****Why should they? Nothing new about this. The soloist always gets top billing. Miles did the playing. Evenas arranged and conducted the orchestra. He did not conduct Miles!
Think of Anne-Sophie Mutter playing with the Berliners. Who gets top billing? Not the conductor nor the orchestra. The person the public is paying to hear. ****
Not a relevant comparison; and I think you miss the point of my comment. I would argue that the reason that "The Birth Of The Cool" is important is the arranging and overall concept, not Miles' playing; Mulligan plays his ass off as well on those sessions, btw. Those sessions were seminal in the evolution of jazz. When Mutter puts out yet one more version of the Beethoven concerto, it does nothing to shape the direction of the music nor of the place of that concerto in the history of classical music; that place is already well established.
Besides, how is this relevant to the bigger issue of Miles' constant search and change? That's the more important point I was making.
And BTW, clearly, I was not there, but I would bet you my copy of that LP that Evans DID "conduct Miles" quite a bit.
Think of Anne-Sophie Mutter playing with the Berliners. Who gets top billing? Not the conductor nor the orchestra. The person the public is paying to hear. ****
Not a relevant comparison; and I think you miss the point of my comment. I would argue that the reason that "The Birth Of The Cool" is important is the arranging and overall concept, not Miles' playing; Mulligan plays his ass off as well on those sessions, btw. Those sessions were seminal in the evolution of jazz. When Mutter puts out yet one more version of the Beethoven concerto, it does nothing to shape the direction of the music nor of the place of that concerto in the history of classical music; that place is already well established.
Besides, how is this relevant to the bigger issue of Miles' constant search and change? That's the more important point I was making.
And BTW, clearly, I was not there, but I would bet you my copy of that LP that Evans DID "conduct Miles" quite a bit.