 1
Aug 3 2
Jul 27 5
Jul 20 2
Jul 13 2
Jul 6 3

Track listing

1. Spanish Key
2. All Blues
3. Ife (Fast)
4. In A Silent Way
5. It's About That Time
6. Jean Pierre
7. So What
8. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down
9. Blue In Green
10. Great Expectations
11. Ife (Slow)
12. Miles From India