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A Tribute to Jack Johnson | 
 enlarge | Artist: Miles Davis
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 36308
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 93599
UPC: 827969359921
EAN: 0827969359921
ASIN: B00074CBFG
Release Date: January 11, 2005
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Amazon.com essential recording
Miles Davis was a gifted composer of film soundtracks, and this is arguably his best. Certainly it's his most listenable film piece. A boxer himself, Davis had a feel for movement in the ring, and this recording overflows with the admiration he had for the grace, style, and confidence of fighters like Sugar Ray Robinson. Jack Johnson was, for a long time, Miles's favorite of his own recordings, and you can see why from the first note: guitarist John McLaughlin steps out and strides across a shuffling groove that is closer to barroom R&B than it is to rock; Davis weighs in with that clipped but plaintive sound which promises you that no matter what kind of music he takes on next, he will always be Miles. And then when--midway through the first of two long jams--Herbie Hancock muscles his way into the mix on organ, of all things, you realize that they could go on like this forever. A joyful, liberating record. --John Szwed
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 The epitomy of Miles' electric era September 3, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Although unfamiliar with Miles Davis outside his fusion period of the early 1970s, I have come to realise clearly that the influence and power of his fusion records from In a Silent Way to Pangaea, especially on the post-rock of the 1990s, makes them essential listening.
Although all Miles' albums from this period contain numerous epic pieces that change mood in a remarkably consistent manner whenever anything is becoming at all predictable, "A Tribute to Jack Johnson" is in many ways the best of the lot. It is for sure the hardest-hitting of Davis' fusion albums, with the guitar of John McLaughlin and the drums of Billy Cobham providing a beat more like true funk than anything on Silent Way or even Bitches' Brew and lacks entirely the atmospheric quality that is admittedly delightful on both those albums.
From the first note of "Right Off", the new, raw, stripped-down sound of Davis' band is very clearly in evidence. In the opening moments of that piece, McLaughlin and bass player Michael Henderson, with only a little help from Miles himself, produce a searing melody very reminiscent of what Don Cabellero and Slint (minus the acoustic guitars) would do in the 1990s. Then, Miles manages to make his trumpet sound like a true rock instrument in a way neither he nor anybody else was ever able to do again. The notes he provides as an extra melody line along with the guitar and bass are utterly and viscerally piercing and must have taken a great deal of effort from both Miles and producer Teo Macero to develop to the stage they reached.
The way in which the players are allowed to show their talents all through "Right Off" takes time to appreciate and is hardly something anybody but the most dedicated listener will want to hear every day, but that it is utterly wonderful there can be no doubt. The solos from Steve Grossman on saxophone fit the mood of the music perfectly and show him at least the equal of Davis' other fusion saxophonist Wayne Shorter.
"Yesternow", the second and last track, is very slow compared to "Right Off", and also quieter especially at the finale. Yet, when one hears Miles' initial note pierce one's ears, it becomes clear that the powerful funk melodies are if anything denser and produced with even more energy than on "Right Off". Indeed, at its peak, "Yesternow" is utterly stunning, with Davis' horn producing notes that are delightfully melodic yet sound at times as if they will explode.
All in all, there has never been an album of funk jams nearly so powerful as "A Tribute to Jack Johnson". Even if not necessarily the best of Miles Davis fusion studio albums, it is certainly the hardest and at times the emotion will pierce one's ears.
The life of Jack August 16, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This album and the songs contained, cover the rise and fall of Jack Johnson America's MOST infamous and 1st Black Heavyweight Champion. The up tempo beginning of "Right Off" is Johnson striving to fullfill the ambition of his youth and overcome the staggering imbalance forced upon him by America's racist foundations. The tempo changes during the piece to express the "flat spots" and the "downs" that even a powerful man such as Jack Johnson experienced while being the most SUCCESSFUL Black man of his era. "Right Off" ends like it begins with a bang. "Yesternow" seems to be the manifesto of a man begging for acceptance from the world in general and America in particular. It tells the world who this man is and that his being is not up for debate, it is a "take it or leave it" pronouncement! "Accept me as I am or not at all", I will survive and thrive in either case!
great! July 6, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Miles here recorded for several months in the studio, tape forever rolling, "jam session style." Afterwards, (since there were too many cuts to be included on an LP), they selected these 2 songs for the record. Mile's producer, Ted Marceo (who had been with him since around 1958), inserted a tape on trk 1 from a previous session containing a scary muted trumpet sound. He also toned the drums down on some parts for a "drumless" effect (which would otherwise be forever playing). Herbie Hancock wasn't scheduled to be on the session. He just walked in back from the supermarket still holding his grocery bags to drop off a copy of his latest LP (today it is a CD) for Miles. He never intended to stay. But Miles had other plans. He saw how adding keys to the session could make it better. So... he just pointed to a small Farfisa organ in the corner & said "play!" Herbie had never seen the thing before and anyways, he HAD TO GO. They argued for a while but Miles was firm. At last, Herbie went over to the thing and tried to figure out how to turn it on. After that, he played his solo, gave Miles the record and left. Enjoy this CD and let's hope after all that arguing, Herbie has some energy in his solo!
Well-deserved parade of 5-star reviews April 30, 2008
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
Hard to add much to the great comments already here, but this is one piece of jazz that will get you up off the couch and MOVING.
MILES DAVIS AT HIS ROCKING HOUR April 17, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have to say that this CD is a masterpiece. The first song "Right Off" is really great, Miles does rock n' roll and jazz (like Miles jazz trumpet and Joe Satriani hard rock) and that is really one of Miles' best recordings ever, and one of my favorite Miles nearing 27 minutes of driving rock and jazz. Yesternow is more like other Miles a lot slower and calmer, but in the middle has a background of the first song of "In a Silent Way", in the end there is a voice for Jack Johnson. This is great Miles from the seventies and it is one of his greatest recordings. Every Miles Davis CD or Record collection should have this.
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