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A Love Supreme: An Unlikely Platinum Jazz Record From John Coltrane
October 14, 2014 | Posted in JAZZ, MUSIC | By Jason Sositko
A Love Supreme is not smooth jazz Did you know A Love Supreme from John Coltrane is the second best-selling modern jazz record of all time? Only Kind of Blue from Miles Davis has sold more. A Love Supreme released
Collecting Vintage Quadraphonic Vinyl Records
June 7, 2014 | Posted in MUSIC, VINYL RECORDS | By Jason Sositko
One specialty area of Vinyl record collecting is quadraphonic. This basically means records that have a special sound mix of 4.0 surround sound. Many times these records can sell for 3 or 4 times the amount of the regular stereo
Gil Evans Orchestrates the Music of Jimi Hendrix
May 20, 2014 | Posted in JAZZ, ORCHESTRAL MUSIC, ROCK | By Jason Sositko
Jazz lore tells it, that in 1969, before Jimi Hendrix met his demise, he had discussed a collaboration with the jazz arranger Gil Evans and jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. Believe it or not, Jimi even discussed bringing Paul McCartney into
A Pair of Miles Davis Quadraphonic Records: Bitches Brew and Live Evil
May 9, 2014 | Posted in VINYL RECORDS | By Jason Sositko
Bitches Brew Quadrophonic LP Miles Davis shocked the jazz world in 1970 when he sold his soul to the God of Rock n’ Roll, more precisely the grooves of Sly and the Family Stone. Miles threw away the acoustic instruments
Remembering Some of Those Cool Vintage 1970’s Toys
January 27, 2014 | Posted in FANDOM | By Jason Sositko
Before video games were widely available I remember when I was a little kid growing up in the 1970’s, Christmas and Birthdays had such anticipation. Since we didn’t have iPads and iPods, and didn’t even have Cable TV or a
A Beginners Quick-Guide to Avant-Garde and Free Jazz
January 14, 2014 | Posted in JAZZ | By Jason Sositko
Have you acquired the taste for free jazz? Free jazz, or avant-garde jazz is not for the faint of heart. “They call it free jazz, because nobody pays to hear it, and nobody every made any money playing it”. Probably
Hangin’ On The Corner With Miles Davis
December 20, 2013 | Posted in JAZZ | By Jason Sositko
Was On the Corner Miles Davis’ Most hated Album? I can’t think of a more polarizing album in the Miles Davis discography than On the Corner. Released in 1972, the album was universally hated by jazz critics and by many
From Jazz to Something Not of This Earth: Why Couldn’t the Jazz Critics Get Bitches Brew?
December 5, 2013 | Posted in JAZZ, PROGRESSIVE ROCK | By Jason Sositko
When Bitches Brew was released in July of 1970, the story for the 500,000 who bought the album was, “wow, this is some wild challenging music”. Unfortunately the establishment jazz critic didn’t always see things that way, they would charge
Miles Davis’ Miles In the Sky: Closing in on Jazz Rock
December 4, 2013 | Posted in JAZZ, MUSIC, VINYL RECORDS | By Jason Sositko
Miles dips his toe in the electric water Lately I have been listening to the music of Miles Davis right before his big push into rock territory. 1968’s Miles in the Sky is a transitional album if there ever was
Miles Davis’ Get Up With It: A Contemporary Stew of Ambient Jazz Funk
December 2, 2013 | Posted in JAZZ | By Jason Sositko
Miles throws in many styles, and some new inventions Get Up With It over the years has become my favorite of the Electric studio albums of Miles Davis. I will start with the Opus’, “Calypso Frelimo”, and “He Loved Him
