Miles Davis "Big Fun"
This is easily the most underrated album of Miles Davis's career. It pains me that they never released the extended version on vinyl (the 2000 reissue with the extra tracks). It's got the beautiful ambience of In a Silent Way, the groove and funk of On the Corner, and the hypnotic spell of Bitches Brew. The only reason no one considered it a masterpiece back then is because it was recorded over a number of years between the sessions for Bitches Brew, Jack Johnson, and On the Corner. So most critics treated it as left over material and labeled it as "disjointed" or "thrown together". But just one listen (especially the extended version with one of my personal favorites "Yaphet") is all you need to know that this is an absolutely essential Davis album.
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