Track Listing
1. Big Fun/Hollywuud
2. Agharta Prelude
3. Miles Dewy Davis III-Great Ancestor
4. Black Satin
5. Ife
6. Maiysha
1. Calypso Frelimo
2. Moja-Nne
3. Themes From Jack Johnson
4. Wili (For Dave)
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 2 | | Contributing Artists: | Kaiser, Henry & Wadada Leo Smith | | Producer: | Chris Muir, Henry Kaiser | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Proper | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
Personnel: Henry Kaiser (guitar); Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet); Chris Muir (guitar, electronics); Nels Cline (guitar); Michael Manring (bass); Lukas Ligeti, Wally Ingram (drums, percussion).Additional personnel: Elliott Sharp (electric & lap steel guitars); Freddie Roulette (lap steel guitar); Bruce Ackley, Steve Adams, George Brooks, Larry Ochs, Jon Raskin (saxophone); Oluyemi Thomas (bass clarinet); Paul Plimley (piano, organ); Greg Goodman (piano); John Medeski (organ); Bob Bralove (keyboards).Recorded at Bay Records, Berkeley, California on January 5-8, 1998. Includes liner notes by Enrico Merlin.All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology.Guitarist Henry Kaiser returns with a project in the tradition of his Grateful Dead tributes: a double CD that covers material from Miles Davis' mid-70's electric period (specifically, the albums JACK JOHNSON, GET UP WITH IT, AGHARTA, and PANGAEA). As critics and fans alike initially scorned this music at the time, it's nice to see it finally getting its due, both in CD reissues of the original records and this release.Kaiser assembled an excellent band for the sessions--the celebrated AACM trumpeter Smith, alternative rock and fusion guitar wizard Nels Cline and drummer Lukas Ligeti (son of Hungarian composer Gyorgi Ligeti). They follow the original recordings fairly closely, but with a more light-hearted feel than Davis. And there's a lot of music here too--several cuts clock in at near or over the half-hour mark. Also worthwhile are the liner notes, which meticulously identify the reoccurring "tunes" of the original LPs, which were never formally named. For that alone, any Miles Davis fan must own this CD.
Editorial Reviews
The energy level of all involved is way, way up for this densely textured, scrupulously orchestrated reworking of themes from Miles Davis' electric-funk period of the early '70s... - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly
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