Genre: Jazz
Places I remember: Marbeck Records (I've got an Australian pressing - hence the different cover from the normal one)
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: So What
Gear costume: Freddie Freeloader
Active compensatory factors: It's widely acknowledged as a classic of the genre and it's easy to see why.
It's fresh, different, searching, comfortable, accessible, mysterious, dense, full of space.
The musicians are all at a peak. By 1960 they knew each other well - often appearing together and on each other's recording dates. Coltrane, Paul Chambers, Cannonball Adderly and Bill Evans are all leaders with a wide range of albums under their own name.
Apparently, this group of musicians were only presented with sketches of the songs by Miles shortly before they were recorded, so there is a large degree of spontaneity in these performances.
Where do they all belong? This album is atop the jazz tree - nothing above it.
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