Miles Davis - Dark Magus

Recorded live in 1974, at a time when Miles had stopped rehearsing and the band would just go out and play. (For two of the musicians, this was their audition.)

Al Foster's drumming is fucking insane.

It's the kind of album which makes jazz-haters wince and say, "See, this is why I hate jazz."

I like to think that there would have been someone in the audience who had gone along on the strength of kind of liking Kind of Blue.

I recommend the episodes of the Questlove Supreme podcast where James Mtume talks about his time in the band around this time. Fascinating stuff.

Note to self: must re-read Miles Davis's autobiography.