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Man, that sure is some smooth stuff! Can't go wrong with that period. Miles, Coltrane, Evans, Blakey, Mingus, Gillespie were JAZZIN it.
I Agree completely! Thanx RP!
My wife doesn't "get" jazz...like lots of folks. Says its just noise. And for many years I likely would have agreed. But some number of decades ago, a number that shall remain a mystery, I had a jazz epiphay and I heard "it". That thing that makes jazz lovers bath themselves in the notes and interplay...and I was reborn. And Miles, well, he is the minister in my church of jazz and we believers revel in his sermons all silky warm and velvety smooth. As for my wife, she's still a heathen and I'm afraid she's beyond saving. A shame I suppose, but some folks will always resist salvation...
Cool story. Thank You for sharing it! PS: maybe one day, she'll wake up and have an "epiphany"! LOL!
I'm one of those who just don't "get" modern jazz, but this gives me pleasant memories of my dad whose wild, young life was spent in jazz bars in Chicago in the late 40's and 50's. He loved Miles, and I loved him.
Cool story! Thank You for sharing it!
So. . . I'm downloading this album, and playing this song on my birthday from this moment forward.
Thanks Bill, Rebecca, and mostly Mr. Davis, for the wonderful birthday present
Same Here!! I was born in 1955!
So. . . I'm downloading this album, and playing this song on my birthday from this moment forward.
Thanks Bill, Rebecca, and mostly Mr. Davis, for the wonderful birthday present
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yeah the mid 50's thru the early 60's were my favorite times
i do like his late 60's music a lot also thru early 70's
after 3 cups of coffee and a bowl of indica Bill plays this, hmmm am I being watched?
"Honey the chores ain't getting done today"
NKC did not want to record it initially. Felt it was too "ethereal". Didn't get it. Yet, he recorded it anyway and the result was sublime.
If that ain't a stretch I don't know what is.
Okay; I see what you meant by "a stretch" in that way. I thought you were suggesting that he was lacking the musical artistry to record the tune.
I'm not so sure it was "a stretch" for Nat - his recording is masterful and preceded this version by several years. This is very masterful as well.
NKC did not want to record it initially. Felt it was too "ethereal". Didn't get it. Yet, he recorded it anyway and the result was sublime.
If that ain't a stretch I don't know what is.
Rainy Sunday afternoon... now, Miles Davis.
Cocktails are needed. Quiet conversations are expected.
Thank you, RP.
Hits my moods like you're here
Miles was very image-conscious from the beginning, and he did not like to be photographed smiling. He didn't like the "happy-go-lucky" image portrayed by Louis Armstrong and others, which he felt catered to the safe post-minstrel image of blacks that white society felt comfortable with ("Song of the South" anyone?). Of course when one is almost never seen smiling, it's such a pleasant change to see them when they are. That's what's great about this photo; Miles actually let his guard down for a second and showed his warmer side.
Thank you On_The__Beach for this note to the beautiful photo, provided by Carl, and Thank you also to Calypsus_1 for the historical background of the photographer/artist who took that great shot!!!
Beautiful sharing time with great music, and brilliant listeners, cheers!
I'm not so sure it was "a stretch" for Nat - his recording is masterful and preceded this version by several years. This is very masterful as well.
* Tom Palumbo (1921 – 2008) was an American photographer and theatre director. He was born in Molfetta, Italy, in 1921. His family moved when he was about 12 years old to New York City. As a young man Palumbo was employed first building scale models for ships in an engineering company. Later he was employed as an assistant by photographer James Abbe.
you're tearing me apart today.
Keep it up.
Sincerely,
A Fan.
A favorite by Miles Davis? Hard to figure out how to determine this. I suspect that the goal here is to provide a tension that may not ever be resolved. My sense is that he never released anything that was nor precisely as intended, sharp, flat, and every permutation in between. At the very least, hearing this caused me to stop my cooking and move to the computer.
......... freeeeeeeeeezing even :))
slrminav wrote:
'Cause he WAS cool; anything he attempted came out cool. From his obituary in the NY Times: "Other trumpeters play faster and higher, but more than in any technical feats, Mr. Davis's influence lay in his phrasing and sense of space. 'I always listen to what I can leave out,' he would say."
it is
Click the album cover
And warm. I swear I felt a bit warmer here on this cool October morning as I listened to this sweet little piece.
Thank you Mr. Davis.
On_The_Beach wrote:
Miles was very image-conscious from the beginning, and he did not like to be photographed smiling. He didn't like the "happy-go-lucky" image portrayed by Louis Armstrong and others, which he felt catered to the safe post-minstrel image of blacks that white society felt comfortable with ("Song of the South" anyone?). Of course when one is almost never seen smiling, it's such a pleasant change to see them when they are. That's what's great about this photo; Miles actually let his guard down for a second and showed his warmer side.
coloradojohn wrote:
Me likey. In the berries and bananas category of comparison, this has way more soul but just a fraction of Arcade Fire's noise.
Speaking as a charter member of the Jazz Haters Club, I am well aware of what you claim, it is an undisputed fact. I'd venture this applies for many, perhaps most, professional writers as well. Does that mean I must eat your spinach and like it? No sir, it don't.
It all depends on how its cooked and presented ...spinach comes in all shapes and forms as in 'Esccofiers Culinary Bible.' :-)
Miles was very image-conscious from the beginning, and he did not like to be photographed smiling. He didn't like the "happy-go-lucky" image portrayed by Louis Armstrong and others, which he felt catered to the safe post-minstrel image of blacks that white society felt comfortable with ("Song of the South" anyone?). Of course when one is almost never seen smiling, it's such a pleasant change to see them when they are. That's what's great about this photo; Miles actually let his guard down for a second and showed his warmer side.
In his later years, Miles should his back side to the audience.
Ummmm such negative comments I'm reading here... Can I just draw your attention to a significant observation and I'm sure I will be backed up on this and that is that 99% of Classical musicians worldwide choose Modern Jazz as their second Genre of music and to take a break from playing classical they play jazz for fun as its so interlocked with the great composers.. But that could well be a highbrow statement.
Speaking as a charter member of the Jazz Haters Club, I am well aware of what you claim, it is an undisputed fact. I'd venture this applies for many, perhaps most, professional writers as well. Does that mean I must eat your spinach and like it? No sir, it don't.
Miles was very image-conscious from the beginning, and he did not like to be photographed smiling. He didn't like the "happy-go-lucky" image portrayed by Louis Armstrong and others, which he felt catered to the safe post-minstrel image of blacks that white society felt comfortable with ("Song of the South" anyone?). Of course when one is almost never seen smiling, it's such a pleasant change to see them when they are. That's what's great about this photo; Miles actually let his guard down for a second and showed his warmer side.
It sounds like it came from someone trying to make a "political statement".
(That new medication must be better than I thought)
There's more where that came from. I love his work from the mid-50's and the 60's. He loses me with the fusion stuff in the 70's, but I appreciate his desire to keep changing, to keep trying new stuff.
I think that idea must have been retrieved from a posterior holding facility.
(That new medication must be better than I thought)
Wow. This post the 3+ years old and still gets reactions. As a musician, I'll only suggest that jazz is as difficult a genre to learn as any, including varying forms of classical and romantic orchestral literature. And Miles (love that pic BTW—one of the very few I've seen in which he's actually smiling), along with massive talents like Coltrane, Louis, Django, Bill Evans, Mingus (and many more—the list goes on), plumbed its depths with a singularity of purpose that in its way defined the last half of the 20th century. I don't pretend to understand but a fraction of what I hear, but I'm in awe of what little I do understand.
And, son, in my 7th decade, I'm pretty sure that I've had a conscious purpose to my life, and I love jazz.
Happy New Year, all!!
Affirmed. Sign me up for the jazz-haters club. Just can't even listen to this...
Ummmm such negative comments I'm reading here... Can I just draw your attention to a significant observation and I'm sure I will be backed up on this and that is that 99% of Classical musicians worldwide choose Modern Jazz as their second Genre of music and to take a break from playing classical they play jazz for fun as its so interlocked with the great composers.. But that could well be a highbrow statement.
I agree. Not my favorite Miles cut, but glad to hear the eclectic mix even when one or two aren't in my subjective favorites list.
(I've said it before; jazz is not for the simple-minded.)
Hey, where's the Like button?
feel like I should be in a small club with a glass of red...
Next time you feel the need to vilify an entire genré (by the way, don't you know how to make an accent mark over the proper letter? I guess your expertise on the subject is limited, which tells me that you're a blowhard who thinks by using big words and complicated concepts, you can impress people), try to be a little less self-important about it.
I hope you find that jazz-haters club, sink into it, and never come out again. Bliss is ignorance.
(I've said it before; jazz is not for the simple-minded.)
I was about to correlate liking/disliking jazz with political propensities, but instead will refrain.
(To fellow RPeeps - I am about to be offensive. Please turn a blind eye.)
"...a path to the validation of the lack of structure and accountability..."? Funny, I've always thought that was the GOVERNMENT. Could you possibly use more emoticons? I think you forgot the birdie-flip one. I wonder: Should I take your comment as an insult, since I am a person with a conscious purpose and I LIKE jazz? A lot of my friends also have conscious purposes in their lives and like jazz. They are neurologists, cardiologists, teachers, authors, artists, paramedics, cops, mechanics, miners, business-owners, real estate agents, and crusaders for the preservation of the earth. To a person, they like jazz.
Next time you feel the need to vilify an entire genré (by the way, don't you know how to make an accent mark over the proper letter? I guess your expertise on the subject is limited, which tells me that you're a blowhard who thinks by using big words and complicated concepts, you can impress people), try to be a little less self-important about it.
I hope you find that jazz-haters club, sink into it, and never come out again. Bliss is ignorance.
Yes, please do!
All I see from your overuse of $5.00 words is that you have no idea what you're talking about. Jazz is one of the most difficult genres of music to play, and you may think it "unstructured and meandering", but you couldn't be more wrong. There is always a pathway through the song; some people, like Miles, just tended to take their time getting through it.
I wonder what music you find amazing.
Agreed. Jazz is America's classical music. If someone doesn't like it, all I can say is 'wow.'
Ha..I am with you...just not right in the middle of the day.
All I need now is a martini and Don Draper...
Too true, although I'd take a scotch and January Jones.
I was about to correlate liking/disliking jazz with political propensities, but instead will refrain.
Affirmed. Sign me up for the jazz-haters club. Just can't even listen to this...
Gotta go cry now - I miss my dad. I love this song, but I'd rather hear it by Dad's favorite - Nat King Cole....
Yep, yep
lwilkinson wrote:
He walks unsteadily down the sidewalk away from his ex-wifes' apartment and towards his mistress' home, running the existential nihilistic confusion through his wandering mind over and over, looking for meaning.
He crosses the street ................ and gets run over before he can find solace in his mistresses arms.
Wah!
With depressing tunes like this what did you expect?
I do like it tho'.
Ha ha! Thanks for the belly laugh!!!
"Accountability" is certainly my top priority for any musical genre...
He walks unsteadily down the sidewalk away from his ex-wifes' apartment and towards his mistress' home, running the existential nihilistic confusion through his wandering mind over and over, looking for meaning.
He crosses the street ................ and gets run over before he can find solace in his mistresses arms.
Wah!
With depressing tunes like this what did you expect?
I do like it tho'.
Miles handles it well.
All I see from your overuse of $5.00 words is that you have no idea what you're talking about. {} I wonder what music you find amazing.
rKokon seems to think everything he doesn't like is the downfall of civilization but then isn't really sure what he is screeching about, as illustrated in this wholly off-topic rant from several years ago.
I was about to correlate liking/disliking jazz with political propensities, but instead will refrain.
All I see from your overuse of $5.00 words is that you have no idea what you're talking about. Jazz is one of the most difficult genres of music to play, and you may think it "unstructured and meandering", but you couldn't be more wrong. There is always a pathway through the song; some people, like Miles, just tended to take their time getting through it.
I wonder what music you find amazing.
All I need now is a martini and Don Draper...
Solid gold!
cc_rider wrote:
If you're gonna steal, steal from the best.
I think 'homage' is a better term though...
c.
I was about to correlate liking/disliking jazz with political propensities, but instead will refrain.
You will receive no such affirmation here... now go and check your silverware drawer, there may be forks and spoons in the same partition!!!!
I love Miles Davis, he broke the mold, he stepped outside the box, not always successfully, but always with a musicians ear!