Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969–1974

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Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969–1974
Remix album by
Miles Davis
ReleasedFebruary 16, 1998
Recorded1969-1974
GenreJazz fusion, ambient[1]
Length59:38
LabelSony
Miles Davis chronology
Live Around the World
(1996) 		Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969–1974
(1998) 		Love Songs
(1999)

Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969–1974 is a

Top Jazz Albums.[4]

Composition and recordings

An

passages from Davis' sessions.[5] The album's first track was constructed as a reordered and truncated version of Davis' 1969 jazz fusion album In a Silent Way.[2] It is followed by 16 minutes of remixed music from the On the Corner sessions and approximately half-an-hour of music from Get Up with It.[5]

The

Take the A Train. Davis scholar Jan Lohmann believed the track had been recorded on November 29, 1972, most likely by Davis, Garnett, Henderson, Roy, drummer Al Foster, percussionist James Mtume, keyboardist Cedric Lawson, and electric sitar player Khalil Balakrishna.[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
 [10]

Panthalassa received positive reviews from critics.[11] The Wire called it an "ambient fusion power force which breathed new life into the originals without detracting from Davis's artistic intentions", crediting Laswell for "teasing out the music's spiritual dimension".[1] Steve Futterman from Entertainment Weekly believed the record's "most radical quality is the reverence that Laswell pays to his sources". Whether the remixes are "rhythmically bustling or meditative", Futterman wrote, they "seethe with Davis' still-startling visions".[8] Joshua Klein of The A.V. Club said the reordered songs did not "sound out of context" and commended Laswell for giving more exposure to these unappreciated "masterpieces".[2] AllMusic's Richard S. Ginell wrote that "despite the altered sonic landscape, Laswell accurately evokes in turns the lonely, exquisitely gleaming, nightmarish, despairing moods that Davis was exploring prior to his 1975 retirement".[5] Robert Christgau declared he would play the album as often as the electric-period Davis records In a Silent Way and Jack Johnson (1971).[9] He wrote in The Village Voice that listeners unfamiliar with Davis' fusion albums will find it to be "a passport to provisional utopia" in Panthalassa:

"Metastructures condensed, themes highlighted, beats punched up by a master tinkerer who's loved them forever, the transcendent buzz of electric Miles nevertheless remains undulant, unpredictable, perverse—and so relaxed about getting where it's not actually going that newcomers will find it hard to imagine how much more unhurriedly it might arrive."[9]

In a year-end list for the Pazz & Jop critics poll, Christgau named Panthalassa the sixth best record of 1998.[12] When first hearing "Shhh/Peaceful" on Panthalassa, Geoff Dyer said he realized the impact such compositions had on ambient and chill-out music.[13]

Track listing

No.TitleMusicLength
1."In a Silent Way;[14] Shhh/Peaceful;[14] It's About That Time[14]"Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul15:20
2."Black Satin;[15] What If; Agharta Prelude Dub"Davis16:06
3."Rated X;[16] Billy Preston[16]"Davis14:34
4."He Loved Him Madly[17]"Davis13:38

Personnel

Original recordings

References

  1. ^ a b c "Soundcheck". The Wire. 210. London: 59. 2001.
  2. ^ a b c Klein, Joshua (March 29, 2002). "Bill Laswell: Panthalassa: The Music Of Miles Davis 1969-1974, Reconstruction & Mix Translation By Bill Laswell". The A.V. Club. Chicago. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  3. ^ Kenney, Joe (March 26, 2008). "Davis (Mixed by Bill Laswell) - Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969-1974". Head Heritage. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  4. ^ "Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969-1974 - Miles Davis : Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Ginell, Richard S. "Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969-1974 - Miles Davis | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  6. ISBN 0-8230-8346-2
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  7. ISBN 0195313739
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  8. ^ a b Futterman, Steve (May 8, 1998). "Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969-1974 Review". Entertainment Weekly (431). New York. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  9. ^ a b c Christgau, Robert (June 2, 1998). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Village Voice Media. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
  10. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0
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  11. ^ Bambarger, Bradley (1998). "Miles Revisited by Producer Bill Laswell". Billboard (March 28): 66. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  12. ^ Christgau, Robert (March 2, 1999). "Pazz & Jop 1998: Dean's List". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  13. ISBN 1555970265
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  14. ^ a b c From the 1969 album In a Silent Way
  15. ^ From the 1972 album On the Corner
  16. ^ a b Recorded in 1972, first released on the 1974 album Get Up with It
  17. ^ From the 1974 album Get Up with It

Further reading

External links

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