Music

October, 1992

Nelson GeorgeRomance is an underappreciated aspect of jazz. Sure, chord progressions, polyrhythms and harmonic inventiveness should be celebrated. But there is also a warm sensuality to jazz, often downplayed by real fans because pop jazz such as Kenny G's has diluted its romantic quality through lazy, formulaic music. The late Miles Davis was a master of mood music that was still artistically ambitious. The remastered The Complete Concert 1964: My Funny Valentine + Four & More (Columbia), which...