Selim Sivad: A Tribute to Miles Davis

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Selim Sivad: a Tribute to Miles Davis
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Studio album by
World Saxophone Quartet
Released1998
RecordedMarch 2–3, 1998
Genre Jazz
Length52:42
Label Justin Time
Producer Hamiet Bluiett
World Saxophone Quartet chronology
Takin' It 2 the Next Level
(1996)		Selim Sivad: a Tribute to Miles Davis
(1998)		 M'Bizo
(1999)

Selim Sivad: The Music of Miles Davis is an album by the jazz group the World Saxophone Quartet released on the Canadian Justin Time label. The album features performances by Hamiet Bluiett, John Purcell, Oliver Lake and David Murray, with guests Jack DeJohnette, Chief Bey, Okyerema Asante, and Titos Sompa and is dedicated to Miles Davis.

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The AllMusic review by Tim Sheridan awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "While there is a plethora of Miles Davis tribute albums out there, this one is interesting for the basic fact that this horn quartet attempts to evoke his spirit without the use of a trumpet. To add spice, they employ African drums, with kalimba and voice." [1]

The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote: "the WSQ's take on Miles Davis's... career is cast very much in the band's own idiom... Miles's music is comprehensively rethought rather than merely pastiched... A brilliant, beautiful record." [2]

Ed Hazell, writing for The Phoenix, stated: "There's solid blowing from everyone... WSQ works as a jazz band because every member plays like a drum, and here the presence of percussionists makes the rhythmic roots of even the most abstract moments doubly clear." [3]

A reviewer for All About Jazz commented: "Compared to the earlier WSQ+drums records, Selim Sivad includes a greater variety of improvisational approaches... The expanded quartet expresses a clear appreciation for the wide range of styles explored by Miles Davis during his career, while endowing the (mostly) Davis compositions with its own personal touch. Of course, it's an ambitious project to interpret the works of Miles Davis using four saxophones and four drummers—but amazingly, the WSQ succeeds." [4]

Track listing

  1. "Seven Steps To Heaven" (Miles Davis, Feldman) - 6:12
  2. "Selim" - 7:30
  3. "Freddie Freeloader" - 6:48
  4. "The Road To Nefertiti" (Bluiett, Lake, Murray, Purcell) - 9:59
  5. "Tutu" (Miller) - 6:52
  6. "Blue in Green" - 5:31
  7. "All Blues" - 9:50
All compositions by Miles Davis except as indicated.

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References

  1. 1 2 Sheridan, T. Allmusic Review accessed July 19, 2011
  2. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1530. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ↑ Hazell, Ed (August 31, 1998). "Africa Calling". The Phoenix. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  4. ↑ Staff, AAJ (July 1, 2000). "World Saxophone Quartet Featuring Jack DeJohnette: Selim Sivad". All About Jazz. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
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