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Comment on A Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix And Paul McCartney Supergroup Does Sound Pretty Awesome by amonle

amonle — Sun, 12 May 2013 00:31:43 +0000

Tony Williams was pretty super too! (title)

Comment on The Miles Davis Movie: Better As A Documentary Film? by Trevor Timmers

Trevor Timmers — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:32:37 +0000

Please don’t let them make a Kind of Blue, The Miles Davis Story, biopic until I’m dead. I have always loved Miles and his music, and don’t want to have to contend with yet another awful Hollywood rendition of a great musicians life. They just don’t understand.
I’m 77 now, and will arrange for someone to let you know of my demise.

Trevor Timmers

Comment on Painting Miles Davis: Interview with Yuriy Shevchuk by Ken Joslin

Ken Joslin — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:41:48 +0000

Nice paintings.

Comment on The Miles Davis Movie: Don Cheadle Isn’t Talking, But Something Is Happening by Fabio Rojas

Fabio Rojas — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:02:15 +0000

I need only one name:

MILES DEWEY DAVIS III

I repeat, Don, we need only one thing:

MILES DEWEY DAVIS III.

Period.

Comment on Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis and the Big Showdown of ’86 by Josh

Josh — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 06:19:02 +0000

I dislike that Wynton just came out of nowhere as this young kid and started spouting off about what was “jazz” and what wasn’t. Say what you want about Miles but he at least showed his elders the proper respect. He might’ve railed against Louis Armstrong’s grinning and pandering, but he showed respect and didn’t make his most infalmmatory comments about his contemporaries until he had paid his dues and solidified his claim as the preeminent bandleader in jazz. Miles (with help, of course) changed the face of jazz at least 3 time, Wynton was just retreading over ground long since conquered by the likes of Miles, Gillespie, Clifford Brown, Fats Navarro, Freddie Hubbard, and Chet Baker. Marsalis looked to the past, the great no-no of jazz, and somehow convinced the right people that what he was doing was going to advance the form. To jump up on Miles’ bandstand was audacious to the point of disrespect, and also a pointless pose from someone clearly seeking approval from a man Marsalis claimed to be no longer relevant. Getting up and blowing over someone else’s band accomplishes little, and any loyal group won’t stand for their leader being shown up in such an unctuous fashion. Why would they endorse such a gesture by giving the interloping soloist a sympathetic backing? As a musician, I know I would have stopped even without prompting from Davis. Wynton’s claim that he was going to use his horn to address the things Miles had said about him would have been pointless even if the Davis group kept playing after Marsalis jumped up- Miles “attacked” Wynton with words, not trumpet notes. The notion that any meaninful “dialogue” would have taken place is laughable as well, as the argument was more complex than “who’s better?” Yes, in the days of bop there would be duels and things of that nature, but it was always predetermined, like the duels of old (glove slap, scheduled meeting time and place, ten paces, BOOM). What Wynton attempted was closer to an ambush, climbing up unnanounced, likely in a conscious attempt to catch the master off guard. Even if Miles had chose to engage, there still would’ve been no way to compare the performance, as he likely wouldn’t have attempted to outrace the fleeter-fingered youngster, probably choosing instead the more mature approach of his later style, full on tone and emotion, short on things like bravado and testosterone. Apples and oranges is an apt comparison. But the comparison is void, as the elder statesman chose not to participate in engaging the petulant youth, opting instead to leave us speculating these 25 years later. MILES FOR PRESIDENT!

Comment on Don Cheadle On Miles Davis Biopic: “We’re Not Letting Go” by John Ingrid

John Ingrid — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 07:38:02 +0000

I want to see someone else play miles

Comment on The Miles Davis Movie: Don Cheadle Stirs Up Buzz With Comments About His Miles Davis Film by John Ingrid

John Ingrid — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 07:36:03 +0000

George Tillman jr and nick davis Raynes will make a better film it seems. Don is is going against real power

Comment on Don Cheadle On Miles Davis Biopic: “We’re Not Letting Go” by Dave b

Dave b — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 07:09:26 +0000

Never going to happen with don