Monday, May 05, 2008

Miles Davis: On the Corner

Copy at Case Memorial Library
Personnel: Miles Davis, trumpet; Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, keyboards; John McLaughlin, guitar; Dave Liebman, saxophone; Jack DeJohnette, drums; additional musicians.
Contents: On the corner / New York girl / Thinkin' one thing and doin' another / Vote for Miles (19:56) — Black satin (5:15) — One and one (6:09) — Helen Butte / Mr. Freedom X (23:18). Recorded June 1 and 6, and July 7, 1972, in New York City. Includes notes by Bob Belden and Dave Liebman, in container.
Martin Johnson, writing in New York, called this recording Davis's "last great studio album, a polyrhythmic monster," and listed it as one of 12 that demonstrate how "for the last 40 years, jazz in New York … has stealthily maintained its vitality" ("The New York Canon: Jazz," 4/14/08, p. 75).
Another album on Mr. Johnson's list, Abbey Sings Abbey by Abbey Lincoln, is also in our collection.

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