Various Artists
Fusion for Miles: A Guitar Tribute
Release Date
Aug 2, 2005
Label
Tone Center
Review by Scott Yanow
Titled Fusion for Miles: A Guitar Tribute, this set is a bit unusual. A five-piece band that includes Dave Liebman on soprano sets up grooves and backgrounds that sound like Miles Davis' bands of 1969-1971. A different guitarist is featured on each of the ten selections, with the biggest names being Mike Stern, Bill Frisell, Bill Connors, and Pat Martino. Ironically, those four are each featured on pre-fusion Davis-associated songs ("So What," "Nefertiti," "Eighty-One," and "Serpent's Tooth") that are performed with funk rhythms and as if Davis had revived them in 1970. In addition to having a string of guitars in the foreground, it is unusual to hear this music without any trumpeters. But overall, the project is successful with plenty of fireworks and creative playing along the way, reviving music from 35 years earlier that still manages to sound fresh and slightly menacing.
Editorial Review from Amazon.com
Fusion for Miles features some of the greatest names in progressive jazz/ fusion guitar, each paying tribute to master musician and jazz legend Miles Davis, a pioneer of modern jazz and fusion. A gifted composer and powerful band leader, Miles left this world with a legacy of phenomenal compositions, a universal reputation for introducing the world to many important jazz artists who first apprenticed under him, and a vast number of people who were touched by and learned from his stylized harmonic genius. Those musicians, whose music he influenced, were not just trumpet players but nearly all students of jazz and among them are the incredible guitarists who have come together to lift up their guitars as their voices in this unique tribute. FEATURING GUEST GUITARISTS: Eric Johnson, Bill Frisell, Pat Martino, Warren Haynes, Jimmy Herring, Mike Stern, Bill Connors, Steve Kimmock, Bireli Lagrene and Jeff Richman.
01 Black Satin Jimmy Herring 6:28
02 Splatch Jeff Richman 5:05
03 Jean-Pierre Eric Johnson 6:23
04 So What Mike Stern 5:53
05 Nefertiti Bill Frisell 5:41
06 Eighty One Bill Connors 6:09
07 Serpents Tooth Pat Martino 5:25
08 It's About That Time Warren Haynes 6:10
09 Back Seat Betty Steve Kimock 6:29
10 Spanish Key Bireli Lagrene 9:12
Vinnie Colaiuta Drums
Bill Connors Guitar
Max Crace Photography
Bill Frisell Guitar
Ralph Gibson Photography
Larry Goldings Organ
Warren Haynes Guitar
Jimmy Herring Guitar
Eric Johnson Guitar
Steve Kimock Guitar
Bireli Lagrene Guitar
David Liebman Saxophone
Tucker Martine Engineer
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