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Get Up with It

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{{Infobox album

| name = Get Up with It

| type = compilation

| artist = Miles Davis

| cover = Miles_Davis_get_up_with_it.png

| alt =

| released = November 22, 1974

| recorded = May 19, 1970 – October 7, 1974

| venue =

| studio = Columbia 30th Street, New York City

| genre =

  • Jazz fusion{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1xEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA41 |access-date=January 17, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |page=41 |date=July 22, 2000 |title=The Rhythm and the Blues |last=Mitchell |first=Gail}}
  • worldbeat
  • psychedelic soul

| length = 122:05

| label = Columbia

| producer = Teo Macero

| prev_title = Big Fun

| prev_year = 1974

| next_title = Agharta

| next_year = 1975

}}

Get Up with It is an album by American jazz musician Miles Davis.{{cite magazine |year=2008 |title=Miles Davis: The Complete On the Corner Sessions |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z28JAQAAMAAJ&q=%22get+up+with+it%22 |access-date=November 15, 2019 |magazine=Signal to Noise |publisher=Signal to Noise New Music Foundation |page=62 |via=Google Books |issue=48–51 |quote=...a sprawling double LP compilation, Get Up with It.}} Released by Columbia Records on November 22, 1974, it collected previously unreleased material that Davis had recorded between 1970 and 1974, some of which dated from the sessions for his studio albums Jack Johnson (1971) and On the Corner (1972).[http://www.milesdavis.com/albums/get-up-with-it/ Miles Davis.com]

Recordings

"He Loved Him Madly" was Davis' tribute to Duke Ellington, who used to tell his audiences, "I love you madly."{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xi0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA90|access-date=May 19, 2013|title=Voodoo Ray Gun|journal=Vibe|location=New York|page=90|last=Tate|first=Greg|author-link=Greg Tate|date=September 1997}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

"Honky Tonk" was recorded in 1970 with musicians such as John McLaughlin and Herbie Hancock who had played on In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew. "Red China Blues" had been recorded in 1972, prior to On the Corner, while "Rated X" and "Billy Preston" were recorded later that year with the band heard on In Concert. The remaining tracks dated from 1973 and 1974 sessions with his then-current band, including guitarist Pete Cosey.[http://plosin.com/milesahead/Disco.aspx?id=GetUp-LP Miles Ahead discography]

In the 2004 edition of the Rolling Stone Album Guide, J. D. Considine described the album's musical style as "worldbeat fusion".

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/get-up-with-it-mw0000086005 |title=Get Up with It - Miles Davis | AllMusic |first=Thom |last=Jurek |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |access-date=2 August 2011}}

| rev2 = Alternative Press

| rev2Score = 5/5{{cite magazine|title=Review: Get Up with It|magazine=Alternative Press|location=Cleveland|date=November 2000|pages=104–6}}

|rev3 = Christgau's Record Guide

|rev3Score = A−{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: D|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=D&bk=70|access-date=February 26, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}

| rev4 = MusicHound Jazz

| rev4Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book|editor1-last=Holtje|editor1-first=Steve|editor2-last=Lee|editor2-first=Nancy Ann|year=1998|title=MusicHound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide|publisher=Music Sales Corporation|isbn=0825672538|chapter=Miles Davis}}

| rev5 = Pitchfork

| rev5Score = 9.6/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/miles-davis-get-up-with-it/| title=Miles Davis - Get Up With It review|work=Pitchfork| access-date=11 March 2018}}

| rev6 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz

| rev6Score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |publisher=Penguin Books |year=2006 |pages=329 }}

| rev7 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev7Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA215 Rolling Stone 2004]

|rev8 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| rev8Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book

|editor-last=Swenson

|editor-first=J.

| year = 1985

| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone

| location = USA

| isbn = 0-394-72643-X

| page = 58

}}

| rev10 = The Village Voice

| rev10Score = A−{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=April 7, 1975|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv4-75.php|title=Consumer Guide|newspaper=The Village Voice|location=New York|access-date=May 19, 2013}}

}}

Reviewing Get Up With It for Rolling Stone in 1975, Stephen Davis applauded Davis' adventurousness and the direction of his band, a "who's who of Seventies jazz-rock".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/milesdavis/albums/album/136757/review/5946739/get_up_with_it |title=Miles Davis: Get Up With It : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone |first=Stephen |last=Davis |magazine=Rolling Stone |year=2011 |access-date=2 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217180639/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/milesdavis/albums/album/136757/review/5946739/get_up_with_it |archive-date=February 17, 2009 }} Robert Christgau gave the album muted praise in The Village Voice, calling it "over two hours of what sometimes sounds like bullshit: it's not exactly music to fill the mind. Just the room." In the 1981 edition of Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies, he praised the side-long pieces "He Loved Him Madly" ("a tribute to Duke Ellington as elegant African internationalist") and "Calypso Frelimo" ("a Caribbean dance broken into sections that seem to follow with preordained emotional logic") while offering a mixed assessment of the other material.

For the album's 2000 reissue, Alternative Press published a review calling it "essential ... the overlooked classic of psychedelic soul and outlandish improv ... representing the high water mark of [Davis'] experiments in the fusion of rock, funk, electronica and jazz". Stylus Magazine{{'}}s Chris Smith called it "more of an anything-goes hodgepodge than it is a sprawling masterwork."{{cite web |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/on_second_thought/miles-davis-get-up-with-it.htm |title=Miles Davis - Get Up With It - On Second Thought - Stylus Magazine |first=Chris |last=Smith |work=stylusmagazine.com |year=2011 |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-date=27 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027135325/http://stylusmagazine.com/articles/on_second_thought/miles-davis-get-up-with-it.htm |url-status=dead }}

In a highly positive retrospective review, Andy Beta of Pitchfork described Get Up with It as a "black funk dreamscape", observing that it "careens between extremes, as Miles presages everything still to come: ambient, no wave, world beat, jungle, new jack swing, post-rock, even hinting at the future sound of R&B and chart-topping pop". He particularly praised Davis' adoption of the electric organ: "Rather than run the voodoo down, now Miles could conjure it all by himself".{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/miles-davis-get-up-with-it/| title=Miles Davis - Get Up With It review|work=Pitchfork| access-date=11 March 2018}}

British composer Brian Eno cited "He Loved Him Madly" as an influence on his work in the liner notes to his 1982 album Ambient 4: On Land.{{cite AV media notes |title=Ambient 4: On Land |others=Brian Eno |date=1986 |url=http://music.hyperreal.org/artists/brian_eno/onland-txt.html |type=CD liner |publisher=E.G. Records |id=EGED 20}}

Track listing

All compositions by Miles Davis.

{{track listing

|headline = Side one

|extra_column = Recording date

|title1 = He Loved Him Madly

|extra1 = June 19, 1974

|length1 = 32:13

}}

{{track listing

|headline = Side two

|extra_column = Recording date

|title1 = Maiysha

|extra1 = October 7, 1974

|length1 = 14:52

|title2 = Honky Tonk

|extra2 = May 19, 1970

|length2 = 5:54

|title3 = Rated X

|extra3 = September 6, 1972

|length3 = 6:50

}}

{{track listing

|headline = Side three

|extra_column = Recording date

|title1 = Calypso Frelimo

|extra1 = September 17, 1973

|length1 = 32:07

}}

{{track listing

|headline = Side four

|extra_column = Recording date

|title1 = Red China Blues

|extra1 = March 9, 1972

|length1 = 4:10

|title2 = Mtume

|extra2 = October 7, 1974

|length2 = 15:08

|title3 = Billy Preston

|extra3 = December 8, 1972

|length3 = 12:35

|total_length = 122:05

}}

Personnel

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

= "He Loved Him Madly"  =

Recorded Columbia Studio E, New York City June 19 or 20, 1974

= "Maiysha"  =

Recorded Columbia Studio E, New York City October 7, 1974

= "Honky Tonk"  =

Recorded Columbia Studio E, New York City May 19, 1970

= "Rated X"  =

Recorded Columbia Studio E, New York City September 6, 1972

{{col-2}}

= "Calypso Frelimo" =

Recorded Columbia Studio E, New York City September 17, 1973

= "Red China Blues" =

Recorded Columbia Studio E, New York City March 9, 1972

= "Mtume" =

Recorded Columbia Studio E, New York City October 7, 1974

= "Billy Preston" =

Recorded Columbia Studio E, New York City December 8, 1972

{{col-end}}

References

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External links

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Category:1974 compilation albums

Category:Miles Davis compilation albums

Category:Albums produced by Teo Macero

Category:Jazz fusion compilation albums

Category:Columbia Records compilation albums

Category:Worldbeat albums