Miles Davis - Flamenco Sketches

[mayabelle1107]

Bill Evans and Miles Davis together makes me think this whole fucking hellacious ride may have been worth it just to get to hear this song.

[theDyingWhale]

Why do so many refer to this as a "song"?  I don't hear any singing.

[jpssoares91]

@theDyingWhale

on the contrary, they are all singing.

[theDyingWhale]

@jpssoares91 Ah, but not with their voices.

[Orion22deblanc]

breaking up with my gf has been tough, but this always calms my my mind.

[alontan]

Miles makes the trumpet the most beautiful intrument on the planet.

[Mizalbeleedat]

This is off the hook! so moving! true music. i cant help but sample this and make a hip hop song, but i wouldn't do it justice. Don't touch the untouchable i say.

[sosjozsef]

05:55-06:05.

[pakete]

@sosjozsef I deeply agree

[Dominukage]

@sosjozsef 0:00-9:26



[rmac1042]

For those interested.. This piece comprises the use of five modal scales rather than chords. The modes are: 1) Ionian; 2) Mixolydian); 3 Phrygian; 4) a gypsy minor scale; 5) Dorian. The musicians improvised to these modes for whatever duration they wished, signaling when they wished to to change modes. Listen to Bill's solo; the juxtaposition from Ionian to Mixolydian is just so perfect a transition!

[LaGulaDelNorte]

Sure this is the most beautiful song ever not written

[dustyroad98]

@LaGulaDelNorte wow...........

[123must]

Beautiful !

Thanks a lot

[melantoriano]

3:52 to 3 59 i love this phrase

[jazzalex22]

Kind of Blue was the very first Jazz album I bought. At the time I had no idea how good the album would be. But it has become a part of my life. When I used to have big birthday parties, I always wanted to put this CD on since how great it was. You know trade Lady Gaga's "The Edge" for Kind of Blue or the Eminem show albums or Tha Carta's for this album because you're screwed up if you compare both of "The Edge", "Tha Carta" and "The Eminem Show's to this you don't know what music is.

[clintmaxim]

@jazzalex22 Interesting you brought those albums into the mix, because they are great in their own genre. Miles' Kind of Blue is a must have, and it is on another terrestrial, subliminal plain; nevertheless, those other albums shouldn't be knocked down. They're great in their retrospect. Like you Kind of Blue was my first album, and it is very dear to me

[robertsasyannick]

this music to have sex on

[Cinebite]

this is a valid substitute for sex

[pavalon12]

Love this song. I kind of tear up every time I listen to it.

[ishhara]

@pavalon12 My sentiments exactly! How can you not, right? Our ears are so blessed.

[frktzum]

erano un gruppo eccezionale.... dove tutti, in forma estremamente contenuta e sintetica, davano un contributo unico e indimenticabile: erano tempi in cui la "competizione" era nel fare il maggior numero di note al secondo e non, come possiamo ascoltare molto ben esemplificato in questo pezzo, il "miglior" numero di note per ora.... buon ascolto...

[ThePoppMonster]

I wanna know who the two no-pussy-getting fucks are that didn't like this classic

[eldemasiado]

Thanks God for giving me ears for listening this

[Greek88Skin]

Thanks those two Gods who make me feel so peaceful,so wonderful,so much of a better human!!!

[tengeneza]

i have a cd for this album and from time to time...when am having a bad day, all i have to do is put my closed cupped seinheiser hd 202 headphones and let the music do it's magic... aaaahh...bliss!

[AznLoLStar]

"It's like the Bible-- you just have one in your house." - Q-Tip. Even musicians "these days" know just how OP the oldies are. RIP Miles Davis. You gave the world eargasms all day, every day.

[FGDS21]

I like this kind of music it makes me really Mellow :)!

[SecretNinjaGal]

I was born to the sound of this beautiful song playing on record

[president234]

I love Adderly's solo. It's as if his sax is singing but you don't know the words

[Ralph6485]

One should grab some Green Tea, Ginkgo Biloba, and a notepad upon which to write when listening to such sublime music. For the Muse shall invariably bestow afflatus upon he who can grasp such above disclosure into the portal of genius :)

See: Master Key System (google: psitek) and 'In Tune with the INfininte'

[rodcrippler]

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[tsukimiotoko]

consciousness after death

[mussman717word]

Bill Evan's piano solo 6 minutes in... the most beautiful display of minimalism I've heard in my life.

[GiovaneFugazza10]

4:50 always gives me the chills

[MrBNGB]

this song is very nice

[vthokies1364]

Possibly the most beautiful song ever written.

[pigjubby]

Just an amazing song...period!

[Bulldog22031]

6:55-7:05

^That is why Bill Evans is the greatest piano player of all time.

[animagus1]

I'd never heard of Bill Evans before. Did he only play with Miles Davies?

[Bulldog22031]

@animagus1 Nope. He released around 70 albums wherein he was the leader of the band. Then on top of that, there were about 20 albums where he played with other people like Davis.

The Bill Evans Trio produced his best stuff, at least in my opinion. He has a LOT of content that you should check out, but a great starting point is the album "Portrait in Jazz."

If you want to know some more albums to get, just send me a private message, and I'll give you a list.

[tropicalpimp]

@Bulldog22031 Bill Evans was a better producer than he was a pianist..though he was an amazing pianist...but he can't fuck with Glenn Gould. At all.

[Bulldog22031]

@tropicalpimp Just your opinion. Bill Evans can play something incredibly simple that draws up emotions I never knew I had. I have never heard Gould do anything even remotely similar to that for me. Gould might be a more technically skilled pianist, but that doesn't make him better musically.

But again, these are just opinions.

[tropicalpimp]

@Bulldog22031 Well that's what I meant by "better". Gould didn't really write his own music and that's what makes Evans a better producer/composer. Gould was just a more talented interpreter of music and yes, his technical skills did surpass Evans. I think they both are genius in their own way.

[tropicalpimp]

@Bulldog22031 and you are right...they are just opinions. LOL

[MsFrancois1]

My jam...amazing song with just a hint of Spain.

[js718]

Basquiat movie - thumbs up!

[Radijo86]

just perfect

[NorthWriter]

I adore Bill Evans' playing on this one. Said Miles, "Bill had this quiet fire that I loved on piano. The way he approached it, the sound he got, was like crystal notes or sparkling water cascading down from some clear waterfall."

Amen.

[Molesworth2K]

The track that seeded Sketches of Spain - beautiful!

[nickJod1234]

3:20 - I like how he does that fluttery bit :)

[MrJoePappi]

Absolute perfection!

[Moebiusar]

It seems that two people do not know anything about Jazz

[brunomiroke1]

Beautiful song..

[stillagunner]

It never entered my mind is as wonderful

Love Miles

[stillagunner]

My fav part 4:04

beautiful

[TheTzaya]

@ULTRARON223 I envy you for that...

[JLLorton]

Flamenco Sketches...the only music that could soothe Chuck Norris

[sjaakpols]

It must have been made in heaven...

[TehuEnt]

Viben

[goppfather]

The single most beautiful song ever recorded.

[egge5027]

...and I thought Radiohead was good.

[ItsRamboJackson]

@egge5027 hahaha I thought the same thing. Legends are just too powerful, ya know?

[thuymoney]

soulful...makes me wanna cry...tears of happiness

[newton19861]

Bill Evans' entry note for his solo is simplicity at it's best....

[iyequertu54]

Coltrane's solo moves me

[LondonUnderground186]

Ferme ta gueule la dilletante

[agintx]

Let's remember that jazz, for much of the mid twentieth century was the music of the masses, as popular and profound as any music today. And for the statement that it is too complicated to be understood by the average person, I counter that music does not have to be understood to be enjoyed, although it also true that greater understanding leads to greater enjoyment. Also, this song is a very uncomplicated piece, designed to let the soloist tell a story.

[utheman01]

this is the greatest jazz album of all time...i even had an SAT question that said so!

[vqs1983]

Thank u @ErnestoRiley for share this beautifull music!!!!!!!! :-)

[CPTechnoWizard]

lets face it, jazz is way over the head of the average person...this is music for hardcore music nerds, and extraordinarily sensitive people. in either case, not for the masses. it's way too personal and of course way too advanced and unadulterated to be appealing to them. the only way for music to appeal to the largest demo is for it to be polluted with elements of everything so that everyone can find something to relate to. god forbid that happen to miles!

[laidbackguy24]

@CPTechnoWizard I agree with you on that.

[jimmyjubejube]

@CPTechnoWizard totally disagree. this music can relate to everyone i believe. sit someone down and make them listen to this in a relaxed state and you'll find that no one can deny the magic in this song

[abercrombienfitchnst]

@CPTechnoWizard "jazz is way over the head of the average person...this is music for hardcore music nerds"

Dunno bout that.

[TheJuliusJT]

what is that sound at 2.48? 

[BasementBeginnings]

@TheJuliusJT I've noticed! Sounds like a fret slide on the bass or something.

[peejnnaaits]

is it played in a wah wah mute or in a straight mute?

[Split006]

@peejnnaaits

Miles is playing with a harmon mute without the stem, that's his trademark when it comes to slow ballads like these

[dilettante121]

@tennis12456 Music is a commodity like anything else thats exchangeable, who are you to decide what's "good", I'm sick and tired of reading about "music these days" it's so myopic. You have to understand, do you think all music in 1959 was like this? of course there was trite money grabbing music back then too. Songs like these have stood the test of time you can't judge the present like the past.

[borchabronx]

@dilettante121

nicely put

[cannedkitty]

@tennis12456 shut up you ignorant idiot.

[tennis12456]

@cannedkitty Yeah, I'm the ignorant idiot. Learn how to structure a sentence you stupid fuck.

[steppatown]

@dilettante121 you're argument is valid but no where near the point I think he was making

[rightfootrayray]

@dilettante121 NO music is LIKE this in 2010.SOULJA BOY AND LIL WAYNE SUCK as does your narrow view on classy music. GO listen to Lady GAGA. HACK

[manfork]

@rightfootrayray fool, look at fourtet or rjd2, or onra, or floating points, flying lotus, blu mar ten.

is it that you've stayed with jazz because the music on tv is terrible? this is true but look around the internet is a big place

[rightfootrayray]

@manfork Well if you like  repetitve musak .That's your level of elevation into the knowledge of jazz . It could be its because you are English and Lord knows , there are many English JAZZ greats ....hahahahahahaha

[manfork]

@dilettante121 very wise words

[theArcadehead]

@dilettante121 I'm sure in fifty years when people are looking back on the music of 2010, they won't be talking about Kesha, Justin Bieber or Katy Perry.

[dilettante121]

@theArcadehead I totally agree and that doesn't contradict what i said earlier.

[anonymousman555]

@dilettante121 I agree with you completely. This music wasn't what all the"hip" kids were listening to, and a lot of great music doesn't gain the recognition it deserves for a decade or even more. Also, who can get upset during Flamenco Sketches?

[mateobryson]

@dilettante121 To the 65 people who thought this guy was actually writing his own words and trying to be smart......well I let you know now people that he/she is not.

[wdy73]

hahaha I liked how you said the 5th track on the cd.

I know songs by numbers on cds nevr the name.

[BossTenor]

This shows the genius of Miles davis. He will be missed.

[chrisdesire]

Sûr que Nougaro l'avait écouté (2'54)

[flyestcocktail1]

it helps me chilling out, so nice!

[okhan001]

great post :D

[untalakeh]

Thanks for upload this big album

[tropicalpimp]

one of his most beautiful pieces... love it.