― Mark, Wednesday, 15 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Nick, Wednesday, 15 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tom, Wednesday, 15 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
As far as his 80's output, it's not his greatest work, but check out "Aura".
― Sean, Wednesday, 15 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Bill, Wednesday, 15 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― scott, Wednesday, 15 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― David, Wednesday, 15 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― sundar subramanian, Wednesday, 15 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Maybe Miles is so great because of what Scott said -- he never made the same record twice (this could be going a bit far, though -- those mid-50s Presige albums are all pretty similar. All very good, too.) If you like lyricism, you got the Presige records, if you like sophisitcated arrangements, there's Sketchs & Miles Ahead, if you like funk, there's On The Corner, etc. He's the Neil Young of the jazz world, only Miles was such a major talent he could do all these things well.
― Jess, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Sundar - could you elaborate on that hatred a little, or are you just trying to play Devil's Advocate? I seem to remember a certain Kraftwerk thread in which you assumed the very same role... ;-)
― Clarke B., Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― dave q, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Now: the Neil Young of jazz? I don't think so! That would mean he never changed his style ;)
― Omar, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Bill
― Bill, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Nick, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
free stuff aside, i love ed bickert's sound and playing, though he often works with lame musicians or plays on lame pieces. i even remember quite enjoying some cbc concerts by oliver jones and marian mcpartland, though i don't play them much. i've even liked some lenny breau, though again it's not something i play much and it was a long time ago that i liked it.
going back, i've liked things by dizzy gillespie, as well as duke ellington. some django reinhardt even - i think i just like guitarists. but i'll be honest - it's the free records that i pull out.
i've just been unable to listen to kind of blue without wanting to pass out by the third track or so. (outkast's aquemini, comparably, takes maybe six tracks. but it has shorter tracks, i think.) i'm not sure i can really elaborate much further without having the cd around to play. it just didn't grab or retain my interest. didn't seem like anything more than "pleasant," "tasteful," and "perfectly executed." my friend (who likes the album) once described it as "almost like ambient music," which goes a long way towards explaining things for me.
my dislike for bb and iasw comes partly from my distaste for john mclaughlin's noodling. and the laid-back wing-tip funk keyboards just aren't to my taste. i have no interest in herbie hancock or chick corea. i didn't think the rock side of md's jazz- rock fusions was cream-of-the-crop rock at all.
i don't think i quite hated round about midnight but i couldn't imagine wanting to hear it either.
clarke: what are you referring to? i really liked the mix, didn't care that much for radio-activity, liked some other things i'd heard from trans-europe express. i don't think i have ever said otherwise. outside of ilm, it has hardly been my experience that kraftwerk is so universally and uncritically acclaimed. do you think i pine away at night, secretly regretting that i sold radio-activity two years ago?
― sundar subramanian, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
... do you think i pine away at night, secretly regretting that i sold radio-activity two years ago?
Well I should certainly hope so!
― Clarke B., Friday, 17 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
This is probably my favorite piece of music writing ever: http://www.ivy-style.com/the-warlord-of-the-weejuns.html
― dirty *plop* (The Reverend), Friday, 17 December 2010 14:10 (thirteen years ago) link
All I’m trying to say, really, is that most boutique customers should be lined up before a firing squad at dawn and that there should be a minute of silence to thank God for the existence of people like Miles Davis
There is something beautiful about this sentence.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 17 December 2010 15:20 (thirteen years ago) link
US Postal Service to issue Miles Davis stamp
And it's the cover of Jack Johnson!
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 26 January 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
nice!
― lag∞n affiliated (The Reverend), Thursday, 26 January 2012 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
I will buy these stamps!
― sleeve, Thursday, 26 January 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
WTF challops shit was I on??
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 26 January 2012 23:22 (twelve years ago) link
Squeaky door sounds just like Bitches Brew.
― Choogle Image Search (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 17 August 2012 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
And I just saw Stanley Crouch run down there with a can of WD-40.
― Choogle Image Search (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 17 August 2012 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
http://tsutpen.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-gunslinger-guide-to-miles-davis-7.html
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 18 August 2012 02:02 (eleven years ago) link
Always glad to be reminded of "The Warlord Of The Weejuns"
― Vagelis (The Reverend), Saturday, 18 August 2012 06:07 (eleven years ago) link
Don Cheadle is playing Miles in a new movie
http://i.imgur.com/CWoPQiI.jpg
― Dreamland, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 08:04 (nine years ago) link
way too much muscle imo, unless it's a miles superhero movie
― john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 09:35 (nine years ago) link
And especially because the movie centers around his coke-heavy never-leaving-the-house non-playing years. Don Cheadle's Miles weighs about triple what Miles did during that time.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 12:10 (nine years ago) link
why
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 15:55 (nine years ago) link
i also heard that wayne shorter was now taller instead
― john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 16:05 (nine years ago) link
miles davis: the man with the brawn
― john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 16:07 (nine years ago) link
i guess setting it in the late '70s is a good way to get around the whole 'filming realistic performances' thing. although they could just have him play with his back to the camera.
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 16:20 (nine years ago) link
Don Cheadle learned to play trumpet:
With the music—I know you mentioned that you play the saxophone—will you be playing the trumpet in the movie?Yeah.You will? You’ll be playing his songs yourself?No. I’m not going to be, we’re going to be using Miles Davis playing. [Laughs] We’re not going to do a movie with the rights to his music and not have him playing.We’re going to use his recordings. I’ve learned how to play. There will be elements of me playing the movie but when it comes to the pieces that are Miles Davis playing, it will be Miles Davis.
You will? You’ll be playing his songs yourself?No. I’m not going to be, we’re going to be using Miles Davis playing. [Laughs] We’re not going to do a movie with the rights to his music and not have him playing.
We’re going to use his recordings. I’ve learned how to play. There will be elements of me playing the movie but when it comes to the pieces that are Miles Davis playing, it will be Miles Davis.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 16:27 (nine years ago) link
Good to read that it'll mostly focus on the intense gym routines he enjoyed in his later years and will heavily feature music from his early albums Workin', Steamin', Liftin' and Pumpin'.
― john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 16:39 (nine years ago) link
Not to mention Stretches of Spain.
Kind of blew out my arms during that epic lift sesh
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 16:41 (nine years ago) link
The idea of a miles biopic that concentrates exclusively on 1975-1979 is amazing. No flashbacks, just a dark house and occasional visits from Herbie Hancock and Lester Bowie.
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 16:43 (nine years ago) link
you guys are tripping. Miles used to box
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 16:46 (nine years ago) link
he def had biceps.
also this must be based on eric nisiensen's stories, in part.
http://www.amazon.com/Round-About-Midnight-Portrait-Miles/dp/0306806843
this was the first Miles bio I read .. he used to hang out w/ Miles all the time during that era
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 16:47 (nine years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J2i_zouRBH8/T-dKD592yLI/AAAAAAAAGfs/MoX-ypwdfek/s1600/Arnaud+Baumann+~+Miles+Davis,+ca.+1980.jpg
Miles, late 70s/v. early 80s
― Daphnis Celesta, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 16:52 (nine years ago) link
Actually, that photo is from somewhere around 1989-90; it's from the same photo session that yielded the album cover of Doo-Bop, which was released in 1991. This is a picture of Miles in the late '60s/early '70s:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jd80_x84iUE/TqSYqpD-UhI/AAAAAAAAAjU/SVSe7pWG5xU/s1600/miles-davis3.jpg
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 17:03 (nine years ago) link
Based on the sunglasses, I'd guess that photo is '73/'74; he's wearing the same glasses on the cover of Get Up With It.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 17:04 (nine years ago) link
lol thought he looked old, Google lied to me
― Daphnis Celesta, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 17:04 (nine years ago) link
i guess he does have muscles on the cover of jack johnson too, but he sure looks like a skinny motherfucker in a bunch of photos from later in the decade
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Observer/Pix/pictures/2010/9/2/1283425873645/Miles-Davis-Muhammad-Ali-006.jpg
― john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 17:11 (nine years ago) link
ok fuck this biopic shit and let's change the subject:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IJDi1gQZu8
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 17:43 (nine years ago) link
I ran across this at my local library:
http://www.amazon.com/Live-Europe-1969-Bootleg-Series/dp/B008YCMM2AMD Quintet live in Europe 1969.
It is as awesome as you would expect with generally good-to-very-good sounding recordings.Also the dvd is a nice bonus.
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 18:08 (nine years ago) link
lolhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLu5mk4VAAAJ0nW.png:large
― tylerw, Thursday, 6 August 2015 15:18 (eight years ago) link
who is spc
― marcos, Thursday, 6 August 2015 15:23 (eight years ago) link
Missed this, but may still be on PBS.org and/or re-broadcast for fundraisers etc.:
American Masters, starting Tues.:Discover the man behind the legend. With full access to the Miles Davis Estate, the film features never-before-seen footage, including studio outtakes from his recording sessions, rare photos and new interviews.https://aptv.org/schedule/detail.php?epid=2378952
― dow, Saturday, February 22, 2020
― dow, Sunday, 15 March 2020 02:00 (four years ago) link
This was pretty boilerplate but a fun watch. The “never-before-seen/heard” stuff wasn’t a big deal imo. Like abt 98% of music docs, I just wished it had more actual uninterrupted music and performance.
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Sunday, 15 March 2020 03:58 (four years ago) link
Yup
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 15 March 2020 04:02 (four years ago) link
Carlos Santana was funny
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 15 March 2020 08:33 (four years ago) link
Was that West Side Story thing movie or Broadway show? I think film was a translation of a theatre thing to the screen.Yeah, seriously nasty. Glad she was around to tell the tale. Her and Juliette Greco.
I think I'd seen most of the performance video stuff cos a lot of its been around on bootleg for the last decade at least. Not sure about the 'In Performance ' set they used to illustrate On The Corner with the Indian percussion stuff.& I think they used a clip of the band around 1969 with Dave Holland on electric bass to illustrate something a bit later. But not sure.
Quite enjoyed it though.
& had just caught a Fairport Convention doc on Sky Arts before that was mainly good. Missed the start though. Also saw that ZZ Top Little Old Band From Texas thing on Sky Arts the night before. So great week for biodocs.
― Stevolende, Sunday, 15 March 2020 09:39 (four years ago) link
I liked when Stanley Crouch was like “it just didn’t sound good”
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Sunday, 15 March 2020 14:39 (four years ago) link
Wasn’t surprised to hear Crouch say that. Although some of the stuff in the doc I wasn’t that familiar with, so it was worth seeing for me.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 15 March 2020 17:35 (four years ago) link
Crouch is right. It didnt sound good, it sounded AMAZING
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 15 March 2020 18:48 (four years ago) link
go tell that shit to your new leader, Sting
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 22:24 (four years ago) link
All the Complete sessions are being reissued and are available from his store: https://www.milesdavisstore.com/store/
I'm mulling over "The Complete On The Corner Sessions".
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 15 April 2020 22:55 (four years ago) link
They gotta reissue the trumpet case!
https://www.popsike.com/pix/20180121/173113313489.jpg
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 23:29 (four years ago) link
i’m mulling over a “bitches brew” 50th anniversary coffee mug
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 15 April 2020 23:39 (four years ago) link
the tshirt with the sketches of spain graphic is tite
― brimstead, Wednesday, 15 April 2020 23:40 (four years ago) link
I need physical copies of the 1965-68 quintet box and the In A Silent Way Sessions box. Thanks for the tip!
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 23:54 (four years ago) link
suprised they don't have VOTE FOR MILES shirts or buttons
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 16 April 2020 00:24 (four years ago) link
All the Complete sessions are being reissued and are available from his store: https://www.milesdavisstore.com/store🕸/I'm mulling over "The Complete On The Corner Sessions".
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 16 April 2020 14:56 (four years ago) link
That’d be Newton Free, GMBB.
Thanks for the heads up! I think I might have to get On the Corner, it's the only one I want that I don't already have. (although I'm kinda tempted to swap out my Jack Johnson set since I only have the long box version that doesn't match the others)
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 16 April 2020 15:16 (four years ago) link
That trumpet case is such a flex--just went through my old CD-Rs a couple nights ago and was v glad to find my burned copies on the Complete On The Corner; going to find some quarantime to put in the work
― Cysteine Chapo (Craig D.), Thursday, 16 April 2020 15:21 (four years ago) link
Hah, we borrowed the same copy! I made a playlist of my favorite bonus bits from the box, still not sure I need it all, my picks:One And One (unedited master) - not the same song!JabaliThe HenPeaceMr. FosterHip-SkipWhat They Do
It makes a perfect companion to OTC with a similar feel.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 16 April 2020 15:33 (four years ago) link
Thanks for the revive, this is great news. Would love to get the 65-68 box (and maybe the OTC one too).
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 16 April 2020 16:14 (four years ago) link
Is it all of them? I don’t see Cellar Door in there (which is another I’d consider). Why the fuck did they wait for a global pandemic/economic meltdown to do this?
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 16 April 2020 19:46 (four years ago) link
no plugged nickle from what i can see
― brimstead, Thursday, 16 April 2020 19:58 (four years ago) link
i just got the Bitches Brew box set last year (the long tall one). for some reason i was under the impression that OtC was the only OOP studio box? maybe just because i don't think i ever saw it in an actual physical store
― brimstead, Thursday, 16 April 2020 20:00 (four years ago) link
in a silent way box i listen to all the frickin time
The Cellar Door and Plugged Nickel boxes have never been reissued since they came out.
The On The Corner box was the only one of the Complete ... Sessions sets they allowed to go out of print.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 16 April 2020 20:11 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I think the other ones can be picked up p easily in used CD shops across the country
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 16 April 2020 20:14 (four years ago) link
the 65-68 second great quintet box is fantastic — though it does throw into relief how well sequenced the original albums actually were.
― tylerw, Thursday, 16 April 2020 20:21 (four years ago) link
Plugged Nickel comes in 7 and 8 disc versions - the latter has an extra gig?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 16 April 2020 21:09 (four years ago) link
Listening to Workin' today, and it's beautiful and perfect
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 16 April 2020 21:15 (four years ago) link
Nope; it was a Japan-only release in 1992 and several tracks were edited by two or three minutes so that the second set would fit on a single CD. In the 8CD box, it's split across two discs.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 16 April 2020 22:04 (four years ago) link
quality discographical info, thanks
― budo jeru, Friday, 17 April 2020 00:52 (four years ago) link
Is the 15% discount applying for anyone ordering one of the Complete Sessions? It's saying it's applied but I'm not seeing it deduct anything and there is a caveat that "Some exclusions may apply including media" ...
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 17 April 2020 18:10 (four years ago) link
Welp, sounds like pre-orders aren't eligible for some reason according to the email. Boo.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 17 April 2020 18:22 (four years ago) link
Can someone help me out by identifying this woman? This is from near the end of the American Masters documentary. I need her name for something. I'm sure she's identified earlier in the film, but I don't want to rewatch the whole thing right now.
https://phildellio.tripod.com/birth.JPG
(Terribly photographed with a camera, because you can't take screenshots from Netflix.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 02:26 (one year ago) link
Is it Frances Taylor? I feel like she was interviewed quite a bit in that.
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 19 March 2023 20:46 (one year ago) link
She is, but it's not her (she appears directly after that scene and is identified). I think I'll have to watch the film again--my friend, who interviewed Davis in the late '80s, wasn't sure either. They must identify her earlier in the film.
― clemenza, Sunday, 19 March 2023 21:04 (one year ago) link
Marguerite Cantu
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Monday, 20 March 2023 00:11 (one year ago) link
Yes! Many thanks.
― clemenza, Monday, 20 March 2023 01:54 (one year ago) link
"Bess, You Is My Woman Now," right now on local station: arrangement briefly intros Miles and then disappears, staying out of his way (thanks, Gil). Living breathing solo.
― dow, Monday, 20 March 2023 02:14 (one year ago) link
Or I should say the melodic statement is the solo, and vice versa. Wow.
― dow, Monday, 20 March 2023 02:16 (one year ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CtHljmUJxKM/
Jack DeJohnette’s Tribute to Miles Davis & MoreAUGUST 9, 2023 @ 7:30pm
Performers:Jack DeJohnetteWill CalhounVernon ReidDon ByronGeorge ColliganLuisito QuinteroMatt Garrison
Plus: Very Special Guests to be announced August 7, 2023.Who might they be? Well… there’s a reason we need a 1,500 seat theatre!
Ticket Link
You might want to grab your tickets before August 7th…Once we announce, those remaining seats will go Light Speed!!
Let’s Goooo!!! 🎉🙌🙏❤️
― birdistheword, Monday, 5 June 2023 18:41 (ten months ago) link
In terms of Miles's best known collaborators, I'm guessing maybe Dave Holland, who has some shows in NYC a week later. (He, DeJohnette and Jason Moran played an amazing show together last year in Woodstock.) Could even be Ron Carter - I don't think he has anything booked. Maybe Herbie Hancock? He's playing Newport on August 6 so he could definitely make it. John McLaughlin would be amazing - he's supposed to be retired, but I don't think a one-off performance would be out of the question.
― birdistheword, Monday, 5 June 2023 18:46 (ten months ago) link
Your comment reminded me about a question that entered my head yesterday: What kind of guitar was John McLaughlin using on IASW?
This thread claims it's a Duo-Sonic, citing compelling evidence from Robben Ford. There's also this picture of JM with Tony Williams:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dVPBBf9Ti6M/TRJIDo5T5PI/AAAAAAAAAIU/k7Yh8hr_2Vo/s1600/Lifetime+7.JPG
― budo jeru, Monday, 5 June 2023 22:11 (ten months ago) link
on the other hand:
You played an acoustic with Lifetime?!In the beginning, but it was tough because Tony's such a powerful drummer and Larry was pulling these weird sounds out of the organ. It was loud and sometimes would start to feedback, and it's hard to play when the guitar is freaking out. But, for example, [Davis'] In A Silent Way -- that's a Hummingbird, just a pure acoustic with a pickup.
In the beginning, but it was tough because Tony's such a powerful drummer and Larry was pulling these weird sounds out of the organ. It was loud and sometimes would start to feedback, and it's hard to play when the guitar is freaking out. But, for example, [Davis'] In A Silent Way -- that's a Hummingbird, just a pure acoustic with a pickup.
― budo jeru, Monday, 5 June 2023 22:15 (ten months ago) link
xxp turns out the special guests are Carlos Santana and Cindy Blackman Santana.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 8 August 2023 00:43 (eight months ago) link
“And more surprise guests will be joining Carlos, Cindy and Jack at the show. It’s going to be an amazing night at UPAC!”
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 8 August 2023 00:45 (eight months ago) link
To this day I still check the official store hoping for a miracle restock of the On the Corner sessions box. Still haunts me that I missed the brief window they came up for sale again a few years ago.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 August 2023 15:04 (eight months ago) link
I stupidly passed on them that time.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 8 September 2023 03:50 (seven months ago) link
I don't need the fancy box or anything, but man I would love a repress.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 8 September 2023 16:19 (seven months ago) link