Miles Davis

...menory. Overloaded with processed electric guitars (including that of Wilco's Nels Cline) and AkLaff in full-throttle mode, Smith makes like '70s Miles Davis at his harshest filtered through Radiohead on the 18-minute "Organic." Even if...

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...classical and jazz. Accordingly, he lit up when asked to comment on the influence of trumpeter Miles Davis' seminal 1969 jazz-rock album, "Bitches Brew," on "OK Computer," Radiohead's 1997 art-rock opus. "The weird part is that...

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...we want".. Foreman cites Elliott Smith, U2, The Police, James Taylor, The Beatles, Radiohead, Bach , Ronny Jordan, Miles Davis, Keith Green, Nirvana , Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, and Led Zeppelin as some of his musical influences. In 2001 he...

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...Radiohead equal - or surpass - the monster they created. Hell, the influences cited circa 1997 (Penderecki, Miles Davis, DJ Shadow, Aphex Twin, Bjork), were far more in evidence. True, the facelessness of the Warp artists Yorke revered...

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...musicians as Brian Eno and Radiohead. In later years, Mr. Macero opposed the reissuing of unedited early recordings by Davis and other musicians, saying the raw tracks were not polished works of art. He lost patience with some musicians,...

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...(I think it's some subconscious high school flashback), three by Radiohead, three from R.E.M., three by John Coltrane, two by Miles Davis, two from Husker Du and two from Michael Jackson. Oddly none of the five Cure CDs made the cut,...

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...claimed as an influence on parts of OK Computer. Other influences on the album were Miles Davis and Ennio Morricone, along with 1960s rock groups, such as The Beatles and The Beach Boys. Jonny Greenwood also cited composer Krzysztof...

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...Brian Eno and Radiohead. Davis's routine in the late 1960s was to record a lot of music in the studio with a band, much of it improvised and based on themes and even mere chords that he would introduce on the spot. Later Mr. Macero, with...

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...Christiaan Munro, art directors (Radiohead) Album Notes: "Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition," Francis Davis, album notes writer (Miles Davis) (Columbia/Legacy Recordings) Historical Album: "Art of Field Recording Volume...

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