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Before Miles Ahead + 19

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Marc Myers
Feb 27, 2019
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One of Miles Davis's finest albums is Miles Ahead: Miles Davis +19, an orchestral jazz recording arranged and conducted by Gil Evans in May and August of 1957. In many ways, the LP was jazz's first concept album. The music unfolds like a story and can only be heard and appreciated by listening from start to finish.


As gentle and as seamless as this album…

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