Sunday, June 15, 2008
When a Ballad is no Longer a Ballad
I searched YouTube for Miles Davis' version of I Fall In Love Too Easilybecause his classic performance of it has an incredible amount of poignancy and emotion. This version with the Hancock-Carter-Williams-Shorter quintet is all sharp corners and muscular angularity. I appreciate it as well. There are moments where Tony Williams absolutely explodes. And Shorter's solo seems to be on a wavelength too far to the left of a normal transceiver.
For a brief moment, I must have felt like Miles' audience did often back in those days. "Hey, that's not.." But, for those who want and choose to listen, there are big rewards and payoffs as this group takes you on its journeys. And if you don't like it? Well, Miles summarized that with a response in one of his tunes from the early sixties: So What.
posted by well-executed buffet at 8:44 PM
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