(04-08-2022, 02:12 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: Is it safe to say that overrated is just another term for dislike?

not necessarily.

there may be artists out there that are universally disliked or some that don't get the appreciation that they deserve.

I dislike Björk. Her music does nothing for me, no matter how others rate her.
People think the sun shines out of Elvis' backside, I think if TV weren't in its infancy when he first hit, he'd have ended up a gospel singer. I don't dislike him, but I absolutely don't hold him on any type of pedestal.

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(04-09-2022, 03:40 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(04-08-2022, 01:41 PM)NewJagsCity Wrote: Thanks for the thoughtful and insightful analysis.  I'll have to revisit/rethink some of his stuff.

I'm a jazz nerd. Rarely have the opportunity to expound on it. 

A really good chronological encapsulation of Miles' lyricism over the stages of his career could be heard by listening to these tracks:

Bye, Bye Blackbird - from the Round About Midnight album - 1957
Generique - from the soundtrack album Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud - 1958
So What - from the album Kind of Blue - 1959
Gone, Gone, Gone - from the album Porgy and Bess - 1959
Circle - from the album Miles Smiles - 1967
Sweet Pea - from the album Water Babies - 1968
Guinnevere - from the album [BLEEP] Brew - 1969

Even just a minute of each should give a listener some perspective on what makes him different than much of the popular jazz prior to his output and what was being done at the time. 
The final three listed there illustrate his inclusion of more modern and unconventional harmonies as well as introduction of non-traditional instrumentation.

See this is what I dig - I will listen to jazz casually, but have no idea what to seek out if I want to be 'wowed'. Thank you for some cool recommendations.

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