Title: Reminds us how great this music was!
Product review: Miles purists often curl their lips at the churning, chaotic funk of his early seventies music, but Smith and Kaiser's CD (amazing value for money, a double for $20 or so) is a sharp reminder of how this primal roar captured the spirit of an era and paved the way for so much modern music. Highspots are the demented sax ensembles and solos, Kaiser's dead-on wah-and-graunch guitar stylings, and Smith's eerie grasp of what Miles was trying to do, but sometimes undershot. From the get-go, it doesn't sound like an imitation, but more of a tribute. Minor quibbles: Kaiser should have tossed the cheesy guitar-rack sitar effects and used a real sitar. And Smith plays just a bit too clean. But anyone who loved Miles will flip over this CD. And those who didn't, or were too young to get it: Hold on to your hats. This is the real classical music of the late 20th century.
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