YES! I can finally use my picture of female Miles Davis!

Subby here, and as I submitted this I realized that Miles Davis didn't die on his birthday, so it should be just a 17th anniversary of his death. Oh well. Any reason to celebrate the life of this man is a great reason.

/That line-up in the video is sick
//Wants to see Wayne Shorter one of these days.

Grat man, great song, great video.

RIP trumpet man.

I had the video on for about two seconds and my wife said, without looking, "Good song. Miles Davis."

Heh ;)

GReat man, I fixate on one specific era:

-Dark Magus
-Live Evil
-Jack Johnson
-On the Corner


absolute mad albums... and then of course "In A Silent Way" is THE masterpiece...

but that whole wah-wah pedal period with john mclaughlin on guitar and Hancock on keyboard.... that stuff gives me a massive hard on

and just noticed this got Tony Williams... wow,...

anyone knows "EMERGENCY!!!" ?? cool album too

HappyHarryHardOn: GReat man, I fixate on one specific era:

-Dark Magus
-Live Evil
-Jack Johnson
-On the Corner


absolute mad albums... and then of course "In A Silent Way" is THE masterpiece...

but that whole wah-wah pedal period with john mclaughlin on guitar and Hancock on keyboard.... that stuff gives me a massive hard on

Miles' electric period is a vastly underrated catalogue of music. While he made his mark in 50s and 60s. His work in the late 60s to mid 70s was music way ahead of its time. Even in the year 2008 I listen in awe of what Miles did in that short 6-7 period of time.

HappyHarryHardOn: of course "In A Silent Way" is THE masterpiece...

Yeah. That's all I need but glad there's more.

I think their musical skills are fantastic, but I don't particularly like this song, or jazz that is so fast I can't follow it.

Imaging having a guy on TV who uses the work Fu@k about 4 times per sentance. Nervous people in the control booth I imagine.



Also, the weird thing about Miles was he was the typical East St Louis Jazz cat except he grew up wealthy. Kinda would mess up his street cred today.

lerxst2112: Subby here, and as I submitted this I realized that Miles Davis didn't die on his birthday, so it should be just a 17th anniversary of his death. Oh well. Any reason to celebrate the life of this man is a great reason.

/That line-up in the video is sick
//Wants to see Wayne Shorter one of these days.

Do it. You won't regret it. There was an asshat next to me saying things like "Play 'Birdland'", but other than that the experience was transcendent.

HappyHarryHardOn: GReat man, I fixate on one specific era:

-Dark Magus
-Live Evil
-Jack Johnson
-On the Corner


absolute mad albums... and then of course "In A Silent Way" is THE masterpiece...

but that whole wah-wah pedal period with john mclaughlin on guitar and Hancock on keyboard.... that stuff gives me a massive hard on

Agree wholeheartedly. You should check out "It's about that Time"... it has the biatch's brew tour/isle of wight lineup, except with Wayne Shorter instead of Gary Bartz.

'Wayne Shorter. Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams'

WTF? I can't think of any equivilent of this band in rock.

Dont like this stage of Mile's career - Im a 'Birth of the Cool'
guy, but still.

Too bad he was a wife-beater.

H_is_for_HereticYES! I can finally use my picture of female Miles Davis!

Between that and the Simpson's pic, you have done a great job of creeping me out today. Kudos to you.

Linkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCM9PPpNqCs&feature=related

I love the 70's.

HappyHarryHardOn: GReat man, I fixate on one specific era:

-Dark Magus
-Live Evil
-Jack Johnson
-On the Corner


absolute mad albums... and then of course "In A Silent Way" is THE masterpiece...

but that whole wah-wah pedal period with john mclaughlin on guitar and Hancock on keyboard.... that stuff gives me a massive hard on

The other amazing thing about this period, beyond his own albums, is the fact that pretty much all of his sidemen spawned every other great fusion group of the era--Return to Forever, Weather Report, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Herbie Hancock's Headhunters, Tony Williams' Lifetime, etc. And then out of that pretty much came anything that's mattered in jazz for the last 30-40 years....

I don't really get it, though, but I suppose it's amazing for those that understand it. I mostly had my eye on the nerdy dude at the piano.


/ Own zero Miles Davis records
// Own 12 Herbie Hancock albums

The tempo was little faster there than on the original recording.

If peeing your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davis.

netringer is correct.

That version is way up tempo and is quite rushed.

TV producers may have asked them to speed it up for the reason of time constraints on their program.

What I have always loved about that piece is how laid back and effortless it sounds on the record.

Martstar:The other amazing thing about this period, beyond his own albums, is the fact that pretty much all of his sidemen spawned every other great fusion group of the era--

One of the most impressive things about the man's entire career was his ability to find great talent. His sidemen in the fifties are like a Who's Who of Jazz :John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Jimmy Cobb, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, Philly Joe Jones, Paul Chambers, Red Garland, Wynton Kelly and on and on. I rember seeing an interview, I think with Herbie Hancock, where he said one of the greatest things about getting "the Call" from Miles was that you may only play with him for a few months, but after that you were pretty much guranteed a long career in the jazz world.

craigdamage: netringer is correct.

That version is way up tempo and is quite rushed.

TV producers may have asked them to speed it up for the reason of time constraints on their program.

Nah, this is the way he played it from 1964-onward. Maybe earlier.

Wow, why so fast?

I just saw Wayne Shorter tonight and am quite pleased with myself.

I honestly believe that "Kind Of Blue" and "Sketches Of Spain" may be two of the most perfect pieces of music ever recorded...

fuzzwell: I think their musical skills are fantastic, but I don't particularly like this song, or jazz that is so fast I can't follow it.

Listen more often and it will sink in. This is actually a song which only has one chord change in the entire structure. The more well known versions of this are much slower, by the way.

I love it when artists play different versions of their pieces live. That's why I always enjoyed seeing James Brown live, he changed up almost all of his numbers, either faster or slower.

Miles Davis once said the history of jazz can be summed up in 4 words: Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker.

I think "Miles Davis" are the fifth and sixth words, because all jazz came from Armstrong, all bop came from Parker, and all modern jazz came from Davis.

lerxst2112: HappyHarryHardOn: GReat man, I fixate on one specific era:

-Dark Magus
-Live Evil
-Jack Johnson
-On the Corner


absolute mad albums... and then of course "In A Silent Way" is THE masterpiece...

but that whole wah-wah pedal period with john mclaughlin on guitar and Hancock on keyboard.... that stuff gives me a massive hard on

Miles' electric period is a vastly underrated catalogue of music. While he made his mark in 50s and 60s. His work in the late 60s to mid 70s was music way ahead of its time. Even in the year 2008 I listen in awe of what Miles did in that short 6-7 period of time.

I'd like to register a vote for the massively-underappreciated "Get Up With It".

I'd like to register a vote for the massively-underappreciated "Get Up With It".

I second that. Miles played a lot of Fender Organ on that one. Great tribute to Ellington on the first track.