Let's talk about Miles Davis. You start.
Let's talk about Miles Davis. You start.
To be or not to be? That is the point. - Harry Nilsson.
Do you mean Miles Davis?
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Didn't like it. Liked his music. Didn't like some of his music. Like a big chunk of his music.
Pretty much sums up the last 50 years.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
-- Aristotle
Nostalgia, you know, ain't what it used to be. Furthermore, they tells me, it never was.
“A Man Who Does Not Read Has No Appreciable Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read” - Mark Twain
The only phase of his work i haven't chosen to check out is his last.Some people whose taste i respect tell me i should; that there are some gems among the dross.
Maybe.
"please do not understand me too quickly"-andre gide
How come this is Off-Topic? The man embodied progressive like nobody else.
Anyway, the last time there was a Miles thread here, I was thinking about last year's Tokyo official bootleg since it came from right around Agharta/Pangaea time. It's become a great part of the summer soundtrack. If anyone else considers this phase the kind of thing you can never have too much of, I'd say it's well worth a look.
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Pr...spc-012CD.aspx
True, but not something I'd push someone towards if they're not already curious. There's already enough pre-retirement stuff to last you.... well, all your life.Originally Posted by walt
True, this is a progressive music site, not prog rock only, as he stretches so many genres. If the admins like to move that's fine with me.
To be or not to be? That is the point. - Harry Nilsson.
Not sure I'd say that was an "official bootleg" as it's on one of those iffy labels. I didn't pick it up because of the reviews that claimed it wasn't too great-sounding.
Like Kind of Blue I like some of In A Silent Way. I like about half of Sketches of Spain.
Bop that is strictly blowing for blowing's sake, not so much.
His mellow stuff can be sublime, primarily because he is making each note count rather than trying to count as many notes as possible.
The stuff used on the Lincoln commercials with Matthew McCaughnehey (sp?) from a French soundtrack is really nice.
The quality sounds fine to me. I saw it's a small label, but didn't get the impression it was dodgy or anything... then again, I didn't put much thought into that partly because it's not a living artist dependent on the income or anything.
Really? It must be the one about the scaffold (the title's escaping me right now). That's good stuff, but somehow I feel sad at the thought of it being used in a commercial.
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Big fan of his works from In a Silent way to Decoy (included). The albums after I dont like.
Kind of Blue, Scetches of Spain are also very good, but not the kind I listen a lot to.
The Live in Tokyo '75 release was talked about here:
http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/thread...-label.494843/
I consider the Shorter/Hancock/Carter/Williams band to be the best small group Jazz that has ever existed.
"And this is the chorus.....or perhaps it's a bridge...."
Can we have a Miles Davis VS something thread?
Godzilla, for instance?
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
-- Aristotle
Nostalgia, you know, ain't what it used to be. Furthermore, they tells me, it never was.
“A Man Who Does Not Read Has No Appreciable Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read” - Mark Twain
How about a Miles Davis VS OP - Miles Davis + Freddie Hubbard?
Hmm...Miles Davis vs. John Coltrane? Nah, doesn't work for me.
To be or not to be? That is the point. - Harry Nilsson.
Liked his Avant - Garde period. Have only heard bits and pieces of his other phases. Tribute To Jack Johnson and Bitches Brew are two of my favorites. I believe he was a real innovator and the Godfather of fusion. We all are aware that his off spring formed innovative bands like Weather Report, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Tony Williams Lifetime, and Return To Forever. He was definitely an inspiration to many of the 70's fusion musicians and changed music regarding the way patterns Were used/applied prior to his entry to the Jazz Fusion scene. I am still curious if it has ever been confirmed that he jammed with Jimi Hendrix and if recordings were made?????
Unfortunately, it never happened, but people (like me) still dream a nice dream.
To be or not to be? That is the point. - Harry Nilsson.
Hell of a boxer.
The single most influential musician of jazz fusion was also a boxer? Pray tell!
To be or not to be? That is the point. - Harry Nilsson.
Every picture really doesn't tell a story. Davis often compared boxing to jazz, the ebb and flow of the music "that jazz player's are always adding to." That's what's most significant about Miles and boxing.
To be or not to be? That is the point. - Harry Nilsson.
I tried numerous times to get into Miles but alas he's just not for me I guess. Maybe someday I'll get him. Arguably the greatest jazz musician of all time though.
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