Miles Davis - Call it Anything (part 1 of 4)

[Django5198]

Well that was bloody amazing! Miles really got avant garde and experimental in the 60s. Loads of modal changes and tempo changes. Gary Bartz is equally superb in this clip. This was Hendrix's last gig in the UK. Still so sad to this day. He and Miles were thinking of collaborating if Jimi had lived. If only :(

[DHL1930]

I've loved Miles and still do -- at his best. I've met him and spoken to him -- when he was at his best. But this other thing, this "marriage" between jazz and commercialism and downright posing? Nope, pass. To the listeners who like it, more power to them. It's at least better than rock and roll. But artists -- every one of them -- decline! They get sick, or lose it, or stagnate. It's inevitable. But no, Miles in his prime wouldn't have dreamed of making such a spectacle of himself. No way!

[pretorious700]

wow, what a great old vid! Tony Williams with halloween wig!

[johnnywellas]

@pretorious700 It's Jack de Johnette on drums, not Tony Williams.

[SuperDeadhope]

its not that 5 people dislike jazz, they just don't have a brain thats capable of understanding it.

[melbelu]

love this bassline!

[stonewalljacksonny]

GREAAAAAAAT

[berebba]

Wow! que increíble debio ser un concierto de ese nivel......

[th14guinh0]

FANTASTICO

[SILOETTE100page]

it's like watching the big bang.. you have no fucking clue what's going to happen..

[abluerambler]

Thanks ! :)))

[nathanalexander28]

OMG......

[talkingwall]

I love pointing fans of guys like Gavin Harrison to this video. DeJohnette plays well beyond what Harrison does with a little 5 piece kit. I've seen the guy twice and he's by far the best drummer I've seen live and I've seen many. Second time I saw him he got up off his drum stool and went over and played a grande piano almost as well as he plays drums. Amazing talent and a nice & humble guy to boot. I love DeJohnette's playing

[MabSHELLY]

Jack Dejohnette always sounds just right-on without ever seeming to repeat himself. His playing really got me into listening to Miles.

[talkingwall]

@MabSHELLY Seen him live twice. Just completely unbelievable. I've turned several "rock" drummers on to this guy and they are always stunned at the sound he gets out of that little Hollywood 5 piece.

[gammaGTgammajereste]

que dire ? légendaire

[MrSoran]

Those are some slick pants miles, hot s**t

[LSDpeasantry]

don't ever try to contextualize davis in terms of "jazz", or what comes before. His music is his music and he didn't give a fuck.

[Toussainthaki]

Black and Brown Love of Music in the Moment!!!!! Collective trance of improvisation

organized choas bending the ears to hear something greater!! Chicorea on jazz organ Miles Blowing!!!-Love it

[DHL1930]

@AlCapotasto A good thing I don't understand Dutch or I'm sure I'd have been devastated. But no, I wasn't being rude or critical of your English, which is fine. I meant that what Miles was playing here was disconnected gibberish compared to the ever-inventive "composer" he once was, even while improvising. Always best not to do personal attacks, don't you agree.

P.S. "Schijnt makker" sound really harsh. :(

[DHL1930]

@AlCapotasto Yes, of course we're each of us free to imbibe as we please. I only liked Miles better when he was composing rather than indulging in whole heaps of disconnected sound effects. The same sort of sense one finds in a properly constructed sentence and the sort that gibberish doesn't hold a candle to, nor even a match.

[SolidusSnake142]

Does anyone know what instrument the guy is playing at 2:29?

[GITTZA]

@SolidusSnake142 That's called a cuica and if you like that sound you can look up the older vids of the band Weather Report from 1971.

[producer4real]

Miles has seen better days but this shit IS funky!

[chabylab]

How to oil trumpet valves? see 4:46 ... damn !! i thought i was the only weirdo on earth to spit on my valves!!! now i know

[zakmal48]

For all you critics,just enjoy Music and Life!

[stargate121]

In plain english: a shitty mess.

[MrZaidini]

@stargate121 Youre a shitty mess....I realize youve sold out a few thousand concerts all over the world & made yourself an iconic music legend, but that dosent give you the right to so harshley critique the work of an under-rated geniuse of true melody. Now I know you were conducting jazz concerts for sold out audiences when miles davis was still tryin to figure out witch side of the trumpet to blow through, mabey you shouldve reached out to him & share your expertise.

[MrZaidini]

@MrZaidini ( I pray you're at lest smart enough to understand sarcasm)

[stargate121]

@MrZaidini Yes. Then I would have tackled your spelling skills.

[woodygould]

MrMusicdude: The opening is "Directions", which is a Joe Zawinul tune. It turns up in Miles' live medley recordings as far back as the Fillmore albums, so I think Miles recorded it before Weather Report did.

[DoktorSick]

thanks for posting !!!! Hear music like this is like a breathe of fresh air .

[Mrmusicdude101]

Ok, this is awesome. 7 fantastic musicians in their prime. Can somebody back me up, is the head that they play from Weather Report "I Sing The Body Electric"? I wonder who came up with it first.

[DHL1930]

One from when he stopped being an artist and became a circus act.

Come on, somebody has to say it.

Not to take anything away from the very great jazz artist he was, possibly even the greatest. But then, even the greatest fall, and sometimes even so far as to become a circus act.

[johnnywellas]

@DHL1930 Still a matter of opinion, no matter how hard one tries to make it factual.

[DHL1930]

@johnnywellas Yes, but the opinion of one who was a professional trumpet player at fifteen and who met and spoke with Miles. Long story. But, man, we both know how subjective music is... and then I loved Miles to the point where his later years were really painful for me to watch, let alone hear. Peace, man. We both of us love the artist who was Miles, we only differ a bit on his... er... point of decline.

[moosenamedmorton]

@DHL1930 haha

[ThePath2one]

@johnnywellas Thanks for posting. Dave Holland glues this one down to the soles of our feet and the rest of the Cats fly all over the place. I like it. Peace.

[superkulmedkniv25]

@DHL1930 My favorite Miles records are actually from between ca. '68 and '73. Those records makes me feel a certain way. This music makes my brain react, and that's what's music is for isn't it?

Miles always went his own way, and that is what makes him one of my favorite artists of all time.

But if you don't dig this... fine.

It's all a matter of taste and personal preferences.

Peace Bro ;)

[DHL1930]

@superkulmedkniv25

Absotootly it's a matter of personal taste, always. But there's no going wrong with Miles at any time, and what a fine thing it is to be able to visit all of his many milestones through his years. And let me know what you think of Freddie Piccolo, if you should check him out here. That's me... testing... testing... but I mean to upload more serious stuff before long.

Peace Bro

[TheBjp0001]

@DHL1930 I cant begin to say how much I disagree with you here.

If you don't get/appreciate this and love this like I do , that's your loss.

Mind you , the majority don't get this either.

[DHL1930]

@TheBjp0001

But you see, I'm not you. Even so, I feel no particular loss. Which is to say I still have the best of Miles to listen to, and even despite that quality is all in the eye of the beholder. But please don't mourn my "losses" -- it's both patronizing and condescending, and not to mention tiresome.

[TheBjp0001]

@DHL1930

OK sorry didnt mean to offend.



[DHL1930]

@TheBjp0001

No problem, man. I mean it's not as if I too haven't made an unfortunate choice of words from time to time... or downright stuck my whole damn foot in my mouth. Ha.

[pretorious700]

@DHL1930 No, nobody had to say that, because it's elitist and ignorant.

[getyourassinthetruck]

@DHL1930 circus acts are GREAT!

[malootchky]

@johnnywellas

man, just wanted to say big THANKS for upping that stuff on yt.

been miles fan since i remember

this gig is no doubt one of the finest pieces of art ever. not even arguably :D

don't bother lunatics.

cheers bro'

666,6

[johnnywellas]

@malootchky My plesure dude, thanks 4 watching

[cumplid]

airto moreira is the man 

[Jedimanny661]

@4:25 gaslamps dad???

[aWorldCitizen9]

This entire performance is now available on cd as part of the album Bitches Brew Live.

[aaronamccoy]

very nice, gary bartz is the shit

[sonofsam24]

I hope they are all high. Just jammin. Fuckin sick.

[MultiPhisher]

I like this, but it sounds much different than when i was stoned



[jeebles1]

Bass player is stoned out of his fuckin mind

[gottoeekanji]

ようわからん

あー パンゲアの映像があればな〜

[Paboll]

I've listening classical music for about 10,20 years,,,5 years ago, I really discovered the Jazz. In 2011, I've found Miles Davis Electric. Two weeks ago, I've found "At the Isle of Wight", and I can say: it changed my listener life.

[kishosoundandvision]

magicWISEmagic

[lovetosharemusic]

Saw this band minus Chick Corea in LA 1970. Totally bitchen. This is a great example of the cutting edge genius of MIles.

[aaronamccoy]

@lovetosharemusic  nice

[paolo60333]

One more epythaph by Miles to the death of jazz.

[mr01FABIO]

.......... e o resto é conversa.

[sdsdsdsdsnhgvjshfvjs]

hei man ,have you seen the guys on the stage?Electric church music

[louispippie]

Hmmm, Emperors new clothes me thinks,

I'm pretty wide in my tastes and most of Miles' stuff is great but this just gets "Jazz" a bad name. You can tell what he's thinking by the way he leaves the stage.

Just my opinion tho, so don't flame me pls.

[johnnywellas]

@louispippie Hey dude, you don't like it, some of us do. No biggie. Makes the world go 'round. 8)

[louispippie]

@johnnywellas Yup that's about the size of it !!

[hiddenfire65]

@louispippie It's not jazz ... and in point of fact Miles hated the word jazz. This is minimalist funk rock.

[talkingwall]

@hiddenfire65 It's music period.  and very good music at that.

[antigrav04GTI]

@louispippie Maybe he was just taking a break. I played trumpet for a few years, it can make a person tired. Maybe he just wanted to give the others a time to be heard. What difference does it make though. Its good music. If you don't like it don't listen to it. There are plenty of other videos you can watch.

[mildar]

@louispippie The title is call it anything because that was his reply when he was asked what they should call the music, for the record this isn't jazz. If you want to hear "Jazz" the listen to the pre-electric Miles! The man changed along with the times and didn't stay stuck in the 1940's, he evolved and I'm glad he did.

[talkingwall]

@louispippie I'm not going to flame you but this is absolutely not The Emporers New Clothes. Believe me, I'm no fan of post-modernism but this! Wow. I remember the first time I really heard Miles.  I was sitting in a yellow 65 pontiac tempest in a Safeway parking lot in Salt Lake City. My friend was playing Miles at Fillmore and I said "I will NEVER like this shit!" boy was I wrong. I have over 100 Miles CDs and my collection includes both trad and electric. It's all wonderful!!!

[talkingwall]

@louispippie follow up to my early comment. You just don't have the ears for it yet. Miles is all about the sound of that horn and the context it finds itself in is really not all that relevant. Nobody has ever made an instrument sound as personal as Miles. I wish you could hear all of his music the way I do. I love it all, from Charlie Parker through Walkin' through the quintets, through the electricity and the funk all the way to Doo Bop. dig it.

[JOBISBAY]

@louispippie See, you're mistake is - NO ONE CAN EVER tell what Miles is thinking.

[marcelo412]

@louispippie you hit on the nail, this is not Jazz... is Davis, is the confluence of lots of things that happened at that time. Davis at his best.

[MrFarcry1966]

@louispippie

Fuck what you think jazz is supposed to be. Jazz is constant change. Miles Davis, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, and Dave Holland together, they decide what jazz is, not you. You want to question them, you better fucking well be somebody with the stride of a Coltrane, not just some dude on the Internet. Go crawl up Wynton Marsalis' butt and wither in the 'tradition.' Stop blaspheming. Next.

[nagualsutra]

@louispippie You can tell what Miles Davis is thinking?... Wow.

[r0mm31]

@louispippie Some say the problem was/is that at the time, it was everyone else other than Miles who were labelling this 'jazz' and therefore was seen as some aberration of the genre...but not so Miles.

If you get a chance to watch the documentary this clip comes from it elaborates further on this theme with good interviews with band members and his peers from this era etc....

[DrMerkwuerdichliebe]

@louispippie

What he was thinking? Here's what he actually SAID: "Go to heaven".

[Benkedaz]

@louispippie Miles was leavin' the stage back in the 50's, with even weirder looks. But I suppose Round About Midnight, Kind of Blue and maybe even Seven Steps gives jazz a bad name too?

[pwgavlas]

how music is wonderful when is played for people for normal anonymous people not for money! and how it's wonderful when the best musician ever educates so many musicians :) it's incredible in times when everything depends on MONEY!

[johnnywellas]

@pwgavlas Werd!

[jeustor]

Incredible!!!

[MrFiliphag94kjr]

This is fantastic, what of his work that you can buy sound like this? (CD's)

[johnnywellas]

@MrFiliphag94kjr Bitches Brew, In a Silent Way, A Tribute to Jack Johnson, Live-Evil, On the Corner and Live at the Fillmore East should get you strarted :)

[wreyoG]

@johnnywellas no Dark Magus in your suggestion list???..epic fail

[hiddenfire65]

@MrFiliphag94kjr Live Evil especially, this is the Live Evil band in formation and these are songs they played. And the longer version of Live Evil, The Complete Live-Evil sessions.

[vulgarcowpower]

@MrFiliphag94kjr try the mars volta.

[hisdudeness09]

Greatest performance of all time. No ifs, ands, or buts.

[Franky000]

this music transcends time and space

[DrToke5]

is that wayne shorter on the sax?

[johnnywellas]

@DrToke5 Check out the description, the "Personnel" part

[lovetosharemusic]

@DrToke5

no, it's Gary Bartz

[shishyupal]

@DrToke5

Gary Bartz on the sax.

[lovetosharemusic]

@DrToke5

Gary Bartz

[4BA88F]

@DrToke5 Looks like Gary Bartz...

[familytreemusic]

if all stoned white youths could groove like dave holland...

...what a wonderful world it would be ;)

[RogerTurk]

just 17 k views ? i don't understand anything...

[purplegrant]

This is the exact point that music attained perfection.

[BolotDuario]

does anybody have a time machine? i want to be there!! not in this 21 century where all seems to be fake.... :(

music without fears.............mmm the best

[R3v3r3nds]

@BolotDuario if u ever find one, take me with u

this is probably the best performance of all time

[NikoisBack]

Chick Corea is doing all the job on the Hohner with overdrive, The Jarrett Rhodes sounds like a cheap keyboard toy bought at the supermarket.

[bobiquesada]

freaking amazing...

[sblove99]

Miles still runs the voodoo down...

[windtalker70]

everybody on that stage looks super stoned

[johnnywellas]

@windtalker70 What about the audience? :D

[windtalker70]

@johnnywellas 0:10 ... yeah they're gone

[MrFarcry1966]

@windtalker70

Oh, yeah, dude! Pass the bong, man!  Hippie music! Coooooool!

Your understanding of music is obviously such that you cannot even fathom music itself as the intoxicant.

[cielodottobre]

al minuto 4:12

[1M4N0LBluesaK]

Who is the guitarrist?? I can hear him but i cant see him

[MrFarcry1966]

@1M4N0LBluesaK

No, you can't hear a guitarist b/c there isn't one. Bass, drums, two keyboards, sax, percussion, and Miles, that's it.

[1M4N0LBluesaK]

@MrFarcry1966 Hahahaha, sorry chick confuses me... but his keys sounds like a guitar...

[johnnywellas]

I agree, still - you can do your part - help others discover it as well, now that you know about it. :) Peace.

[nduchene1]

The only thing that's a damn shame about this performance is that people don't speak of it more often outside of the underground jazz. This is perhaps one of the finest live performances I have ever seen - jazz or otherwise. It's like watching fusion being born before your very eyes. I'm really speechless.

[bestleukja]

Miles played this festival among acts like Jimi Hendrix, The Who and The Doors. Just think about it that his first record was released in 1945 and he was already about 45 years old!

Not to be caught in the style of your youth and being able to reinvent yourself several times sure takes a great man!

[iniramlap]

experimental music, but so what !

[LSDpeasantry]

@0008brown8000  YES completely!!!!!! So fucking badass.

[johnnywellas]

@0008brown8000 Yeah, but like 30 years before :D

[likmoi]

@0008brown8000

The Mars Volta only wish. This set ruined music for me. You could listen to this 1000 times and experience different nuances.

[senatorkenator]

@0008brown8000 except Mars Volta couldn't keep up if they tried

:D

[ILuvMongoose]

One of the finest pieces of improvised music ever.

[theheroricky]

What is that percussion Airto Moreira is playing and making some sort of dog sound.

[johnnywellas]

@theheroricky It's called Cuica, it's a Brazilian friction drum. You can snatch similar tones out of the common fast food beverage container by rubbing the wet straw on the plastic top; same principle.

[theheroricky]

@johnnywellas

Wow, you're so familiar with it, thanks for your reply

[Horwellston]

When I once played trumpet, I got upset at sticky valves, miles has them too, a comfort.

[bravoquaglione]

damn, in the list is not mentioned Herbie Hancock but is there.

[johnnywellas]

where?

[threefive00]

@bravoquaglione

no, the guys on keyboards are keith jarett and chick corea

[accurate18]

@bravoquaglione i think the guys playing keys here are Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea...no Herbies around.

[pipedelic]

@bravoquaglione

no... he's not there.....

[Renhjarta]

Jack DeJohnette is just mindblowing.. the whole band is

[talkingwall]

@Renhjarta yeah, it's great how he gets all that sound out of a little 5 piece when compared to these rock drummers armed with 20 piece kits. I've seen Jack twice, he's as good a concert pianist as he is drummer too!  no foolin'!

[BSCOTT145]

Saw this last night on Ovation TV. This is music you can feel!

[mohomoho1]

I never get tired of this!!!

[ummicco]

This is music for the people, not for money

[weaselidiotu]

jaw dropping band...

[mr01FABIO]

MILES, "THE MAN"

[chalkietalkie]

I can't get over how amazing this is.

Anybody know where you can grab the whole of this performance on the internet? There seems to be another concert on the same date, which includes Bitches Brew?

[rogerjazzfan]

One of the best seventies Miles performances! What a band, what a magnificent band !!!

[stopmeltingme]

I always preferred Coltrane over Davis, but stuff like this and the Live Evil record are beginning to sway me! Sketches of Spain is great too. I gotta get this DVD!!!

[PaulieZeRd]

check out bitches brew too

[stopmeltingme]

This is something else, fantastic! Thank you for uploading this :-)

[johnnywellas]

Thanks for watching!

[Edside0]

Thanks for uploading it in good quality. Amazing line-up!

[batakofuckingrulez]

AMAZING GROOVE!!!!

[jeffsummstl]

Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea on the stage together!