Miles Davis - Dark Magus [2CD] (1977) [Remastered 2016]

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Miles Davis - Dark Magus [2CD] (1977) [Remastered 2016]
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Genre: Jazz-Rock, Funk, Fusion | Label: Music On CD/Columbia | Catalog Number: MOCCD13334

Dark Magus is a live double album by American jazz composer and trumpeter Miles Davis. It was recorded on March 30, 1974, at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Davis' group at the time included bassist Michael Henderson, drummer Al Foster, percussionist James Mtume, saxophonist Dave Liebman, and guitarists Pete Cosey and Reggie Lucas. He also used the show to audition saxophonist Azar Lawrence and guitarist Dominique Gaumont. Dark Magus was produced by Teo Macero and featured four two-part recordings titled after Swahili names for the numbers one through four.
Dark Magus was released after Davis' 1975 retirement, upon which his label, Columbia Records, issued several albums of various outtakes. After issuing the live recordings Agharta (1975) and Pangaea (1976), Columbia decided that they did not approve of the albums and Dark Magus was released only in Japan, in 1977 by CBS-Sony. The label's A&R executive Tatsu Nosaki suggested the album's title, which referred to the Magus from the Zoroastrian religion.
Along with Davis' other records during the 1970s, Dark Magus was received ambivalently by contemporary critics, but it inspired noise rock acts during the late 1970s and the experimental funk artists of the 1980s. The album was not released in the United States until July 1997, when it was reissued by Sony Records and Legacy Records. In retrospective reviews, critics praised its jazz-rock aesthetic and the group members' performances, and some believed certain parts foreshadowed jungle

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Miles Davis / Dark Magus

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Miles Davis / Dark Magus

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Tracklist :::
Disc One
1. "Moja (Part 1)" – 12:28
2. "Moja (Part 2)" – 12:40
3. "Wili (Part 1)" – 14:20
4. "Wili (Part 2)" – 10:44

Disc Two
1. "Tatu (Part 1)" – 18:47
2. "Tatu (Part 2) ('Calypso Frelimo')" – 6:29
3. "Nne (Part 1) ('Ife')" – 15:19
4. "Nne (Part 2)" – 10:11

Personnel :::
Pete Cosey – electric guitar
Miles Davis – electric trumpet with wah-wah, Yamaha organ ("Wili", "Tatu", and "Nne")
Al Foster – drums
Dominique Gaumont – electric guitar ("Tatu", "Nne")
Michael Henderson – electric bass
Azar Lawrence – tenor saxophone ("Tatu", "Nne")
Dave Liebman – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Reggie Lucas – electric guitar
Teo Macero – production
James Mtume – percussion

Recorded May 30, 1974 at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY. Digitally mastered at Sony Music Studios, NYC.