Ever since Columbia Legacy started taking the completist approach to the works of Miles Davis, they have hit one home run after another. Miles with John Coltrane; Miles and Gil Evans; the Plugged Nickel shows; the Silent Way and Bitches Brew sessions; Montreux concerts; live shows in the '60s; and the Herbie Hancock-Wayne Shorter band - all of them 4- and 5-star releases. On Sept. 18, Columbia Legacy will release the six-CD "Complete On The Corner Sessions," a look at the revolutionary funk album that would have a strong influence on hip-hop in the late 1980s, especially on the Beastie Boys. This was Miles' electronic twist on what Duke Ellington called the “jungle sound.” His band was made up of musicians trained not in the basics of jazz, but on the new sounds of James Brown and Sly Stone.

This is Miles with his groove on, a landmark album that jazz critics have pooh-poohed for decades. This is the truly changed Miles, the thoroughly modern Miles, and one that continues to generate debate nearly 40 years after the initial sessions.