The Complete Columbia Album Collection: Two Reviews!
LA Times: The set affords listeners a welcome opportunity to explore intriguing but less-celebrated albums such as “Miles in Tokyo,” featuring Davis’ brief pairing with avant-garde saxophonist Sam Rivers in 1964, and the ahead-of-its-time ambient-funk explorations of 1972′s “On the Corner.”
New York Magazine: What makes this truly valuable, and not just another marketing trick to squeeze more money from a dead jazzman, is that Miles Davis was a perpetual pioneer who transformed the music four or five times in the course of his career. And so these discs lay out the evolution not only of Miles Davis but of modern jazz itself.
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