Slow cook stew
fred udrah | south california | 01/21/2002
(4 out of 5 stars)
"A treasure chest of gems and some filler. (Various ensembles from 1970-74)
Disc I: 1) "He loved him madly" -wonderfully restrained and textured psychedelic jazz with the steady time keeping hands of Al Foster
2) "Maiysha" - M.D. brilliantly clones Cameo/Sly in one fell swoop with bits & chunks of Axelrod trance bop/Esquivel moods. 3) "Honky Tonk" - Live Evil/B.Brew sound alike 4) "Rated X" -sorta interesting hard driving funk ala Stockhausen with Miles on organ
Disc II: 1) "Calypso Frelimo"- Imagine early Weather Report with Miles as a guest 2) "Red China Blues"-Rocking big band blues, great start, however, doesn't really go anywhere 3) "Mtume" - Delicious jazzy percussive driven parade, wild guitar from R.Lucas + P.Cosey 4) Billy Preston" - similar to "On the Corner" era material. 24 bit remaster clear as a whistle."