Miles Davis

okblueduck
okblueduck Posts: 427
edited June 2011 in Other Music
Miles Davis' Kind of Blue is my go to rainy day album. I finally got a 180 gram vinyl copy and it sounds fantastic. Can any Miles' gurus out there recommend to me the next album or two I should get?
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  • nsepstru
    nsepstru Posts: 187
    You of course can't go wrong with "Birth of the Cool" but I also really like 'Round About Midnight.
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  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,436
    Sketches of Spain is pretty awesome.
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  • gbachmann
    gbachmann Posts: 3
    Most of the original albums in the catalog are rewarding in some way. But early purchases I'd recommend after KoB would be:

    -In a Silent Way. Miles transitions into electric, great sound here. One of my all time desert island discs.
    -Milestones
    -Bitches Brew

    The '70's albums after Bitches Brew are definitely "difficult" and are more about the funk/groove than the melodic stuff of the earlier material. But still rewarding and brilliant, you just have to be open minded. Miles was a genius.

    Enjoy!
  • wildheartsandburningwaters
    wildheartsandburningwaters Posts: 18
    he does a sweet record with Coltrane, i'd recommend that.
  • MysteryTrain
    MysteryTrain Singapore Posts: 1,189
    Bitches Brew is a really 'ear-opening' experience. Not for the faint-hearted!
  • Digital Twilight
    Digital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    Milestones is great and someone already mentioned Birth of the Cool.

    Sketches of Spain is very hit and miss for me.

    The Bitches Brew live cd that was released this years is very good if you haven't checked that out yet.
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,406
    wildheartsandburningwaters wrote:
    he does a sweet record with Coltrane, i'd recommend that.

    I second this. Everything by Coltrane is great.

    Also Tribute to Jack Johnson is pretty damn cool. Lots of guitar in that one. :D
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  • okblueduck
    okblueduck Posts: 427
    Thanks everyone for the responses
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    Sketches of Spain is great imo by far one of my favs by him.

    Bitches Brew as others have said is very different but very rewarding

    to me in a silent way is another top notch mood album of his.
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  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    Anyone have an opinion on vinyl versions of his albums?
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,752
    Sure. I bought all those RSD mono pressings from a few years back and they sound amazing. I also got the 10" Prestige box sets. I love that era of Miles and thought they did a great job on those pressings.

    By all accounts the new 200g pressings from Analogue Recordings are fantastic.
  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    Tim Simmons said:

    Sure. I bought all those RSD mono pressings from a few years back and they sound amazing. I also got the 10" Prestige box sets. I love that era of Miles and thought they did a great job on those pressings.

    By all accounts the new 200g pressings from Analogue Recordings are fantastic.

    thanks, I watched the Don Cheadle Miles Davis movie last night and realized I need some more of Miles's records. The movie was ok. :)
  • rw160510
    rw160510 Posts: 1,075
    edited March 2017
    I always loved In a Silent Way.
    Edit. Just noticed the question about vinyl :) I only have a 2010 repress of kind of blue. It sounds pretty good.
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