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You just have to feel sorry for the audience, for they never knew what hit them. Playing as support-act for Neil Young and Steve Miller, Miles Davis played for a largely white audience which was waiting for some rock. It was March 7 1970, around the time that 'Bitches Brew' was released. Little did the people know that Miles live wasn't some standard jazz combo, and when lightning struck this evening, they could only stare in astonishment. And even if they would have known the Miles albums from that era, nothing could have them prepared for the extremely powerful outbursts from Miles and his collaborators Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette and Airto Moreira. This is the only live-album with this specific ensemble, and if all their performances were like this, one can only conclude that it's totally unbelievable that it wasn't released back then in the first place. Because, what Miles Davis displays on this double album is nothing less then revolutionairy. His music, as always constantly evolving into incarnations even the master himself couldn't predict, is demanding and has such a powerful groove that there's nothing more to do than be overwhelmed by the scheer driving force. And combined with the fantastic sound production, the music becomes almost lethal. It's also fascinating to see at which velocity changes in his music were about to happen: a few months later 'Black Beauty' and 'Live at Fillmore East' would be recorded, but the album reviewed here is much different from those two. 'It's About That Time' is less chaotic, less freeform, more groovy, and most importantly, the songs played are not complete improvisations. On the two records mentioned above, songtitles were displayed on the cover, but hardly recognised in the music itself due to completely free improvisations. On this album, the band still has a tendency to come back to musical themes they recorded earlier on 'In a Silent Way' and 'Bitches Brew', and it's so fucking great to hear that, in the midst of the most wild improvisations, they still have a perfect sense from what's going on. I mean, the music may appear chaotic and anarchistic at times, but when the whole ensemble at the same time subsides into the themes of beautiful songs like 'Directions' and 'Spanish Key', there's nothing you can do about the dropping of your jaw on your ankles. I dare say that this is one of the most important Miles Davis records ever, and for me personally it even exceeds the high levels of other live albums like 'Dark Magus' and 'Live at Fillmore East'. Music doesn't get any better than this.
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