VA - Fusion For Miles:A Guitar Tribute (2005)

Posted By : shike | Date : 18 Feb 2010 05:38:05 | Comments : 5 |

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Titled Fusion for Miles: A Guitar Tribute, this set is a bit unusual. A five-piece band that includes Dave Liebman on soprano sets up grooves and backgrounds that sound like Miles Davis' bands of 1969-1971. A different guitarist is featured on each of the ten selections, with the biggest names being Mike Stern, Bill Frisell, Bill Connors, and Pat Martino. Ironically, those four are each featured on pre-fusion Davis-associated songs ("So What," "Nefertiti," "Eighty-One," and "Serpent's Tooth") that are performed with funk rhythms and as if Davis had revived them in 1970. In addition to having a string of guitars in the foreground, it is unusual to hear this music without any trumpeters. But overall, the project is successful with plenty of fireworks and creative playing along the way, reviving music from 35 years earlier that still manages to sound fresh and slightly menacing.

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Tracklist:
1. Black Satin - Jimmy Herring
2. Splatch - Jeff Richman
3. Jean-Pierre - Eric Johnson
4. So What - Mike Stern
5. Nefertiti - Bill Frisell
6. Eighty One - Bill Connors
7. Serpents Tooth - Pat Martino
8. It's About That Time - Warren Haynes
9. Back Seat Betty - Steve Kimock
10. Spanish Key - Bireli Lagrene