Miles Davis - On The Corner (1972)

On the Corner is the sound of icy hot heroin coursing through the veins. Or so I've always imagined-- I've never sampled the stuff, but if I did, I'd want Miles' most controversial record spinning on the hi-fi. A more dense, hypnotic, surprising, sensual, down album I've yet to hear. They say Miles was looking to connect with kids on the streets. On the Corner blows past the kids and the streets-- this is the sound of longing, passion and rage milked from the primal source and heading into the dark beyond.Of course, the band is incredible: Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea on keys, John MacLaughlin on guitar, and Jack DeJohnette, Al Foster, Billy Hart and Mtumbe on drums and percussion. But one listen and you understand individual names aren't important-- song titles and run times seem irrelevant as well. An admittedly demanding listen, these 50 minutes of collective madness here are so unified and driven even the dude playing sleigh bells rocks as hard and heavy as Miles on diffused trumpet. It sounds impossible but it's absolutely true-- that's the ecstatic intensity captured on this session. --Jonathan Zwickel

I couldn't have said it any better myself. Alienating jazz

thinkin' one thing and doin' another
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