December 8th, 2009 9:14am
LHB’s Shorties (Billy Corgan, Miles Davis, and More)
Billy Corgan premieres a new song at Spinner.
Groovemine interviews music bloggers.
Lightning Dust plays a tiny desk concert at NPR Music.
NPR Music reviews the new 71-disc Miles Davis box set.
Trudging through the behemoth collection of Davis' music in the past few weeks was a bit like the jazz equivalent of the Death March of Bataan — albeit a cooler, far more swinging journey. Recorded between 1955 and '85, it bears witness to his perpetual restlessness and growth as a musician and bandleader. These digitally remastered recordings range from the lyrical (if sonically inferior) Paris Jazz Festival date to the extended funk-rock jams of his twilight years on We Want Miles.
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