MPEG Disc 2 1. MPEG Disc 3 1. MPEG Disc 4 1. MPEG Disc 5 1. Every now and again, the act of listening seems to be utterly insufficient to properly do justice to a particular subject.
Some music simply needs to be embraced by a form of aural osmosis.
The six CDs of Miles Davis ' John Coltrane -accompanied Complete Columbia Recordings is a case in point, as it documents what was undoubtedly one of the greatest pairings in jazz history. The stunning and long-awaited collection takes in the period from October 1955 to March 1961, with approximately 90 minutes of material from 18 previously unreleased tracks. They stand shoulder to shoulder against their period work on such masterpieces of tone and form as Kind of Blue plus such recordings as Milestones and 'Round About Midnight , all 20-bit digitally remixed and remastered. The recordings show not just typically stunning playing but also the amazing sonic navigational skills of the pair of main protagonists. Coltrane, who not long after the latest of these recordings would be a human hurricane both physically and spiritually, is all soul and restraint, filling, and wherever possible, expanding the spaces he's allocated.