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Soul Music: So What

September 30th, 2008 by Russell Davies

I’ve always liked the sound of jazz, but never really liked the music. The soundscapes, the tones are perfect and inviting and lovely. And then, after the first go round with the tune it dissolves into tedious improvisatory wibbling. So when I was alerted to this programme about Miles Davis and So What by a helpful twitter I wasn’t hopeful. But, but, this almost got to me. It’s not so much the stories about why people like it, it’s the stories of what went into it, what was going on in the world. Anyway, whatever, you don’t care about that, if you think I’m a horrible philistine you’re going to like this stuff anyway. And if you’re sort of with me, and even if you don’t like the track, this is still a magnificent programme. (There’s a slight silent pause in the audio right at the beginning. Sorry.) MP3 here.

Producer: Rosie Bolton
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One Response to “Soul Music: So What”

  1. Matt Says:
    October 2nd, 2008 at 9:02 pm

    Thanks for passing this on - a really nice show, despite some of the slightly mawkish commentary. If you want to read more around Miles then Ian Carr’s book is the place to go. A stunning book.

    Thanks again

    Matt

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