Do you like Miles Davis?

Sean Trane wrote:   However from In A Silent Way (68) until the Agartha album (77), his discography is near flawless. I must say that Miles got lost a bit in the 80's, though.

andu wrote: I had the occasion to listen to two of his (probable not very important) albums, they were Tutu and Kind of Blue if I'm not wrong. I didn't like it at all and the trumpet's specific sound annoyed me to tears. Torture for me, so my vote goes for "no, or not yet" - that's because I intend to give him some more tries. It wouldn't be the first time that I may get into something I initially hated, and I think that the fact that in between I discovered jazzrock is an advantage.

Edited by Chus - April 24 2007 at 21:14

Miles was a brilliant man and Kind of Blue (and Giant Steps) is what got me into Jazz.  Kind of Blue is a fantastic album for many reasons. 

What else makes Miles great?  He worked with: Coltrane, Zawinul, Hancock, Evans, McLaughlin, and among the many other greats I suppose I'll list Chick although I'm not too fond of his work.  Well I like it, but sometimes he gets old.

Anyways,  Miles had awesome groups to work with and knew what he wanted to do.  I really enjoy his late 60s/70s albums simply for the odd textures that he creates.  In A Silent Way, Files de Kilamanjaro (especially), Bitches Brew, Agharta (can never spell it properly), both the live at the filmoore albums are excellent.  And On the Corner is supreme! Super funky-fusion.  Its great and often over looked.

Yes. Yes i do. Yes i do like Miles Davis. Indeed. Uh-huh. Correct.

almc2242 wrote: Some people say that Fusion was developed thanks to Miles Davis.

I thought we had stopped regurgitating such poorly researched statements. I'll take "made it mainstream"; read Stuart Nicholson's Jazz Rock: A History for a considered viewpoint.

I've been listening to more Jazz than Prog. latley. Miles and Eric Dolphy have been invading my ears nonstop for a few weeks now.

"I've changed music four or five times. What have you done of any importance other than be white?"

Davis attended a reception in honor of Ray Charles at Ronald Reagan' s White House in 1987. This was his reply to a Washington society lady seated next to him who had asked him what he had done to be invited.

Arrrghus wrote: almc2242 wrote: Some people say that Fusion was developed thanks to Miles Davis.  And those people are right!

If by 'developed' the original poster had meant 'started', then some people are wrong. Ask Dick Heath for the details.

And yeah, I like MD. Not my favourite jazz guy, but plenty of great music from him for sure.

Yes Yes Yes

I had the occasion to listen to two of his (probable not very important) albums, they were Tutu and Kind of Blue if I'm not wrong. I didn't like it at all and the trumpet's specific sound annoyed me to tears. Torture for me, so my vote goes for "no, or not yet" - that's because I intend to give him some more tries. It wouldn't be the first time that I may get into something I initially hated, and I think that the fact that in between I discovered jazzrock is an advantage.

stonebeard wrote: I popped in Some Kind of Blue, reportedly one of the best albums ever, and gave it a listen. Not really my type of thing. This was some years back, but I don't know how I'd feel about Davis now. Silly as it is, I enjoy Rippingtons-esque, upbeat smooth jazz more than any other kind of jazz.

Kind Of Blue took me longer than any prog album to get into. I think you should try revisiting it. It's not my kind of music, but it spoke to me after enough time.