{"product_id":"miles-davis-dark-mingus-live-at-carnegie-hall","title":"Miles Davis - Dark Magus: Live At Carnegie Hall","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eDark Magus: Live at Carnegie Hall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAnticipates Developments in Jungle, Noise, and Drum ‘n’ Bass Music: Funky, Free-Form Miles Davis Double Album Is an Exhilarating Jazz-Rock Trip\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eOn Domestic Vinyl for the First Time: Mobile Fidelity’s Numbered-Edition 180g 33RPM 2LP Set Presents Performances with Absorbing Detail and Color\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e1\/4” \/ 15 IPS analog copy to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt’s safe to assume no one in the audience at Carnegie Hall on March 30, 1974 anticipated what Miles Davis would play at the concert documented on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDark Magus: Live at Carnegie Hall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Recorded near the tail end of his electric period, the double album remains the darkest, most ferocious statement of Davis’ career \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a visionary effort that foresaw developments in jungle, noise-rock, funk, and drum ‘n’ bass. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInitially issued in Japan in 1977, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDark Magus \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewaited two decades for U.S. release. Now, more than 50 years after Davis and his ensemble blew minds at the famous New York venue, it gets its first-ever domestic issue on vinyl \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and on a definitive-sounding pressing at that. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMastered at Mobile Fidelity's California studio, housed in a Stoughton gatefold jacket, and pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing, this numbered-edition 180g 33RPM 2LP set of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDark Magus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e invites you to pull up a seat and wrap your head around an exhilarating performance that simultaneously functions as an audition, experiment, release, and magnificent explosion of jazz-rock fusion. We hope your turntable and speakers are up to the challenge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis collectible reissue presents the improvisational magic that unfolded onstage \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the skronking tonalities, wah-wah-pedal bluster, acid-washed effects, furious drumming, run-the-voodoo-down grooves, menacing riffs, crashing cymbals \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e with incredible detail, color, and pace. It also captures the band’s unbelievable energy, rendering both instruments and on-the-fly changes with revealing depth, definition, and dynamics. At its core, MoFi’s audiophile set takes you deep into the boundless mystery, promise, and uncertainty of Davis and company’s efforts like never before.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe story behind \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDark Magus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is nearly as unbelievable as the spur-of-the-moment compositions that resulted when Davis brought drummer Al Foster, bassist Michael Henderson, percussionist James Mtume, horn virtuoso Dave Liebman, and guitarists Pete Cosey and Reggie Lucas together, and, in a new twist for the concert’s second half, added guitarist Dominique Gaumont and tenor saxophonist Azar Lawrence to mix. That the latter two instrumentalists had never seen each other until that night adds to Davis’ legend \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and penchant for bold, unorthodox moves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDitto Davis’ own actions that spring evening, which reportedly included showing up to the show an hour late and taking the stage with his back facing the crowd. The strategy worked. Davis inspired the group to play in a bold manner that few, if any, had heard before. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDark Magus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a rhythmic bonanza. Rooted in Afro-centrist techniques, avante-garde sensibilities, and exploratory moods, the songs eschew set arrangements and solos, and, for the most part, melodic devices. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor Davis, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDark Magus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e represented a personal triumph amid a period marked by health issues, addictions, and critical decline. The latter slight would be corrected, but not until decades later when \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDark Magus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e saw Stateside release in 1997 via a CD reissue. Of course, the free-form patterns, unpredictable passages, dense structures, and distorted blues that course through the songs \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e titled after Swahili numerals \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e are not for everyone. And certainly not for the fainthearted. Though \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDark Magus \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003econtains majestic moments marked by quiet restraint and something on the level of balladry, its rich and radical concoction of tormented thwacks, thumps, cracks, clatters, wails, bleeps, burbles, stomps, and enigmatic beats remains its adventurous heart and soul. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrimal and enigmatic, fierce and jagged, forceful and revolutionary, jolting and terrifying, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDark Magus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e seemingly attacks from any and all directions. 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