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This isn't one of my favourite jazz-funk releases but I do like it a lot and I even bought the boxset as well, which I enjoyed a ton more. My main problem with it is the first track On the Corner/New York Girl/Thinkin' of One Thing and Doin' Another/Vote for Miles and the drums it has. It's is just way to repedative for my liking but I do love how it ends with this arabic feel to it. This is one heavy album though and for it's time it was massive and I think Davis was telling a story with it. Who's on the corner these days? Well, his music tells it all. It's the freaks and geeks and the crowds at night that hear the beats. Ok, I made that up but to me it sure feels like that when I listen to it.
Black Satin continues the arabic feel and has some odd sounds moving in and out. The track has a kick as bass line but again, there's some things that annoy me about it. The wah wah trumpet and the drums.
One and One kind of continues where the last track left off but it seems to be less jazzy sounding.
Helen Butte/Mr. Freedom X is a pretty cool piece. Again, the drums, bass line and trumpet is exactly the same as the first two tracks on here. There's some organ that creeps in as well. This is an album that I think runs as just one long track because the notes and music written doesn't seem to differ enough to have seperate track titles. I will say that this album is one challenging mother fucker to get in to. If your new to Miles Davis DO NOT start with this album. Wait a few years and then get into it.
