Miles Davis - Black Satin

[artfreak79]

coolest album ever...OK one of the coolest lol

[1221MrT]

This is one of the most beautiful songs I know.

[AFcunningham]

the beginning reminds me of the song master builder by gong.

[joeyrider]

It is one oh his BEST

[xzghll]

なんかジャングルを想起しまんねん

[simonsaintgilles]

The past is a different country. People got culture shock when they heard the music of the future. That's all. It was not of its time so the people of the time didn't get it.

[dekkal55]

What the hell do critics know.....

[freein2339]

Miles set off new directions in music...something that very few musicians can do....

[unclejunglebass]

damn this is a fucking big time groove brazzhzhz

[CRAZYGROUCHO]

how can we call this style??? maybe acid funk??!! hehehehe

[josaldinho1883]

miles vas 46 when he recorded this

[grwatanabe]

fresher by the minute

[WELLBRAN]

I do not even understand the Album cover let alone the music....genius

[aarfeld]

@WELLBRAN: Miles's goal was to make contemporary Jazz that would appeal to young Black people of the day. The music, and the album cover, was drawn from cultural elements of the day to appeal to the young and hip.

[sanjuz]

un-improve-able-on

[ShamanKish]

This is monkey funk ;) clap!

[corezone22]

1972

[markallenkellner]

I have a stupid question. Did Miles ever play his trumpet through the mic to a wah pedal?

[thatentrenchingtool]

@markallenkellner Yes, he did. 

[markallenkellner]

@thatentrenchingtool Thanks, I thought he did, sure sounds like it.

[aarfeld]

@markallenkellner: He did sometimes use a wah-wah pedal.

[emptyflagpole]

@markallenkellner Interesting side-note: the wah pedal was originally designed to emulate the effect of applying a mute to a trumpet or other brass instrument, specifically the wah-wah or Harmon mute. Miles also used this type of mute. But just to be clear, I think the other commenters are correct that he used a wah-wah pedal on these recordings.

[FabianRothschilde]

To dulli78-what made you stop?

[kevfullo]

funked up classic

[415BAY415]

lol i love the hand claps and various ding daps of sounds in this song.

[TokenRah]

I can't believe people thought this was one of his worst albums. Its a masterpiece and so ahead of its time.

[bourgeoisbrats]

@TokenRah He just didn't take his time putting it together right. The "soul clap" is used so much, that it begins to sound like a gimmick. The tabla and the "diminished chord" (with the leading 1/2 step) horn hook, are what make this tune masterful, in my opinion,

[aarfeld]

@TokenRah: Jazz critics of the day were stuck in the acoustic age. Their constant carping ensured that the great age of Fusion was short-lived and that later musicians to take up the genre have largely gone unrecognized in this country.

[rlevanony1]

@aarfeld No, they were just assholes.

[rlevanony1]

@rlevanony1 Unable to understand anything but what's already been built in their mind.

[velourea]

indian grime

[boogster123321]

FUNKY!

[harry202020]

straight up fucked

[SirJazz]

This makes me feel like on LSD

[dulli78]

@SirJazz this reminds me of when i used to take lsd lol

[Frisbieinstein]

My favorite bass & drum thang.

[suchadanaram]

the shit siiva yeah