Space and texture are woven with Wayne Shorter's saxophone and Brian Blade's drums. The instruments, or rather the instrumentalists, are part of the front line with her rather than something secondary in the background. New and yet somehow well broken in, it's classic. Music built for speed. Which is plenty far enough - no quibbles, please.
Commercial compromise sounds like a heap of fun.
Never has such a monster covered so much ground and back so fast. She was born and raised in Salvador de Bahia, where African culture meets Portuguese, the New Orleans of Brazil. Her voice transcends the distinction between erudite and popular. The songs sound more like opera arias or lieder than samba. Fifty years ago, September 1948, Miles Davis led his first band during a two-week stand at the Royal Roost on Broadway.