dark live double album american jazz composer recorded march hall new_york_city davis group time included bassist drummer audition lawrence guitarist dark produced featured recordings titled names numbers dark released davis retirement label columbia_records issued albums releasing live recordings columbia decided approve albums released dark japan issued label executive suggested album title referred religion davis records 1970s received contemporary music critics inspired noise rock acts late 1970s experimental funk artists 1980s album released united_states july reissued legacy records retrospective reviews critics praised jazz rock aesthetic group members performances believed certain parts jungle music background davis years old asked play hall followed years relentless touring played venue numerous times recorded live album davis dealing depression cocaine sex health problems including cell lost respect critics contemporaries musical funk oriented sounds influenced davis wanted avoid individual songs instead record extended movements developed different composition played trumpet sparsely focal point band allowed freedom rarely rehearsed young musicians enlisted tested learn play onstage march concert featured age diverse audience included young old wealthy attendees according magazine hip kids sat middle aged couples expecting hear funny valentine lived minutes away davis arrived venue hour late band walked onstage followed turned audience onstage band setting began play responded playing dense rhythm wrote liner notes later said began thing miles thousand musicians follow right learned respect miles able watch case davis audition new members tenor lawrence guitarist lawrence highly regarded young time davis enlisted response incumbent guitarist demand pay raise unexpected later characterized typical davis big kinda like change shit totally totally unexpected mean band road year suddenly live date new_york_city cat pulls cats saw mean got man mad mad extremely subtle composition performance features compositions average length minutes album music melody funk rhythms grooves according allmusic rhythms colors keys shift change davis davis previous performances guitar line penchant guitar pedal effects davis stopped band hand signals created spaces longer traditional jazz breaks encouraged fill exaggerated davis intermittently played organ played trumpet trumpet organ pieces second half distinguished long ballad sequence introduced continued lucas davis included theme followed lucas solo long passage characterized effects lawrence played briefly duet solo ended rendition played davis penned composition near end davis played short blues robert_christgau described aesthetic culmination davis previous albums like jazz rock argued davis left elements jazz rock distinct recognizable pure funk new conception albeit favors rock attributed album jazz input lawrence saxophone rock elements lucas riff rhythm produced noise arena rock compared davis trumpet sound lucas amid quiet percussion passages emerge like release reception dark released davis retirement label columbia_records issued albums released live albums ultimately approve davis live recordings chose issue dark japan released engineering fades album production original concert final release album tracks titled names numbers title suggested executive producing album according founder ancient persian religion album released united_states july reissued legacy records labels reissue disc live albums davis including black beauty miles davis west live evil concert reissued albums featured liner notes written davis 1970s records received contemporary critics inspiration late 1970s noise rock acts experimental funk artists 1980s reissue ranked 10th best album year list village_voice annual critics poll named heaviest albums time called uncut fury arguably miles got placed time best albums list sunday herald said heavy grooves tribal instruments effects trumpet bursts davis fused advanced elements modern african american music according coda critic davis created radical feelings moods 20th century music dark retrospective review said album kind music heard described tomorrow sound yesterday asylum white noise loud according beat frantic jungle years spin magazine found ferocious music extremely impressive especially listened loud contended group improvisation tracks drum bass genre miles powers electronic urban jungle wrote performance comprises sound gets know recordings better pitchfork_media critic viewed highly valued davis album sense listeners think shit higher miles comes hits hard horn thing know man upstairs rite dark fake cool time flat wrote dark expressed band rhythms better concert offered balance affinity improvisation amidst desire rock found performances enduring highlighted effectively competitive playing duo according moments dense free improvisation effects excess sheer took guitar point free jazz rhythm blues merged contrast los_angeles_times found funk rhythms repetitive davis playing limited panned presence electric multiple guitars music similarity allmusic called exaggerated excessive showcase davis felt rhythm section historically musicians playing inconsistent albeit track listing original double tracks composed record dark dark record dark dark reissue disc disc personnel electric guitar electric trumpet organ drums electric guitar electric bass lawrence tenor saxophone soprano saxophone tenor saxophone electric guitar production percussion
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