Get Up with It cover

Get Up with It

Released

This 1974 double LP gathers up tracks from 1970 through 1974, recorded with variations on whatever band Davis was touring with at the time. The piece from 1970 rocks; the ones from 1972 are stark and alienating; the ones from 1973 and 1974 are pure acid funk; and the opener, “He Loved Him Madly,” a 32-minute tribute to the recently deceased Duke Ellington that takes the form of a funeral dirge beaming from the dark side of the moon, makes the set essential all on its own.

Phil Freeman

Recommended by

Suggestions
Magical Shepherd cover

Magical Shepherd

Miroslav Vitous
Moving Cities cover

Moving Cities

Makaya McCraven, Antoine Berjeaut
Ding Dong. You’re Dead. cover

Ding Dong. You’re Dead.

Hedvig Mollestad Trio
Sound Pieces cover

Sound Pieces

Michał Urbaniak
Richter 858 cover

Richter 858

Bill Frisell
One For Me cover

One For Me

Shirley Scott
Feel cover

Feel

George Duke
Film of Life cover

Film of Life

Tony Allen
Guided Tour cover

Guided Tour

The New Gary Burton Quartet
Decoy cover

Decoy

Miles Davis