Eugene McDaniels – Headless Heroes Of The Apocalypse

One of the great underrated Miles albums, Get Up With It pushes forward with the full force, sophistication, groove, and beautiful chaos of Miles’ electrified wah-wah trumpet and organ. The sweetness of In A Silent Way and Kind of Blue may be gone from Miles’ music during this period (he suffered lasting injuries from a car crash in 1972), but left in its place was a wild, drug-fueled creativity that broke apart the very foundations of jazz. Miles would fall into a dark depression not long after the album was released… For a deep dive into the album, we highly recommend checking out our friend Andy Beta’s writeup on Pitchfork.
Recommended – Full Listen
A He Loved Him Madly
B1 Maiysha
B2 Honky Tonk
B3 Rated X
C Calypso Frelimo
D1 Red China Blues
D2 Mtume
D3 Billy Preston
Arranged By [Brass] – Wade Marcus (tracks: D1)
Arranged By [Rhythm] – Billy Jackson (tracks: D1)
Bass [Fender Bass] – Michael Henderson
Calligraphy [Hand Lettering] – Andy Engel
Congas [Conga] – Mtume* (tracks: A, C, D1)
Design – Teresa Alfieri
Drums – Al Foster (tracks: A, B1, B3 to D3), Bernard Purdie (tracks: D1), William Cobham* (tracks: B2)
Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Stanley Tonkel*
Engineer [Remix engineer] – John Guerriere, Stan Weiss
Flute – David Liebman (tracks: A, C)
Guitar – Cornell Dupriee* (tracks: D1), Dominique Gaumont (tracks: A, B1), John McLaughlin (tracks: B2), Pete Cosey (tracks: A, B1, C, D2), Reggie Lucas (tracks: A, B1, B3, C, D2, D3)
Harmonica – Wally Chambers (tracks: D1)
Keyboards [Keyboard] – Herbie Hancock (tracks: B2), Keith Jarrett (tracks: B2)
Organ – Cedric Lawson (tracks: D3), Miles Davis (tracks: B1, B3, C, D2)
Percussion – Airto Moreira (tracks: B2)
Percussion [African Percussion] – Mtume* (tracks: B1, B3, D2, D3)
Photography By [Cover Photograph] – Giuseppe Pino
Photography By [Inside Photo] – Paul Slaughter
Piano – Cedric Lawson (tracks: B3), Miles Davis (tracks: C1, D3)
Producer – Billy Jackson (tracks: D1), Teo Macero
Saxophone [Sax] – Carlos Garnett (tracks: D3), John Stubblefield (tracks: C)
Saxophone [Sax], Flute – Sonny Fortune (tracks: B1, D2)
Sitar – Khalil Balakrishna (tracks: B3, D3)
Soprano Saxophone [Soprano Sax] – Steve Grossman (tracks: B2)
Tabla – Badal Roy (tracks: B3, D3)
Trumpet – Miles Davis (tracks: A to B2, D1, D2)
Written-By – M. Davis*