Search - Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Lee Konitz :: Conception

A disappointment

Moontan Moreland | the moon | 03/21/2005

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Sort of like a sausage with a lot of ingredients thrown together but no mixture. leftovers from various artists all put in the same album. No coherence at all. Big band, small combos



Yes it's Stan Getz and Miles Davis, but it's NOT Stan Getz with Miles Davis. I would love to hear both of these artists playing together, that isn't what's on this CD. Probably their egos were so big they couldn't both be in the same room with each other.



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Essential Historical Recording

Arthur Hampton | Rohnert Park, CA USA | 05/20/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I can understand how someone would be disappointed listening to this cd if they thought they were going to hear Miles and Getz playing together. I don't think that ever happened. The meat of this cd are the George Russel compositions: Odjenar, Ezzthetic, Hibeck and Yesterdays. The harmonies are unusual, a bit jarring at first. But once they get established in your musical sensibility, they take off like a rocket and are a source of delight. They've been some of my favorites for decades. The cd is worth having just for those four tunes. The other pieces are just bonus material, in my opinion, but excellent material as well. These are the finest examples of Russell's work to be found, and Konitz and Davis and all the other musicians involved bring to the music the inspired playing necessary to make it all really swing. A must have."