Yes, and so were the Who and the Kinks.
Who were better than the Beatles.
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Yep. The Kinks bar/cafe in Tainan closed several years ago, but the same guy opened a new joint on the other side of town. He has a great record collection.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g293912-d12652338-Reviews-Lola-Tainan.html
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Bitches Brew, possibly the only album Iāve never put a governor on.
By governor, I mean that albums from artists like the Stones, The Beach Boys (Pet Sounds), the Beatles, Led Zeppelin (lots more) I once resolved to listen to only once a year (they had their dates) so they never got old. Resolved as in, like 25 years or so ago. Governor as in carburetor governor, a way to limit the top speed of a motor vehicle (or album playback frequency). Which never worked, frankly.
Bitches Brew may be the only album Iāve never had to worry about. Been listening for more than 50 years and I still hear something new, or new enough.
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I was just listening to it. For sure.
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Miles Runs the VooDoo Down may be the only jazz earworm, the GOAT of jazz ear worms. Iām not a musician, so your mileage may vary, but Iām pretty sure itās the only structured-deconstructed-reconstructed jazz piece that has ever haunted me, even in my dang sleep.
Fair warning!
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My favorite is Right Off on Jack Johnson.
Swooping in to pick up the bears dropped point I see.
Iām probably going to have to ask someone to sit me down and explain to me why this type of music has value, because I canāt see it. Maybe its just different modes of thought or something. The best I can come up with is: maybe if I had a completely different brain, I might be able to see something in it. I can barely make it past one song. If they wanted to break me they could strap me in a dentists chair and force me to listen to this, and it would work. Iād crack before the album was done. 
Iām on that voodoo track now, ai yo
Youāre not doing it right 
It is a bit of an acquired taste.
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My own fault for thinking that the dentists drill went in the ear I guess. 
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Well, American here. Itās in the fabric. My wife (Taiwanese) agrees with you, so. To me itās beyond soaring, it just seems natural. And very somehow soaring.
I had forgotten that one. Not sure why, but itās not an ear worm for me. Nice try though!
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Thatās not a good image
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Itās the most rock jazz-rock fusion song I think 
John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock, rock and roll drumming
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If itās jazz-rock fusion you want, my go-to is The Inner Mounting Flame by the Mahavishnu Orchestra (John McLaughlin).
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I like it
Miles Davis never did it for me. He has a sound, especially on his older songs (Kind of Blue era stuff), that is soft and even vulnerable, maybe you say. But no way is he technically one of the best. Not even stylistically. There is that sound, though, which I think can be copied. Dizzie Gillespie was way better in every way. Technically and stylistically, guys like Freddie Hubbard blow away Miles.
I donāt think I could possibly disagree more.
Iām not saying that Gillespie was anything āless,ā but I do think that Miles Davis was the best American musician of the 20th century. Possibly rivaled by Louis Armstrong in the first three decades, give you that but I am not talking about a rivalry between horn blowers.
Davis was a total asshole irl, likely a sociopath verging on psychopath, but as a creator of music, recorded music, he had no peer in 20th century America, imo. None. Gillespie may have have had a warmer trumpet, but itās not what counts here - imo.
Best Miles Davis album - Bitches Brew, especially the first disc.
I guess itās all subjective. As a former trumpet player (also some jazz), Miles is not anywhere near top 5 for me. One thing he did really well, is he recreated himself again and again. Like Madonna. Iāll give him credit for that.
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