New Tracks

I recently added some new tracks to The Diplomats samples page - a couple of classic Miles Davis tunes, All Blues and Freddie Freeloader. As you may know, both tunes were recorded on the legendary Kind of Blue album.

I was listening to a 5-part documentary on Miles a while back on Jazz 91.1 FM. It was very interesting to hear about his transition from era to era, including the build towards Kind of Blue. I also was really interested to hear about his depression and break from music, and his attitude during his funk-jazz transition.

It was sad to hear how he gave up so many beautiful jazz tunes during that period, mainly due to his funk backing band not knowing how to play the tunes.

Anyhow, back to The Diplomats. I'm hoping to add more and more tracks to the site over the next few months.