Vinyl Wednesday: Miles Davis - Milestones

My latest mix is now online. Venus Tunes Sessions is a monthly mix by Susanne Alt on Freak31, aired every first Sunday of the month at 19:00h. In addition, earlier Venus Tunes Sessions shows are repeated every Friday between 20:00-21:00 and Tuesday 21:00-22:00.Freak 31 has around 250 daily listeners (less during the week, more in the weekend) and a total of +10.000 listeners every month. In addition to Mixcloud and Hearthis, all mixes are also available as podcasts on Deezer and iTunes.It was in 2015 when I had my first official dj gig and since 2016 I started to perform regularly. This took place in Amsterdam's Skyybar, Floor17 and The Harbourclub Zuid... bit by bit, other places like Momo and W Amsterdam followed, leading to club bookings as a dj and festival bookings with Venus Tunes Live in the Netherlands and abroad. All of this in addition to my normal life as a musician. I love dj'ing as it adds another facet to my musicianship.Listen to all editions of the Venus Tunes Sessions where you like; choose your platform: Venus Tunes Sessions is a monthly guest mix by Susanne Alt on Freak31, aired every first Sunday of the month at 1900h. Streaming Dance, straight from Amsterdam. - This is an iconic album, influencing many jazz musicians. The line-up: Miles Davis (trumpet), Cannonball Adderly (alto sax), John Coltrane (tenor sax), Red Garland (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums). For me as a saxophone player, this album is a good example of 2 saxophone players playing in the same context, not being competition, because they think and play so differently. Music itself is no competition. To me, together with leader Miles Davis on trumpet, they represent different colours, almost like the prime colours red, blue and yellow. When I think of them, and I had to explain them to someone who is not a fulltime jazz freak I would describe them like this: Miles plays minimalistic, thematic and lyrical, Cannonball plays melodic, buzzing and always sounds happy, Coltrane plays monumental, theoretical and cool. Oh, and Cannonballs always succeeds to communicate the tune to the rest of the world, play a funny quote.. while Miles leaves out the notes which make the connection, and Coltrane start to float and fly within his own concept, Cannonball is a bit more connected to the rhythm section. They all definitely set the tone for generations of horn players to come...Read further, more grounded stuff on WikipediaListen here to the tune Sid's Ahead, where Miles also plays piano.