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Dusky slow burn / easy momentumLive booth noteJun 3, 20263:08 PM

I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1) is the thesis, and All Day And All Of The Night is the answer waiting on deck.

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. All Day And All Of The Night is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1)
Miles Davis & Gil Evans
The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] · 2004 · Jazz
Lineup note
I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1) into All Day And All Of The Night

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] · 2004

Hearing it against The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] (2004) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Miles Davis & Gil Evans makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for
What to catch in the arrangement

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles. Notice how it hands the weight to All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) instead of crowding the next move.

Miles Davis & Gil EvansKinksMuddy WatersJazzRockBluesdusky slow burn / easy momentumlate morningeasy momentumJazz
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3 stored song notes
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I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1)
Miles Davis & Gil Evans
Why it fits

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] (2004) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Miles Davis & Gil Evans makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles. Notice how it hands the weight to All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) instead of crowding the next move.

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All Day And All Of The Night
Kinks
Why it fits

All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) cools the temperature after I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] (2004) and lets the turn breathe. Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Stand There Trembling by Muddy Waters off The Best of Muddy Waters (2009) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Kinks, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to Stand There Trembling by Muddy Waters off The Best of Muddy Waters (2009) instead of crowding the next move.

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Stand There Trembling
Muddy Waters
Why it fits

Stand There Trembling by Muddy Waters off The Best of Muddy Waters (2009) stays related to All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) through blues, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the sequence needs a record that can keep moving and still leave detail behind.

Track context

Hearing it against The Best of Muddy Waters matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Stand There Trembling by Muddy Waters off The Best of Muddy Waters (2009) earns its place when the turn needs shape, contrast, and enough detail to keep the next move honest. On The Best of Muddy Waters (2009), it reads as part of a larger album world instead of a stray file in the crate. Hearing it against The Best of Muddy Waters matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single.

Listen for

Listen for the point where the record suddenly feels larger than the speakers and starts changing the shape of the room.

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Right here, after that Miles Davis haze—let’s let the room settle. This one’s a quiet storm: a 2024 reissue of a 1951 Miles Davis track, but it doesn’t sound like history. It’s the way the rhythm slips under the lead, how the horns don’t just play—they shift weight. You can feel the record breathing. This is where the slow burn gets its spine.