13. Miles DavisIn a Silent Way
This reminds me of the time I went through a big Miles Davis phase. Talk about going into different worlds with an artist – he did that every time, from Kind Of Blue and Porgy and Bess onwards, anyway. This album’s still the one I return to, from 1969, and the band is phenomenal. You’ve got Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea on electric piano, Wayne Shorter on soprano saxophone, John McLaughlin on guitar. This is truly cosmic music for me, or even music that feels like it’s emerging from the cosmos. As it plays, you feel like you’re coming up with the sunshine.
Selected in other Baker’s Dozens: Julian Barratt
