MILES FROM INDIA (MUSIC OF MILES DAVIS)

THIS IS A CULTURAL RECORDING. YES IT IS A JASS CD. BUT IT IS, IN MY OPINION, A GRAND GESTURE AT RECONCILIATION BETWEEN DISPARATE CULTURES BOUND TOGETHER BY A UNIVERSAL TRUTH.MUSIC. THERE IS THE CLICHE THAT MUSIC IS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE. MUSIC AS WE DEFINE THE WORD IN WESTERN CULTURE, IS BOTH A UNIVERSAL AND A COMMON LANGUAGE BUT MORE STRONGLY A CULTURAL INDICATOR. THE FACT THAT MUSIC IS ENJOYED, CREATED,ANALYZED AND DEBATED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD MAKES IT de facto UNIVERSAL. BUT WHAT MAKES THE EXACT LANGUAGE OF MUSIC A SHARED COMMON FORM OF COMMUNICATION? IT IS WITHIN THE DETAILS THAT COME VARIOUS SUBTLE WAYS THAT ARE THE BASIS OF CULTURAL COMMUNICATION. NO ONE CULTURE DOMINATES ON THIS RECORDING. TOO OFTEN, MUSIC IS DIVIDED INTO DISPROPORTIONAL SYMBOLIC PARTS THAT TEND TO SKIM THE ESSENCE OF A SOUND IN FAVOR OF A SURFACE INTENT. ONLY IN THE RECENT YEARS HAVE PROPORTIONAL PROJECTS COME INTO BEING AS THERE IS AN EQUALIZATION EFFECT BETWEEN EMERGING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CULTURES THAT ARE HAVING A PROFOUND IMPACT ON HOW INTERNATIONAL COSMOPOLITAN MUSIC IS BEING CONCEIVED AND CREATED, DISSEMINATED AND ENJOYED. CHEERS