Sunday, March 4, 2012

Miles Davis, Live Evil (side C)

1971's Live Evil is an obviously canonical record, but I still had a few interesting discoveries on my most recent listen.  First, while I missed Hermeto Pascoal's Lincoln Center concert, it did provide context for his name on reviewing the liner notes.  Live Evil also seems from the title to be entirely a live record, but half of it was recorded in the studio.  Finally, it hints more than I'd previously remembered at the darkness and chaos that would be even more prominent Get Up with It.  My copy is part of a reissue series called "A Columbia Musical Treasury"—the center stickers seem to be intended for a middle school library, and the classic art on the packaging has been replaced by a very simple design.

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