Members wades_keys Posted June 11, 2010 Members Share Posted June 11, 2010 The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas. --Miles Davis For me, music and life are all about style. --Miles Davis Don't play what's there, play what's not there. --Miles Davis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members chevybusa Posted June 11, 2010 Members Share Posted June 11, 2010 Right on!!! I saw a documentary that had interviews with him that was fantastic, I'll try to find the name of it. In the meantime, here are 2 of my fave songs from him..."Circle" from 1966 and "Decoy" from 1983 (everybody loves his early stuff but what he was doing in the early 80's was just as mindblowing in my opinion!!!! [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] And of course one of (if not THE) my all time favorite standards, with him playing on it: [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 3shiftgtr Posted June 11, 2010 Members Share Posted June 11, 2010 Coltrane had a habit of playing LOOOOng solos. Chorus after chorus after chorus and one time Miles asked him why. "Well, I get going and I just can't stop. I don't know how." said the tenor great. Miles said "Try taking the saxophone out of your mouth." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 3shiftgtr Posted June 11, 2010 Members Share Posted June 11, 2010 Oh and this one: "Back in bebop, everybody used to play real fast. But I didn't ever like playing a bunch of scales and {censored}. I always tried to play the most important notes in the chord, to break it up. I used to hear all them musicians playing all them scales and notes and never nothing you could remember." Miles Davis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scafeets Posted June 11, 2010 Members Share Posted June 11, 2010 On 60 Minutes, Miles was asked some bull{censored} question about growing up in hard times and how that prepared him for jazz, etc. He said: "My daddy was rich and my mama good lookin' and I can play the blues." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted June 11, 2010 Moderators Share Posted June 11, 2010 If they act too hip, you know they can't play {censored}. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jamesp Posted June 12, 2010 Members Share Posted June 12, 2010 "It's that goddamned mother{censored}ing 'Machine Gun.'" - Miles Davis (when questioned on what he heard in the music of Jimi Hendrix.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wades_keys Posted June 12, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 12, 2010 I've come to the conclusion that Miles was as much an ambassador of Jazz and music in general as he was a player. His insight and straight-forward take on things has yet to be replicated, though the Marsalis' would probably beg to differ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dessalines Posted June 15, 2010 Members Share Posted June 15, 2010 "Do something for the drummer" Monk I don't know any Miles quotes but I felt a need to contribute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TrickyBoy Posted June 15, 2010 Members Share Posted June 15, 2010 I was always fond of this one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members coyote-1 Posted June 15, 2010 Members Share Posted June 15, 2010 "I don't make this music because I do drugs. I do drugs because I make this music." "Guys come to me all the time with these complex charts. I can't play them." On Herbie Hancock, paraphrased (underlined part is direct quote): "Every time I gave him a solo I dreaded it. Sure enough, he made sure to play all 88 keys.... he needs to be edited." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vermoulian Posted June 15, 2010 Members Share Posted June 15, 2010 In the Classic Albums program about Steely Dan's Aja, they interviewed Wayne Shorter and he talked a bit about playing with Miles---his quote (done in a hilarious "Miles Davis voice") was, "Don't give too much away." (He was talking about how to approach what to play---NOT playing for free, so everybody just stand down.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jamesp Posted June 16, 2010 Members Share Posted June 16, 2010 "I remember one time - it might have been a couple times - at the Fillmore East in 1970, I was opening for this sorry-ass cat named Steve Miller. Steve Miller didn't have his {censored} going for him, so I'm pissed because I got to open for this non-playing mother{censored}er just because he had one or two sorry-ass records out. So I would come late and he would have to go on first and then we got there we smoked the mother{censored}ing place, everybody dug it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 3shiftgtr Posted June 17, 2010 Members Share Posted June 17, 2010 Oh, and this gem:"We'll play it first and tell you what it is later." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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