Miles Davis Newbe Question


I recently purchased a CD by Miles Davis titled "Love Songs".
This is the first Miles Davis music I have purchased. What would be some recommendations as to some of his best material. Thanks very much for any feedback!
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Showing 1 response by jwong

The Love Songs Collection look like a lot of ballads which Miles brought a special touch to especially in his works on Prestiege in the late 50's and Columbia in the early 60's. Look for the recordings (lps) with the line-ups of Red Garland, Philly Joe Jones, Paul Chambers, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderly, and Bill Evans which covers this era. He replaced everyone with another great generation of musicians with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and Ron Carter but the music is much faster with a harder edged sound and will disappoint a new comer if you are looking for the "soft" Miles like the Love Song collection. Check out his other "Ballad" compilations if you like the Love Song collection. He was a master ballad player who set the standard by which the world still measures "romantic ballad players" by.