Track Listing

1. Come Get It
2. It Gets Better
3. Speak
4. Star People
5. U 'N' I
6. Star on Cicely

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23362 in Music
• Released on: 2001-04-10
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

Album Details
Recorded in 1983 featuring sidemen such as: Bill Evans (saxes), Al Foster (drums), Marcus Miller (bass), John Scofield (guitar) and Mike Stern (guitar). Includes the songs: 'Come Get It', 'Star People' and ' Star on Cicely'. Great electric fusion album which also contains a long awaited collaboration by jazz legend Gil Evans and Miles on several arrangenments.

Customer Reviews

Underrated recording
Little known, yet great Miles recording. Highlights are the first track, "Come and Get It" and the performances of a few key personnel, particularly guitarist Mike Stern and bassist Marcus Miller. If you're a fan of these guys, the first track alone is worth the price of the CD. The bluesy "It Gets Better" features fabulous solos by both Miles and Stern also. If you're a fan of later Miles recordings such as "The Man With the Horn" and "Decoy," this CD is probably one you'll want.

Davis, Scofield, Foster make a great combination
I have no idea why Columbia has not remastered this one, it is an excellent, blues-driven album from 1983. It has the same electricity and energy of Miles' 70s recordings, but with less of the chaos. To be certiain, Marcus Miller and Mike Stern are great. However, for me, the key to why this album is so good is the presence of John Scofield on guitar and Al Foster on drums. The two collaborated with Joe Henderson to do a tribute to Miles in the 1990s and it is great to hear them with meastro himself in this set.

If you don't like your fusion cheesy get this
More people should listen to this album - it may not stand up to the purists and critics but who cares, it's enjoyable, high quality jazz-funk. Nobody ever called this "essential" but this is what fusion should be - hard-nosed mixture of blues/jazz/funk. Unlike Chick Corea this never gets syrupy - no flute, no soprano sax - even the slow passages are far from that, which is the achilles heal for me with alot of fusion. Weather Report get into some great funky stuff and its playing maybe be technically better but for me they get closer to that corny vibe. The cast here(Marcus Miller, Al Foster, and John Scofield) definately clicks and Miles' playing is just right - obviously not his pinnacle but it works. His horn sound is bright and chirping just like the production. The recording and mic-ing are very good in my opinion and create space, almost like a live-in-the-studio - lots of energy. "Come Get It" and "Speak" are burners and "U'N'I" is also great - a mid-tempo tune with a head-bobbing groove, a lock-in bassline and nice horn/guitar parts. It's more produced than the Live-Evil era and not as daring but its appeal is that it doesn't try too hard. Great album cover too - somehow it says exactly what it is - 1983.