Tribute to Miles Davis Reviews

So far, this is my favourite album from the World Saxophone Quartet. It's a good take on some Miles Davis tracks and there's times when I hardly recognize it from the original, like on Freddie Freeloader, but seeing as how it's a tribute CD maybe I'm not suppose to. Seven Steps to Heaven is awesome and easily my favourite track on here. It's fast and the congo solos at the end are crazy and make me tap my fingers non-stop. I've played this track a ton and when I have it my car it gets put on repeat most times. The overall album has this african-post bop-free improv sound to it that makes it stand out from a lot of jazz albums I've heard from this group. Sometimes you wonder if they're going to start to go all free jazz on you and then they pull it back down to this wonderful african bop sound, which I don't get to hear enough of these days. There's only a couple tracks I don't really care for, like Selim that is really slow and hardly has any sax in it for the longest time, but overall it's a strong release with a good african vibe to it. I think Mr. Davis would be proud of it.

Credits:
African Drums - Chief Bey
African Drums, Percussion - Okyerema Asante
African Drums, Percussion, Vocals - Titos Sompa
Drums, Piano - Jack DeJohnette
Flute [Alto] - John Purcell
Saxophone [Alto], Flute - Oliver Lake
Saxophone [Baritone], Clarinet [Alto] - Hamiet Bluiett
Saxophone [Tenor], Clarinet [Bass] - David Murray