Re: [Harp-L] Miles Davis changing All Blues Meloday




On Sep 12, 2009, at 2:53 PM, Splash wrote:


Miles Davis is probably an aquired taste. Either you get it or you don't.

Ok, you make a good point. AND I have a lot of respect for you. It's been years since I have heard his stuff. I'll give it another shot. :) Maybe I have become more receptive over the years lolol.

If you ever got the chance to see Miles live, and I have several times in
friendly settings - meaning not at the big venues and "for the white folks"
there is a sense in the room that something special is happening. Too bad
he never came over to the house. He was a very shy man in person.


The ensemble lays down a groove, perhaps something familiar, but when Miles
put the horn to his lips there was something happening NOW. There was never
something canned or pre-rehearsed note-for-note, it was always a PRESENT
thing going on. And there is something special about being "IN THE NOW."


Miles could say more with one note than others like Wynton Marsalis, or
Kenny G could never say with a million notes. But also a part of his genius
was his choice of musicians he brought along with him. They got it, and if
you let yourself go into the NOW moment with them there was a zen-like
experience to be had.


No Milli-Vanilli that man with the horn, even his studio recordings were
done live, in the now.


I think that's what was meant by "not cut and paste."

That's a good explaination. Sometimes I need an interpreter for Larry. lolol

PEACE Splash -



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