Search - Miles Davis :: Live Olympia 07/11/1973

Set List

H. Lim | Carlingford, NSW Australia | 11/09/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

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The track list on the CD is TOTALLY wrong. Of course it can be hard to tell one tune from another in Miles' fusion era, but they are undoubtedly separate performances! Here is the revised list:



1. "Turnaroundphrase" (14:20)



2. "Tune in Five" (10:37): I doubt this tune is really in "five", but it is a nice groove.



3. "Zimbabwe" (11:32): Incredibly, this track is cut in half on the disc - the first track "Medley" is made up of Turnaroundphrase, Tune in Five and the first portion of Zimbabwe.



4. "Unknown Title 730620" (11:41): This is misidentified as "Ife" on the CD. But it is actually a piece Miles played often in 1973, which had no title! The code title is given by the Miles Ahead website. 730620 is a fast, cheerful groove, which deserved to have a name, but never did!



5. "Ife" (17:04): This is actually a very very slow, dull performance of a famous Miles standard. Lots of wah wah'ed barking noises and shrieks.



6. "Tune in Five" (6:08): A reprise of the Tune in Five.



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Beginnings of Miles' Best Band

H. Lim | 05/07/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Though this cd cannot live up to the awesome power of Pangaea or Agharta it still is a powerful cd. This is heavy music powered not only by jazz funk but by an otherworldliness that only Miles Davis could create. This is heavily influential on anyone from DJ Spooky to Tortoise. As for the album itself, Dave Liebman can't compare to Sonny Fortune as a saxophonist and the sound is a little iffy but hey this is 70's Miles and that said you can't go wrong."

Early Miles funk collective

H. Lim | 09/24/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This concert was recorded not too long after Pete Cosey joined the band and the material took a distinctly funk direction rather than the jazz-rock that proceeded the On the Corner album.The band comes out swinging with Turnaroundphrase, which sounds closer to James Brown than other versions I have heard, though the sound is marred for a few minutes the bass and drums lock in around a swirling pool of funk. The second song I believe, is Tune in 5 with great funk guitar intro and Miles spacey trumpet, moving towards Ife with it's heart beat bass, brilliant guitar soloing, and percussion."