Miles Davis - In a Silent Way [24bit/96kHz LP Rip]

Miles Davis's famous mid-1960s quintet, featuring saxophonist Wayne Shorter and pianist Herbie Hancock, was intact until just a few weeks before his new, electric ensemble recorded In a Silent Way. Legendary as a kind of line in the sand challenging jazz fans during the ascendance of electric, psychedelic rock, In a Silent Way hinted at the repetitive polyrhythms Davis would employ throughout the early 1970s. It also partook generously of electric piano and bass and rekindled the tonal palette that Davis had explored famously with Kind of Blue. But In a Silent Way remains a clearly electric jazz record, part ambient color exploration, part rock-inflected energy and vibe, and part outright maverick creativity. Davis takes many long, breathy solos, and they glisten in a burnished blue against his new group's strange admixture of musical moods. –Andrew Bartlett

À la fin des années 60, le son cristallin du clavier électrique Fender Rhodes exerça une étrange fascination sur certains musiciens. Hancock en utilisa un pour la première fois avec Miles et fut étonné par le son qui en sortit, plein, puissant et coloré. En dehors de la science des arrangements de Miles, In A Silent Way doit en partie sa magie au "mood" en phase avec l'époque que génère l'utilisation simultanée des trois claviers électriques de Hancock, Corea et Zawinul. Les fulgurances entrecoupées de silences du trompettiste sont portées par l'alchimie des claviers et des polyrythmies. Lumineuse, cette œuvre dont on retrouve des traces sur Zawinul annonce celles de Weather Report. –Philippe Robert

Track Listings:

1. Shhh/Peaceful
2. In A Silent Way/It's About That Time

Ripping Equipment:

TT: Technics SL 120 with SME 3009 tonearm
Cartridge: Ortofon Concorde OM 30 MM
Phono amp: Pro-Ject Tube Box II with 2X 12AX 7A
Cables: Wire World Solstice 5.2
Computer: Sony Vaio
DAC: Tascam US-144 external USB 2.0 Audiointerface
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