Miles Davis - Red China Blues

[midnighttransit]

Lester Chambers of The Chambers Brothers on Harmonica

[Wonka275]

The only thing that can be said is that this is the coolest fucking thing in the world.

[MrMLD72MLD]

♥ .

[Bravo6Whiskey]

Miles lives forever.

[putin94]

need more songs where miles plays blues... please

[uverdadeiro]

@putin94 Miles and John Lee Hooker did a soundtrack together for The Hot Spot. The line up also includes Taj Mahal and Roy Rogers.

[putin94]

@uverdadeiro Yeah, already have that, but thanks anyway. Its ok, but you can hear that it was made for a movie and not for listening alone

[cooldork68]

@putin94  check out his work with John Lee Hooker,

[beachdog67]

Recorded Columbia Studio E, New York City March 9, 1972 Miles Davis — Electric trumpet with Wah Wah Lester Chambers — Harmonica Cornell Dupree — electric guitar Michael Henderson — bass guitar Al Foster — drums Bernard Purdie — drums James Mtume — percussion Wade Marcus — brass arrangement Billy Jackson — rhythm arrangement

Incredible.

[sk8rbuoi]

What did he do plug a wah pedal into his trumpet?

[Relayer1968]

@sk8rbuoi Yes - he used contact pickups and mics to run his trumpet through amplifiers and signal paths that could be treated by wah - Miles apparently loved the technology that he came to use in the 70s and forward.

[cali22boi]

@Relayer1968 the pick-up was drilled into his mouthpiece. there are a lot of 1971 vids here where you can see where he would switch mouthpieces, one with the pick-up for the wah-wah and the other for the 'straight' trumpet sound. miles likened the wah-wah to emulate a guitar.

[mourningwuud]

get up with it!

[kayzkzkzkzk]

bravissimo~

[metatron62]

ARRECHISIMO!!!!!!!!!!

[sigilopator]

Now this is what I call blues & jazz fusion man!

[fourperson]

What a fucking mountain of tunes!

[oluham]

The PRINCE of his era!

[mooseydeucy]

One of the best from the best at reinventing himself...and with the current summit..is a pro po! lol  Diggin it, 'Maan! Bravo.

[RK11111111111]

What kind of mute is that?

[BeliMermer]

'Ebote, ovo odlično. Svaka mu čast.

G minor blues, 12/8, common 12-bar progression, if I'm not wrong.

[teruichi1]

このアルバムもそうですが、70年前後のマイルスって20世紀後­半を生きる人たちの「不安」みたいなものを表現しようとしていた­ように思います。もはやジャズの範疇を脱している。こいう音楽家­って今はいませんね。

[kayzkzkzkzk]

@teruichi1 wtf？

[valentynesuite]

not the best track of get up with it

[blope332]

I never heard a trumpet used with wah pedal. I have the Bitches Brew cd and I think he uses some kind echo or delay. Except I don't think they had digital delay back then. What a pioneer Miles was to try those effects with a trumpet. I never heard this song before. I love it. Thanks for posting this.

[msteras]

I bet the people who heard this live were never the same.

[erty768]

Ive actually made my trumpet sound like a amped up guitar before... well that was with a silence mute that i attached to an amp and floor pedals... they didnt have that tech back then. I love you miles

[20BoBo20]

so zanny

[pitou723]

oh ! yes !

[clwb0fpv]

Ooh god.....Should I stop Jazz or grass?

[FireAndFlames]

It almost sounds like Miles' trumpet is being run through a wah pedal and then out an amp with distortion.

[boogster123321]

@FireAndFlames that what it is actually

[whsonic]

@FireAndFlames  probably, sometime he played his trumpet like Hendrix played his guitar.

Sorry for the thumb down, I hit the wrong button.

[jonQuest82]

@whsonic indeed..the docs I've seen and read all say he was influenced by Hendrix.

[bootsy6321]

wooooo......

very cool. ready to be killed.

amazing harmonica... and guitar...?? it's Miles' trumpet????

OMG. he so amazing.

killed. thanks

[egilboth1]

whos on the harmonica?

[egilboth1]

miles of blues

[oguh100]

like ittttttttttttttttttttttttttttt­tttttttttttt

[DizzyShaw]

This shit bumps

[masqualero09]

This tune was recorded on march 9th 1972.

[Jizzerfashizzer]

oooo yaaaaaa!! *favourites*

[blacklung7]

his trumpet has wah wah?!?!

[Whatisthescore]

haha

[sakuma0221]

He is genius.

[desmond1200]

heat

[Nireves33]

Is this in 12/8 time?

I can tell its compound just not sure what exactly it is.

[Don94Pele]

You cant make this this again. its to good

[lilfunker86]

@Don94Pele its better than that, its too good. couldn't help myself

[ShutYaBloodclot]

Fuck me, this is genius.

[lolarn01]

WOW SHIT BITCH!!!

[funnyfacerful]

@lolarn01 exactly

[rofufoja]

yep, Miles is one of the masters

[silverdale247]

Damn this is funky!