Nunmehr sind fast 50 Jahre seit dem Erscheinen der ersten Produktion des legendären ersten Miles Davis Quintetts vergangen. E.S.P. besteht auch im Jahre 2015 noch den Test der Zeit. Miles Davis blieb mit der Musik, die er 1965 machte, nicht stehen. Augenscheinlich wird das sofort, wenn man die Besetzungslisten von E.S.P. (1965) und Agharta/Pangea (1975) miteinander vergleicht:
E.S.P.
- Trompete: Miles Davis
- Tenorsaxophon: Wayne Shorter
- Piano: Herbie Hancock
- Kontrabass: Ron Carter
- Schlagzeug: Tony Williams
- Trompete, Orgel: Miles Davis
- Altsaxophon, Flöte, Sopransaxophon: Sonny Fortune
- E-Gitarre, Sythesizer: Pete Cosey
- E-Gitarre: Reggie Lucas
- E-Bass: Michael Henderson
- Schlagzeug: Al Foster
- Perkussion: James Mtume
For decades, I am an avid listener of music of Miles Davis. Everything has begun by purchasing the double album Bitches Brew in the early 1980s. As at that time about 16-year-old I bought the two vinyl discs especially because John McLaughlin was on the cast list. I can still remember my first impression: Why the hell is John barely perceptible? Why is there no super fast solo à la Mahavishnu Orechstra? I felt deceived, was stumped. What does this music mean? Anyway, Bitches Brew did not let me henceforth going - and eventually turned much into the background of what was in my record collection, the improvisations and solos of Miles, Wayne Shorter, Benny Maupin, Joe Zawinul, Chic Corea and Co. were absolutely brilliant.
Now, almost 50 years since the publication of the first studio album of the legendary second Miles Davis Quintet have passed, E.S.P. still stand the test of time. But Miles Davis did not stay with the music that he made in 1965. Apparently that is immediately visible when you compare the cast lists of E.S.P. (1965) and Agharta/Pangea (1975):
E.S.P.
Agharta/Pangea
The "classic" jazz quintet had completely worn out after only 10 years. The Miles Davis Group which presented itself in front of a Japanese audience in 1975 played aggressive, loud and moved in a universe beyond the mainstream. It is a rarity in the history of music that a musician/composer has undergone such a drastic conversion. How this evolution proceeded, I would like to trace out in my amateur perspective.
E.S.P.
- Trumpet: Miles Davis
- Tenor Saxophone: Wayne Shorter
- Piano: Herbie Hancock
- Bass: Ron Carter
- Drums: Tony Williams
Agharta/Pangea
- Trumpet, Organ: Miles Davis
- Alto saxophone, flute, soprano saxophone: Sonny Fortune
- Guitar, Synthesizer: Pete Cosey
- Electric Guitar: Reggie Lucas
- Electric Bass: Michael Henderson
- Drums: Al Foster
- Percussion: James Mtume
The "classic" jazz quintet had completely worn out after only 10 years. The Miles Davis Group which presented itself in front of a Japanese audience in 1975 played aggressive, loud and moved in a universe beyond the mainstream. It is a rarity in the history of music that a musician/composer has undergone such a drastic conversion. How this evolution proceeded, I would like to trace out in my amateur perspective.
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