studying miles is absolutely essential to ANYONE wanting to play modern jazz today... this group wrote the book on everything since coltrane and he was in the early quintet too...all great jazz today springs from miles.(and bird)
Quite possibly the greatest musical gathering to have ever graced the planet Earth. Their only rivals are, arguably, the Coltrane classic quartet. Tony Williams sympathy and reaction with the soloists will be studied and listened to a thousand years from now. And in that time in the future the Miles Davis classic quintet from this period will take it's rightful place alongside Bach, Ellington, and Beehtoven as the greatest ever. As far as I am concerned it already belongs there.
I often wonder if we will ever see a group of performers such as these again. Equally talented artists may exist at this very moment, dedicated to the music in a way that challenges the status quo and accepted art forms. They can only be heard if we listen. The kid next door could be the creator of a new musical genre!
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this quintet was sthg else, musical freedom at its best (Wayne's still doin it, saw him live 2 times(2001 & 2003) words can't describe 8)
Hearing Herbie's solo beginning without any drumming reminds me of a story Miles tells in his bio: they were giggin in Japan and Tony had just bought a new tape recorder and before he had any chance to say a word about it, Herbie began to explain how it worked.Tony was so pissed that he stopped playing during the 1st piano solo that evening!!!
"They played like Gods...." european headlines read. This is IMO the greatest quintet of all times. I have all their albums and was too young to have had the honor of witnessing these performances. Thank you for posting this today.
Despite the lineup, it is inaccurate to refer to this as "The Miles Davis Quintet", a moniker for the band whom was disbanded in 1958. Great cut though!
@OriginalMountainMan - not inaccurate at all - in fact, that's what they were billed as and that's what their albums said. This is just the second great quintet. Trane talked to Wayne about going over to Miles from The Messengers...But really? The writing, chiefly Shorter's, was far cooler than the old stuff, far ahead of it's time with very advanced harmonic concepts.
@fr3lonbrun I love the old quintet, too, but I agree, the second quintet was beyond anything else. I don't think there's been an acoustic jazz quintet to date that has gone as far as they did. Also, OriginalMountainMan loses points for unnecessary and incorrect use of the word "whom."
@fr3lonbrun I love the old quintet, too, but I agree, the second quintet was beyond anything else. I don't think there's been an acoustic jazz quintet to date that has gone as far as they did. Also, OriginalMountainMan loses points for unnecessary and incorrect use of the word "whom."
Untouchable. This group represents the pinnacle of human artistic achievement, in my opinion, and this tune in particular is so free (without being "free jazz").
Only 226,00 views? This is the baddest tune by any of Miles' bands IMO. What a lineup! This and the first quintet are my favorite eras. I was fortunate enough to see Miles in Philly in 1985 I believe, the guitarists were Mike Stern, and possibly John Scofield. Awesome! Kind of Blue was what got me hooked on jazz, a top 5 island must have. I love the way they play outside off the chords in this piece, as Bruno put it, something I've yet to figure out how to do.
" out of key? -- thats called 'playing outside' and blabbidbla" It's good to see it's all been codified and what have you, hey let's teach it in a school. dflskdflskjflskfdjlkfj Wait, I've just received word from Sun Ra, who is on planet jungjybones. he's hanging with the miles quintet right now...they say it was the cosmic crackling of moons and the attitude of rebellion against sad styrofoam thoughts that let them telepathically groove so...
You are watching the baddest group ever assemble in my humble opinion. I have been listening to jazz for many years, and no other group played with the fire or passion that this group did. Miles best band ever. I love each member of the group, for they all brought something special to the band. Jazz had never seen a drummer like Tony Williams before (although Max Roach was the King). Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock compositions, were outstanding and the rock of the group Ron Carter.
@keith3355 The most you credit Ron Carter with is being a rock? He is one of the most creative bassists of all time, especially with this band. If you would actually listen to what he's doing, you'd know that he's more than "the rock of the group."
@Parvenu333 First, let me say Miles second quintet is my favorite quintet. You don't have to tell me about the importance of Ron Carter to the group. I am more than aware of his contributions to the group. He was the most recorded bass player of the sixties and seventies.
@keith3355 Sorry, I thought you were another one of those people that thinks the bass player doesn't do anything but play ones and fives all day long.
supreme interplay between tony and miles. then between carter and miles, then shorter and herbie, and so on. how on earth did they achieve this level of freedom whilst making the thing into a coherent structure and form? absolutely surreal.
interesting to see miles telling shorter to take it down a notch when he hands over after his first solo, this happens quite a bit on footage from this time. I really think he was trying to rein in the wild man tony williams.
Miles' dad who was a dentist, helped him to kick H only after being shamed into it after an encounter w/ Max Roach on a Harlem street corner. Roach actually didn't slam or hassle Miles about his H jones. Roach commented him on what he was wearing!
great to see miles stopping tony at 5:12 (they where at the end of the 7 bar of the blues, is in 6/4) this really shows how he directed the band and the music!!
ooh seems like a touched some nerve here. Read Miles' biography. He was not a Junkie is whole life,just for some years ...the junkie period is described as an hell,where basically the only thing he did was heroin,and did'nt play much out
@eddiemambo : the fact that Miles has been addicted to heroin for some years,has NOTHING to do with the awesome music that he had in his head ! Drugs never wrote music.
The epitome of Free Bop. Too in to be out, too out to be in. What this rhythm section did above all is flirt with disaster whilst never really ever failing in their experimentation. They had supreme confidence and rapport and they listened to each other with their hearts as well as their ears. Not many humans have ever achieved this level of artistic fulfillment in a group situation.
I agree, once you start investigating his recordings you see he doesn't repeat himself and he comes out with so many amazing fresh ideas, he's the zen buddhist of jazz...in fact I think he is one too!
One of the genius aspects of Miles is that he understood if he let Tony play how he did that it would let the music go to these places. If he told Tony to "just play some motherf#%kin time" this shit wouldn't have happened.
lol hmm actually from what i was reading the other day Davis had to force williams to play like that, when he first joined he played traditionally behind miles and only went crazy for colemen, so davis turned around and was like "what don't you fuckin play like that for me?" and aparently davis also said during Seven Steps of Heaven, williams never used the bass drum, so he made him. Davis partly picked these young kids just so he could manipulate them, "old musicians are too stubborn"
i dont know bout williams but i heard the opposite of miles. i heard in an interview of miles davis that coltrane used to ask him a bunch of question bout he should play and miles would get mad, saying if i hird you as a professional musician, i wanted your playing. play the way you play.
nah what i said came directly from miles mouth too, he contradicted himself alot, with coltrane i mean he already loved how he played so questions like that of course got him mad, but with the 2nd quintet he was going somewhere new that hadn't been heard before, so he had to give them direction.
Wayne Shorter plays one of the most brilliantly conceived solos in the history of jazz here. It is a composer's solo, a seamless unity of every structural facet imaginable. It is astonishing, moving, and profound. So great. Beyond great. It is transcendent.
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Hey "brewepau" you only say that because you haven't heard my band play yet. Check out my solo on our video, "Exception To The Gruel" for a lesson on what jazz is really all about.
Wow and I thought the "miles smiles" version was out there. That these guys can play so outside yet still keep the form and do it with perfect time, together as a band, is awe-inspiring. Trust me, they all know exactly where they are at all times.
herbie plays the piano, miles on the trumpet, probably ron carter on the bass, tony williams on the drums, oh and wayne. a minor blues with an altered turn around smoked by the baddest band on the planet.
No, my friend, no free jazz here. "Footprints" is actually a minor blues of 12 bars. Out of key? That's called "playing outside", which means that they are leaving the "common" path of the harmonic structure and play "off the chords". But when you listen to it closely, you may notice that they are still pretty "inside" here.
jazz isn't played like to a drum machine perfect rhythm rather it flows, it's fluid, and yes it grooves too, listen to Charlie Parker, or Wes Montgomery
Astute observation. They go back and forth, in and out, out and in. This group, along with the Coltrane Quartet and some Ellington-Strayhorn bands/compositions, is the pinnacle of Jazz thus far.
the tune has a form, and they start in the form, but leave it (go free but still referencing the tune) in wayne's solo, herbie starts his solo outside of the form (still "free"), but brings the form back at the end of his solo
@BrunoJazzmanLeicht Therein was the problem. Trane, Miles, Dolphy (sp.l) deviated from the harmonic structures and we almost lost Jazz as an American original. Took me years to appreciate "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" but only then as a sound defined in a Humanities Class. The Spirit, Mind and Body can only accept sounds of harmonies. The public could not accept this Jazz experiment especially when we knew that so many musicians without talent. Look at early John Klemmer the late Klemmer
@publius352 -- You, meaning the US-Americans, you never "lost jazz"; it's still there. Maybe that some sort of jazz lost its audiences; but that happens as soon as the tunes become too advanced for the "casual" listener. -- Sorry, but who is John Klemmer? -- Ahh, one of the smoothies. I've looked him up. That's not "jazz", that's just a product.
Miles lives in Runcorn. He plays at The Cat and Devil pub every Tuesday night after the bingo. I know, because I help him on his allotment on weekends.
basically all they need/want to do is state a simple theme or motif at the start at end. between these the soloist may do as they please, perhaps choosing to take influence from the theme, or even denying it.
chill man, it was poor humour based on anothers comment. miles was alive as well.......may the jazz gods forgive and let me see how the altered is the same as the lydian dominant....oh it actually is
Miles Davis is currently living in Kansas. He is sharing a two bedroom apartment with Elvis Presley. Miles has always been a chameleon, but he has gone too far this time. Becoming Elvis roommate is kind of an extreme even for his standards.
What a gorgeous, brilliant performance. Jazz is such a state of mind, such a state of muscular-ideology. This group's sound was every bit as brilliant and distinct as Coltrane's Quartet and Ellington's Orchestra.
Miles was so dam cool!!!! Just an iceberg. Haha. He just walked off the stage. You have to be The Man to do that, plain and simple. That's that American Swagger. haha
Herbie
notesleb 1 month ago
Herbie plays his solo masterfully....
freein2339 1 month ago
Great stuff!
killinkeys 2 months ago
67年のﾏｲﾙｽ･ﾃﾞヴｨｽ"ﾌｯﾄﾌﾟﾘﾝﾂ"のﾗｲヴ映像、このどこか冷めた各ｿﾛがそそるといえばそそるんだが･･不可思議ｶﾙﾃｯﾄだ! #jazzm
blackandtanful 2 months ago in playlist Miles Davis
studying miles is absolutely essential to ANYONE wanting to play modern jazz today... this group wrote the book on everything since coltrane and he was in the early quintet too...all great jazz today springs from miles.(and bird)
TheJazzdr 3 months ago
Quite possibly the greatest musical gathering to have ever graced the planet Earth. Their only rivals are, arguably, the Coltrane classic quartet. Tony Williams sympathy and reaction with the soloists will be studied and listened to a thousand years from now. And in that time in the future the Miles Davis classic quintet from this period will take it's rightful place alongside Bach, Ellington, and Beehtoven as the greatest ever. As far as I am concerned it already belongs there.
NewarkChe 3 months ago
I often wonder if we will ever see a group of performers such as these again. Equally talented artists may exist at this very moment, dedicated to the music in a way that challenges the status quo and accepted art forms. They can only be heard if we listen. The kid next door could be the creator of a new musical genre!
Remember there's more to be heard than what's on MTV.
eustaceflynn 4 months ago
@eustaceflynn try Wayne's 4tet i saw 'em twice (2OO1 & 2OO3) it's really close imo
Fjord76 4 months ago
The intuitive, incendiary relationship between Carter + Williams has never been equaled in a small group setting.
This includes Trane + company.
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katofromgreenhornet 4 months ago
Amazingly evocative tune, written by shorter, these guys were way ahead of and behind the times
Ononokpono 5 months ago
Wow. The whole band is made of geniuses. I play that tune on my gig and I enjoy hearing it from the masters every time.
GTosch 5 months ago
Eerily beautiful.
pattobears 5 months ago
this has always been one of wayne's most haunting melodies.
mrperryjthomas 6 months ago
The Art of Chromaticism.
hiptromhopbone 6 months ago
2:47 ... <3
faintmelody 7 months ago
this quintet was sthg else, musical freedom at its best (Wayne's still doin it, saw him live 2 times(2001 & 2003) words can't describe 8)
Hearing Herbie's solo beginning without any drumming reminds me of a story Miles tells in his bio: they were giggin in Japan and Tony had just bought a new tape recorder and before he had any chance to say a word about it, Herbie began to explain how it worked.Tony was so pissed that he stopped playing during the 1st piano solo that evening!!!
Fjord76 10 months ago 39
Far out! If you want to know what genius sounds like, listen to this. Possibly the greatest group ever to have played in any idiom.
MrHobbit60 10 months ago
to be present there......
meanmud1 11 months ago
"They played like Gods...." european headlines read. This is IMO the greatest quintet of all times. I have all their albums and was too young to have had the honor of witnessing these performances. Thank you for posting this today.
sicilianbabe8 11 months ago
its of my opinion that this group of musicians, in all genres, is the greatest collective unit ever assembled in western music.
KhalDrogo76 11 months ago
Omg Coltrane is a beast..!
amendez92 1 year ago
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Coltrane had been dead for over five months at the time of this performance! That's Wayne Shorter!
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@amendez92 - indeed he is. This is Wayne Shorter though....
GingBread 7 months ago
how many artist are blessed to play in two of the greatest ensembles of the genre'....MILES DAVIS !
BigWillMac 1 year ago
is this on dvd,if so please anyone e-mail me the title,I am a Miles Davis fanatic
BigWillMac 1 year ago
THIS IS THE BEST JAZZ!!
Metztlijazz 1 year ago
3:53 - Herbie touches the keys a little louder. What follows is something magical.
sasquash12 1 year ago 2
This piece will leave a FOOTPRINT in jazz history.
bjroberts65 1 year ago
written by Wayne & recorded over 2 yrs earlier------LOVE this perf.
Thanks!!!
slowuncle 1 year ago
AAAAAAAAAA what happened there?!?!
yarhud 1 year ago
Wow. A lot spacier than the album version. I've never heard Tony Williams shut up for that long.
Nephologic 1 year ago
Despite the lineup, it is inaccurate to refer to this as "The Miles Davis Quintet", a moniker for the band whom was disbanded in 1958. Great cut though!
OriginalMountainMan 1 year ago
@OriginalMountainMan - not inaccurate at all - in fact, that's what they were billed as and that's what their albums said. This is just the second great quintet. Trane talked to Wayne about going over to Miles from The Messengers...But really? The writing, chiefly Shorter's, was far cooler than the old stuff, far ahead of it's time with very advanced harmonic concepts.
fr3lonbrun 1 year ago
@fr3lonbrun I love the old quintet, too, but I agree, the second quintet was beyond anything else. I don't think there's been an acoustic jazz quintet to date that has gone as far as they did. Also, OriginalMountainMan loses points for unnecessary and incorrect use of the word "whom."
heavyweather77 1 year ago
@fr3lonbrun I love the old quintet, too, but I agree, the second quintet was beyond anything else. I don't think there's been an acoustic jazz quintet to date that has gone as far as they did. Also, OriginalMountainMan loses points for unnecessary and incorrect use of the word "whom."
heavyweather77 1 year ago
Untouchable. This group represents the pinnacle of human artistic achievement, in my opinion, and this tune in particular is so free (without being "free jazz").
vargaso 1 year ago 3
@vargaso Really priceless that we all are free to have different opinions.
lljtam1960 1 year ago
omg!! Herbie went n!!!
futurebassist001 1 year ago
Only 226,00 views? This is the baddest tune by any of Miles' bands IMO. What a lineup! This and the first quintet are my favorite eras. I was fortunate enough to see Miles in Philly in 1985 I believe, the guitarists were Mike Stern, and possibly John Scofield. Awesome! Kind of Blue was what got me hooked on jazz, a top 5 island must have. I love the way they play outside off the chords in this piece, as Bruno put it, something I've yet to figure out how to do.
jimmied01 1 year ago
Thank God for YouTube! It was worth every penny they paid for it. How else could someone like me watch this amazing quintet perform?
mminer58 1 year ago 2
" out of key? -- thats called 'playing outside' and blabbidbla" It's good to see it's all been codified and what have you, hey let's teach it in a school. dflskdflskjflskfdjlkfj Wait, I've just received word from Sun Ra, who is on planet jungjybones. he's hanging with the miles quintet right now...they say it was the cosmic crackling of moons and the attitude of rebellion against sad styrofoam thoughts that let them telepathically groove so...
MexicanChiliHead 1 year ago 3
@MexicanChiliHead might be the best youtube comment I've seen to date
rogozjin 1 year ago
The blueprint for modern jazz... the greatest band ever assembled.
Parvenu333 1 year ago 3
You are watching the baddest group ever assemble in my humble opinion. I have been listening to jazz for many years, and no other group played with the fire or passion that this group did. Miles best band ever. I love each member of the group, for they all brought something special to the band. Jazz had never seen a drummer like Tony Williams before (although Max Roach was the King). Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock compositions, were outstanding and the rock of the group Ron Carter.
keith3355 1 year ago
@keith3355 The most you credit Ron Carter with is being a rock? He is one of the most creative bassists of all time, especially with this band. If you would actually listen to what he's doing, you'd know that he's more than "the rock of the group."
Parvenu333 1 year ago
@Parvenu333 First, let me say Miles second quintet is my favorite quintet. You don't have to tell me about the importance of Ron Carter to the group. I am more than aware of his contributions to the group. He was the most recorded bass player of the sixties and seventies.
keith3355 1 year ago
@keith3355 Sorry, I thought you were another one of those people that thinks the bass player doesn't do anything but play ones and fives all day long.
Parvenu333 1 year ago
I'm still dumbfounded that this is just the outtake, sounds killer to me...
StevenCharlesJazz 1 year ago
supreme interplay between tony and miles. then between carter and miles, then shorter and herbie, and so on. how on earth did they achieve this level of freedom whilst making the thing into a coherent structure and form? absolutely surreal.
interesting to see miles telling shorter to take it down a notch when he hands over after his first solo, this happens quite a bit on footage from this time. I really think he was trying to rein in the wild man tony williams.
wizzballs 1 year ago
"Footprints" is originally composed by who??
srav2 1 year ago
@srav2 Wayne Shorter (His version is on his 1966 album 'Adam's Apple')
Cianaodh1 1 year ago
@Cianaodh1 Oh yes...I knew about it but I didn't know that Shorter was the real composer...thanks
srav2 1 year ago
Miles' dad who was a dentist, helped him to kick H only after being shamed into it after an encounter w/ Max Roach on a Harlem street corner. Roach actually didn't slam or hassle Miles about his H jones. Roach commented him on what he was wearing!
andyvincentwhostube 1 year ago
Is that Herbie on piano?
GreenRhythms 1 year ago
@GreenRhythms Correct!
benvtucker15 1 year ago
thanks...
sopleto 1 year ago
The only current group to currently play at this level is, in my opinion,...
The Wayne Shorter Quartet. Not surprising, I suppose.
musesearch 1 year ago
Sounds like future, not past...
JLorz84 1 year ago
great to see miles stopping tony at 5:12 (they where at the end of the 7 bar of the blues, is in 6/4) this really shows how he directed the band and the music!!
(sorry for my english)
roka899 1 year ago
@roka899 word i saw that that was pretty funny
sebklyn555 1 year ago
ooh seems like a touched some nerve here. Read Miles' biography. He was not a Junkie is whole life,just for some years ...the junkie period is described as an hell,where basically the only thing he did was heroin,and did'nt play much out
JeezoozeChrysler 1 year ago
please stop fighting in the comments and enjoy the music....
abbyrocks111 1 year ago 4
COOL IS FOREVER....
bossanova64 1 year ago 2
I'd Love To Be A Junkie If I Could Create Like This
eddiemambo 2 years ago
@eddiemambo : the fact that Miles has been addicted to heroin for some years,has NOTHING to do with the awesome music that he had in his head ! Drugs never wrote music.
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amazing bunch of junkie's.
this music will live for ever.
kentworth100 2 years ago
@kentworth100 only one member was ever a junky, and that over 10 years prior to this video
jsxtal 2 years ago 6
and the closest problem any of them had at that time, was wayne shorter with drinking, but that wasn't even too bad
darkedge45 2 years ago
Haha. Jealousy is so transparent. lol
cavaleer 2 years ago
WOW ! .. Great clip of this classic line up ... Tony's on fire here !
picchaz 2 years ago
haha they melted the tune! i love it!
retsofnalanosaj 2 years ago
The epitome of Free Bop. Too in to be out, too out to be in. What this rhythm section did above all is flirt with disaster whilst never really ever failing in their experimentation. They had supreme confidence and rapport and they listened to each other with their hearts as well as their ears. Not many humans have ever achieved this level of artistic fulfillment in a group situation.
jibsmokestack1 2 years ago 46
why did miles made that "listen goddamm" gesture then?
i understand what your saying, its just only that with Miles doing that, i wonder.
Luzaazul 2 years ago
Because Miles was a notorious @sshole? :)
grrrroink 1 year ago
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eddiemambo 1 year ago
thats true..but...if everyone would have courage to be 100 percent themseves everyone would be an asshole..i think :)
mantatnam 1 year ago
probably. i just think they were not that syncronized on that take
Luzaazul 1 year ago
I can only think of one other..Coltrane-Tyner-Garrison-Jones.
cavaleer 2 years ago
@jibsmokestack1 Well said. Peace. : )
MusicEd1 10 months ago
My favourite ! Incredible...
BlueBreathing 2 years ago 4
whos drumming?
goshaix4 2 years ago
Tony Williams
ThyMercifulBovine 2 years ago
shorter writes badass songs
snubbs741 2 years ago 8
he is a genius improvisor too, some of the most interesting ideas I've heard
jazzmunky 2 years ago 3
in my opinion wayne is the baddest improviser of all times(of whats beeing recorded at least)
guiktard 2 years ago
I agree, once you start investigating his recordings you see he doesn't repeat himself and he comes out with so many amazing fresh ideas, he's the zen buddhist of jazz...in fact I think he is one too!
jazzmunky 2 years ago
Nah, he's an American. We do this sort of thing all over the place, in all sorts of fields. Just look around. ;-)
cavaleer 2 years ago
@snubbs741 indeed
nassreiskulturen 10 months ago
"The egg-scramblers knew who everyone was talking about." -Wayne Shorter
OLugs 2 years ago
What is so brillant too in the solo of Wayne Shorter is also the way Herbie, Ron and Tony follow him so fast!
Moutonmouth 2 years ago 2
One of the genius aspects of Miles is that he understood if he let Tony play how he did that it would let the music go to these places. If he told Tony to "just play some motherf#%kin time" this shit wouldn't have happened.
curiousnomad 2 years ago
haha he would have said it like that too
TEgnoto89 2 years ago
lol hmm actually from what i was reading the other day Davis had to force williams to play like that, when he first joined he played traditionally behind miles and only went crazy for colemen, so davis turned around and was like "what don't you fuckin play like that for me?" and aparently davis also said during Seven Steps of Heaven, williams never used the bass drum, so he made him. Davis partly picked these young kids just so he could manipulate them, "old musicians are too stubborn"
slick82958 2 years ago
i dont know bout williams but i heard the opposite of miles. i heard in an interview of miles davis that coltrane used to ask him a bunch of question bout he should play and miles would get mad, saying if i hird you as a professional musician, i wanted your playing. play the way you play.
superman53535 2 years ago
nah what i said came directly from miles mouth too, he contradicted himself alot, with coltrane i mean he already loved how he played so questions like that of course got him mad, but with the 2nd quintet he was going somewhere new that hadn't been heard before, so he had to give them direction.
slick82958 2 years ago
Wayne Shorter plays one of the most brilliantly conceived solos in the history of jazz here. It is a composer's solo, a seamless unity of every structural facet imaginable. It is astonishing, moving, and profound. So great. Beyond great. It is transcendent.
brewepau 2 years ago
cool story, bro.
shoegazer666 2 years ago 2
Thank you, shoegazer.
brewepau 2 years ago
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Hey "brewepau" you only say that because you haven't heard my band play yet. Check out my solo on our video, "Exception To The Gruel" for a lesson on what jazz is really all about.
number1saxophone 2 years ago
Thats innovative jazz right there. so Creative and spontaneus.
turnerdj 2 years ago
R I P Miles Dewey Davis !!!!!!
Lundy1997 2 years ago
Tony Williams sure goes bananas in this take. Favorite drummer ever...he posseses the power of a storm...
Sandemose
Sandemose 2 years ago 4
Yes he does go 'bananas'...but by this time [1967] that was just normal for Tony................and maybe
you can realize why it was just a 'matter of time' before he had to [eventually] leave Miles...
B.T.W.: this clip does not show the entire performance...a couple of minutes are cut out...from Wayne's & Herbie's solos....
csilva85 2 years ago
Yeah!!!!doo-bop!we primus,we suck!!!!!!!
thezappa73 2 years ago
Incredible. Nothing has been done that creative and "band thought and played" in jazz or any music since....
dorange65 2 years ago
Very cool...I love Miles Davis, and this song Footprints are so great...
Fudido...Miles Davis é demais, o time, o groove e todo o resto!!!
marcelobertozodk 2 years ago
al quintetto&serata. che roba.
buddaski 2 years ago
Who said that?
I am the dollar bill.
Don't like to work
and I never will.
daneslav 2 years ago
This is HOT... way out of the box...
Poetryisalive 2 years ago
Wow and I thought the "miles smiles" version was out there. That these guys can play so outside yet still keep the form and do it with perfect time, together as a band, is awe-inspiring. Trust me, they all know exactly where they are at all times.
bustan44 2 years ago 2
This is only Wonderful
RATM44 2 years ago
Tony Williams groovin
tzavala54 2 years ago
herbie plays the piano, miles on the trumpet, probably ron carter on the bass, tony williams on the drums, oh and wayne. a minor blues with an altered turn around smoked by the baddest band on the planet.
bry3921 2 years ago 29
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kargyraa1 1 year ago
@bry3921 It surely was Ron Carter on bass....that was the best quintet ever. Magic alchemy among astounding talented musicians.
OVER THE TOP. HYSTORY OF FREE JAZZ.
kargyraa1 1 year ago 5
To me, this is the ultimate in jazz! Thanks
Antarblue 2 years ago 8
This Music is of the Highest Order, Enough Said.
klookmopify 2 years ago 2
No, my friend, no free jazz here. "Footprints" is actually a minor blues of 12 bars. Out of key? That's called "playing outside", which means that they are leaving the "common" path of the harmonic structure and play "off the chords". But when you listen to it closely, you may notice that they are still pretty "inside" here.
BrunoJazzmanLeicht 2 years ago 18
yeah this is more avant-garde in nature, they're experimenting with new ideas in regard to melody
guitarrista321 2 years ago 4
Thanks a lot! That's exactly what I wanted to say. We German jazz fans are just too much of professors and can't find short and easy terms LOL
BrunoJazzmanLeicht 2 years ago 5
yes indeed!
very well!
..
but at the solos in the midde they spend many bars on the chords :
in fact they playn "slower" than at the intro or outro
didnt they?
agocaligiuri 2 years ago
jazz isn't played like to a drum machine perfect rhythm rather it flows, it's fluid, and yes it grooves too, listen to Charlie Parker, or Wes Montgomery
stankology 2 years ago 2
yes indeed!
very well!
..
but at the solos in the midde they spend many bars on the chords :
in fact they playn "slower" than at the intro or outro..
agocaligiuri 2 years ago
Playing outside IS 'free." Count the measures!
Antarblue 2 years ago
Astute observation. They go back and forth, in and out, out and in. This group, along with the Coltrane Quartet and some Ellington-Strayhorn bands/compositions, is the pinnacle of Jazz thus far.
cavaleer 2 years ago
well
playn they free or not?
bruno say yes and you say not,
is jazz so ambiguos?
Bundloc 2 years ago
the tune has a form, and they start in the form, but leave it (go free but still referencing the tune) in wayne's solo, herbie starts his solo outside of the form (still "free"), but brings the form back at the end of his solo
lhenrymusic 2 years ago
what makes you think they gave up the form?
nadavnaz2 2 years ago
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hurting 2 years ago
@BrunoJazzmanLeicht Therein was the problem. Trane, Miles, Dolphy (sp.l) deviated from the harmonic structures and we almost lost Jazz as an American original. Took me years to appreciate "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" but only then as a sound defined in a Humanities Class. The Spirit, Mind and Body can only accept sounds of harmonies. The public could not accept this Jazz experiment especially when we knew that so many musicians without talent. Look at early John Klemmer the late Klemmer
publius352 1 year ago
@publius352 -- You, meaning the US-Americans, you never "lost jazz"; it's still there. Maybe that some sort of jazz lost its audiences; but that happens as soon as the tunes become too advanced for the "casual" listener. -- Sorry, but who is John Klemmer? -- Ahh, one of the smoothies. I've looked him up. That's not "jazz", that's just a product.
BrunoJazzmanLeicht 1 year ago
this is a good wine. Miles Smiles, great album ever.
niltonyukina 2 years ago
weird, wild stuff.
daneslav 2 years ago
wowowowowoowowowowowwoowwo
Stacca71 2 years ago
Wow! Sounds good fast or slow!
CarlosMacMartin 2 years ago
YT is a funny place. If you are a bit ironic about anything, the clueless children who infest this site get too excited. Get a life people.
Justino111 2 years ago
Thanks for this timeless video. Miles rules!
For more great jazz feel free to visit my blog. The link is my profile.
Thanks a bunch,
Brew
BrunoJazzmanLeicht 2 years ago 13
they play quite "free" jazz ,
or so it seems ..
they play often many notes out of key?
the phrasing is very fragmented ,
not so catchy tough..
wdo you think about?
agocaligiuri 2 years ago
Holy shit these guys are riding the cosmos!
OstrOsized 2 years ago 5
Sensational performance.
amoergosum3 2 years ago 3
amazing
rifleta 2 years ago 3
nice this solo of wayne shorter!!
Fuego76 2 years ago 6
they play quite "free" jazz ,
or so it seems ..
they play often many notes out of key?
the phrasing is very fragmented ,
not so catchy tough..
wdo you think about?
agocaligiuri 2 years ago
Miles lives in Runcorn. He plays at The Cat and Devil pub every Tuesday night after the bingo. I know, because I help him on his allotment on weekends.
pseudodionysus2 2 years ago
為什麼他們發揮這樣的深層次源於其純原創
merryweatherchannel 2 years ago 4
basically all they need/want to do is state a simple theme or motif at the start at end. between these the soloist may do as they please, perhaps choosing to take influence from the theme, or even denying it.
caoniya 2 years ago
That was beautiful
Enockmusic 3 years ago
chill man, it was poor humour based on anothers comment. miles was alive as well.......may the jazz gods forgive and let me see how the altered is the same as the lydian dominant....oh it actually is
moofloyd 3 years ago
no jedum, herbies on the drums and miles is but a mythical figure
moofloyd 3 years ago 2
lol
affidodu 3 years ago
erm... you disgracefull being... herbie hancock is a PIANIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Psitopa8hs 3 years ago
Wayne's solo grows on me everytime i listen to it.
fishytank1land 3 years ago 4
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Wayne who ?
bill18286 2 years ago
i wouldn't say that around here if i was you. ahaha
Gonjasufi 2 years ago
Jedum's comment is so far the funniest comment I've seen here on youtube when it comes to jazz. hehehe
vonligoten 3 years ago 3
This quintet and Coltrane's quarter from 63-66 were the peak of Jazz.
It has not been approached since.
cavaleer 3 years ago
Man this is awesome...what happened to Miles?...probably nothing I don't know but is that Herbie on keys?
Jedum 3 years ago
Miles dead for 18 years. Yes herbie.
bigdumbchimp 3 years ago 2
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Miles Davis is currently living in Kansas. He is sharing a two bedroom apartment with Elvis Presley. Miles has always been a chameleon, but he has gone too far this time. Becoming Elvis roommate is kind of an extreme even for his standards.
Justino111 2 years ago
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either ur hidh on pcp or ur just dumb as fuck
qewtra 2 years ago
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excuse me idiot: if you don't like the irony of my message, don't comment. just shut up.
Justino111 2 years ago
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excuse me idiot u need to calm down b4 u lose a ovary. also if u dont like this message just shut up.Prick
qewtra 2 years ago
get a life, moron. I have not time for idiots like you.
Justino111 2 years ago
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yet u keep replyin fag
qewtra 2 years ago
try commenting on Britney Spears or Miley Cyrus...you know, your silly little world.
Justino111 2 years ago
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y? did u already comment there already..
qewtra 2 years ago
gods...
raikonomicron 3 years ago 5
The master piano playing and horn playing is what makes this tune.
cutis1000 3 years ago
the master drumming of the GREAT Tony Williams is the key to this tune... RIP my friend Tony
robertvideo 3 years ago 7
What a gorgeous, brilliant performance. Jazz is such a state of mind, such a state of muscular-ideology. This group's sound was every bit as brilliant and distinct as Coltrane's Quartet and Ellington's Orchestra.
Miles was so dam cool!!!! Just an iceberg. Haha. He just walked off the stage. You have to be The Man to do that, plain and simple. That's that American Swagger. haha
That's a muscular-ideology.
cavaleer 3 years ago 4
Man, Tony was so unpredictable! He was like a firecracker.
bassdrumbone64 3 years ago
all of these guys were MASTERS of their respective instruments!!i think miles said this one one of his favorite bands...
blacknuss6 3 years ago
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wOW THE JAZZ IN 67 WAS REALLY LAME COMPARED TO NOWADAYS
20102510 3 years ago
You have heard the expression
"keep an open mind" haven't you? Well,
being mature opens up the world that you've missed.
Be good!
madero111 3 years ago