Miles Davis Agharta CD

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 the best
I have managed to purchase this album 4 times, this is because I can't help but turn people on to what I think is Miles best album. Enjoy!
Submitted by Carl1uluv (D.C.) 
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 Agharta - the Best
The best of Miles Davis. This disc should own everyone
Submitted by adamamal (Athens, Greece) 
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 Took me a long time to check this out, but...
It was worth it! I always loved In a Silent Way and other fusion from Miles. But people always told me this album was too dissonant. Finally, i decided to get it anyway. Excellent choice, because it isn't in fact any more dissonant than his other fusion work, and it grooves effortlessly. Seriously, the funk here is as thick as you'll ever hear! Pete Cosey is the centrepiece here-an astounding guitarist who i had until now been ignorant of. Listen and you'll see what i mean. Outstanding live jazz/funk/fusion.
Submitted by Tighearnan O Floinn (Dublin, Ireland)
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 Miles pentultimate sessionfrom the mid seventies
Miles was in Japan for a couple of sessions that turned out to be his last for a while. He had been one of the most prolific artists during the seventies, and to this point released an impressive set of double albums that surely tested the patience and wallets of his legion of die hard fans. Obviously not all Davis post Bitches Brew music was perfect. Some was good and some was mediocre and even testing but Davis pressed on and tossed out albums like he was giving away candy but at least we can't complain about the lack of his music at this time, or at any time. Too many artists left behind too little but Miles was on the ball as he keep on his feet and constantly unleashed a flow of fusion until this time in 1975. Agharta is better album that the previous live Miles. In Concert: At The Philharmonic Hall was a tedious mesh of capable musicians uncapable of turning it on. Agharta turns on the funk and spreads it over two albums. Sure it must have been a nightmare to edit and some of tends to ramble in traditional Davis style but it grooves too good to dislike. Never that exciting or explosive but the band are gelling, the emotion is saturating and the mood is entrancing. What the listener gets is a mix of Davis past few years work thrashing around like a busy New York street. Snippets of On The Corner and Jack Johnson are at least audible and much more besides. Davis puts on a decent show, it was his penultimate gig for a while so who could blame him. If lacking a little ingenuity there is plenty of passion, much aggression even, on Agharta. A good live effort.
Submitted by philip Bourke (Cork, Ireland)
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 listen guys and gals to the best
Hey listeners, I have reviewed this CD once before. I now have the super enhanced remix from Japan - WOWWWWWW! This always was good however now all the subtleties are captured and it is like listening to a new recording. I paid $40 for this - it is worth every cent until Sony decide to get their rear in gear. If you get the chance to purchase this, buy the Japanese remix in preferance to the US & UK mix. It will blow your mind and don't Pete Cosey and Reggie Lucas deserve stellar status for their work on this. YES YES YES!
Submitted by a_lankester (exeter, uk)
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