Right Off, Pt. 1

[jeffthrow6892]

Wow......awesome is about all I can say.......

[JohnnyFeelmore]

crazy song!!!

[ArmRebel]

Jaco's "The Chicken" at 3:00 :D

[dsmusicuk]

When Miles rocked the fucking earth shook!!!! Love ya Miles!!!!

[richardmbowman]

We are asked if we "like" this? Like is not quite the word I have in mind for this tune. Nor are like and love the words I would use to describe my "feeling" for MD. Hero worship come a bit closer. Miles lives! Miles rocks! Miles Dewey Davis did it and does it like NO OTHER. Ever! And, oh, read the Wikipedia description/commentary of this album. Perfect summation.

[SlackerSlayer]

The bass made me laugh, like it is wanting to be, but just can only tag along. 'Hey guys wait up'

[jloch85]

wow i'm 53 and this BLOWS

[montrealcanadiensuck]

@jloch85 as in blowin some serious solos? right? miles and maupin tearin that shit up nig. this shit rocks harder than literally anything i've ever heard.

[pineappaloupe]

@jloch85 fuck off old man

[fistjitsu]

i want to liquify this song and inject it into a vein in my arm.

[geoffwoade]

apparently, later on the track, Herbie Hancock literally wandered in with some groceries, sat down, whipped out an insane organ solo, then wandered out again

[ImaniHekima]

@geoffwoade Lucky Herbie. I wish that would happen to me when I go shopping. :-)

[DanielBowden1975]

Right on

[rilohburgee92]

To hell with Waldheim....this is what the Alien's first exposure to our species should be...

[MrJockeekcoj]

One voter will get his ass kicked by Jack Johnson!

[jspurnell]

Brilliant, free, tough... like an espresso coffee to get you going

[huckfinn135]

Go, Johnny McLaughlin, Go!

[pantelif]

The entry of Miles is epic

[marcformayor]

Talk about ahead of their time!! Unreal art on display here

[Severin845]

 Oh, my God, what rhythm!

[BelaFleckPhan]

miles davis was always miles ahead of every jazz musician

[BrianIsChill]

REAL music

[richardmbowman]

This has been one the best and my favorite jazz performance since the early 70s. This is Miles. He has NEVER been better. This group of musicians are among the best he (or anyone) has ever assembled. THEY Rock. THEY Swing. They dance and they prance on their respective instruments. They are bosses! Miles is their BOSS. I can't say enough. Miles Dewey Davis you were, are & forever will be the shit. -richardmbowman seattle

[EVMC3577]

McLaughlin once said he dug this album the most of all the gigs he had with Miles... I tend to agree.

[cArLiT02oo8]

That Bass, that bass, that bass.... it's the Bass keeps calling me back to this song...

[jakjonsun]

Hey, check out my youtube name  ↓ it's from this album -- had it for everything going back 11 years

[52stav]

C' est pour moi l'un des meilleurs morceaux de Miles alliant trompette et guitare

[mmenchu]

Miles Davis rules on sooooooo many levels. fkn awesome Man. This is the modern version of the Brandenburg concertos. my GOD. Listen to THAT man! yeahhhHHHH

[Rickoholic]

I heard Miles at a Jazz Festival, around this time & thought (at the time) that HE was just playing 'junkie garbage'.

I had no idea how hard he was working, just to keep up with the talent he'd assembled & the way that jazz had advanced beyond him.

Now I get it.!

Thank You!!!

[joey23125]

@dorian411 You definitely want to give your race credit for this amazing piece of music, but please remember that that McLaughlin, a poorly treated Irish slave, was disciplined and instructed by his master Miles Davis. He wouldn't have been given the knowledge nor the latitude anywhere else. It essentially says that blacks make better slave masters than whites.

[b3boneman]

I've listened to "Right Off" since I first heard it in the early 70's. It's as prolific as the day it was recorded. One jamming masterpiece. Thanks Miles and company and thanks to Rusty C. for introducing me to it many years ago!!

[davymgaunt]

Wow....Miles, John Mc Laughlin, Herbie Hancock, Billy Cobham, Michael Henderson....in the same room.....modal!

[zosia5127]

Musical reverie..........totally disconnected from everything else...................

[jcool008]

Fantastico tema y lo mejor de Miles despues del 70.. La mejor muestra de la fuerza musical y de su liderazgo , dando total libertad al resto (super grupo)

[railcar123]

A great reference for "playing outside the harmony".

[dorian411]

I have the 6 CD set of these sessions. It has ALL the info on who did what each track.

[osterotto]

I'm Jack Johnson. Heavyweight champion of the world. I'm black. They never let me forget it. I'm black all right! I'll never let them forget it!

[fredblassie123]

McLaughlin...........

[jplew138]

Right Off is definitely McLaughlin...Sonny Sharrock plays on the second half of Yesternow.

[jakandjakesjams]

Does anyone know John's guitar in this piece?

[TerryNails]

Most of the guitar on this track is Sonny Sharrock. For some reason he was uncredited. Brad Melhdau and I were talking about this album years ago and I was telling him how I loved John's guitar playing on this and he dropped the Sonny Sharrock bomb on me. Amazingly great ground breaking guitar as far as I'm concerned...

[michael918273645]

@TerryNails Sharrock didn't play on Right Off, only the second half of Yesternoy I believe. The album is a mashup of many different sessions.

[timages13]

@TerryNails Sounds an awful lot like John McLaughlin, in fact I would say your sources are wrong in crediting this track to anyone else. Listen to John on Miles In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew especially the John McLaughlin track. If it's not John playing here then the other guy studied his shit pretty damn good!

[fidomusic]

@timages13 It's JM

[timages13]

@fidomusic Yes it is, no one plays like that but him...cheers

[P0mt3]

@TerryNails There WAS an alternate, uncredited lineup on this album-- just not on this song. ;) Yesternow, my friend.

[drummerman558]

@TerryNails Sorry man by there is no question that this is John... First, i can tell because of the way he plays, sounding just like how he did in his early days. Also, i have a biography about him... and also i own the jack johnson album and it says that John was the guitar player for right off.

I wouldnt go spreading that rumor around...

[dorian411]

@TerryNails Interesting theory, however the original vinyl (which I have) , was a mere pitance of the total material recorded; and the riff-cut excerpted here was DEFINITELY creatred by THE ONE AND ONLY John McLaughlin. Most of the "famous" material on this album features JM. Sonny MOSTLY played through an Echoplex during this session (very distinctive). JOHN MCLAUGHLIN IS THE DOMINANT guitarist on the seesion -REALLY! NO one but JM had this clean sound and FUNK in the 60's.

[1Geronimodeleon]

A Tribute to Jack Johnson was my first Jazz album.

I used to work next to a record store as a young man, and was recommended it by a friend there. I've since worked backward, and love Miles' music from all periods; though this album will forever have "a place in my heart."

Thanks for the post.

[dannpenn]

the intro by McLaughlin is incredible!!

[FattyCorpusle]

@dannpenn

Anyone know where to get tabs for that??

[ShonoughIdo]

@FattyCorpusle hahahaha.

They don't exist. Nobody can tab that shit.

Learn it the real way.

[KingCrimson776]

One of the greatest pieces of music ever.

[richardmbowman]

@KingCrimson776 I AGREE.  RICHARDMBOWMAN

[008fox]

Why does this only have almost 7,000 views?!

[k75ngh]

@008fox i know wtf is this world coming to?!

[CinemaZebra]

@008fox Too many people actually bought the album. :P

[008fox]

@CinemaZebra Too many people stopped listening! Haha

[macewindu67]

@008fox because people will listen to whatever manufactured pop Jonas/Cyrus/Biebel rubbish that is force fed to them. But people like us who have taken the red pill know what real music is.

[DingerBgood]

@macewindu67 Ha! the 'red pill'

[islanderboi89]

@008fox BECAUSE ONLY A FEW WILL HEAR/FIND GREAT MUSIC!!!

[aab1221baa]

it should be placed as a link in all e-encyclopedias under the term "jazz-rock"

[CastorVoraz]

Wow!! Billy Cobham is amazing!!!

One of my favorite albums!!! :-)

[swamisMotelBand1]

top ten albums of all time! for the motel

[horstb29]

Great Album!

[DaLoopsta]

I played the hell out of this on vinyl in some ways you would think mixing two excentrics like Davis and McLaughlin might end up as a disaster ..but this album was awesome

[jyrsjrdfngfs]

The hottest track ever fucking recorded.

[perricida]

@jyrsjrdfngfs INDEED

[belartful]

genius ! genius! genius!t This piece is unbelievable...REALLY!

[joh3]

This is fantastic. I saw Miles Davis at The Montreux Jazz Festival in 1973 and he was all but booed off. People were actually throwing vegetables and other things at the stage. He just turned his back to the audience and he and his band wailed. Not conventional jazz. Different. Interesting. Uplifting. Food.

[TheRegart]

@joh3 Are you seroius?! What a bunch of a- holes!! If they didnt like it then they should have just left! And I do agree with you this entire album is great

[CZNeal]

right ... tight ... clean ... proper

[RedPetrol76]

The true hard core of rock'n roll!