The past couple of weeks I've been obsessed with the "In A Silent Way" complete sessions. One of the things that fascinates me the most (besides the actual music) is how so many musicians and instruments can be played at the same time and still sound so cohesive. If I recall correctly at certain points in the music there are 3 keyboardist playing at once.

From what I've read, Miles gave the personnel some basic melody to follow and from there just told everyone to play what they felt. On paper it seems like this should have been a mess of an album, but instead it's really good music, even many years later.

At any rate this album has introduced me to a wide variety of other artists and albums. To name just a few Bitches Brew, Joe Henderson - Power To The People, Les McAnn - Invitation to Openess, Miroslav Vitous - Infinite Search.


Any recommendations on other similar music from this era?