Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - 1959 - All Blues

[vithurshanselvarajah]

dude this gets worse as it goes

[ChiZ712]

enough with the damn thumbs already damn it all just listen god dammit



[TheWorldsNerds]

I really love this piece <3

[MultiRat21]

please don't walk out of this class; it gets even better.

[RadiusX7]

i'm here because my life is a giant music exam

[kinshasaAPP]

@RadiusX7 <3 you

[twiggy0745]

That awkward moment when you enter the exam hall and have to listen to this twelve min peice before trying to work out the most obscure bit Charlie parker played XD

[BythewayIampink]

Thumbs down to thumb whores who post only to try to get more thumb's up there fucking asses.

[markripples]

thumbs up when you are into both listening & learning.

[lopazio]

Thumbs up if you wished you had exams with questions about Miles Davis when you were in school...

[GottaPlayTrumpet]

12 impatient people listened to this track and left before they got to the solos.

[wfitch234]

while i took a music exam with this music, im back here 7 months later because its genuinely a nice track :D

[lNovial]

I'm here because of my P.E Exam.

[MrTangezz]

Okay, we've established that many people are here because they are taking a music exam. LETS MOVE ON FROM THAT. Just enjoy the music!

[AdamLazzara77]

Homeland. Anyone?

[spotoftrouble]

I'm taking Music GCSE, and I'm happy I did, because I found out about some amazing music. :D

[PeterShandyandBrandy]

Music GCSE;Many songs to choose from...WHY ALL BLUES...WHY???

[BelgieShore]

thumbs up if your here for your GCSE maths exam tomorrow...WAIT wrong song

[aimeeelulu]

LOOL i'm here for my RCM history 3 exam tomorrow.

[sacklet23]

I'm here because of a music exam, but thank god for it, this is AMAZING

[kingleeder2k8]

Sounds like Sims 1 Music - plus I'm revising for music mocks :)

[hugoboss123321]

Yep music GCSE rocks!!!

[rastas03]

In my next life I want to come back as someone with musical talent. Not so I can faithfully reproduce this kind of genius-I just want to understand it when those more knowledgable speak of "triplets" and 6/8 and....that stuff. I'm jealous!

[JAWZxz]

@rastas03 Ya don't need music talent to understand triplets and time signatures, just learn some musical theory. It's all much more simple than it sounds.

[gbillinge]

282,358 people are here because they are doing gcse music. 200 are here because they love the music.

[elandia2995]

I did this piece for my GCSE but I'm still coming back to it afterwards. Just because someone's come here for a music exam doesn't mean they don't enjoy it (and good luck to all you exam takers next year, you'll do brilliantly). It's a great piece, and frankly I need the inspiration right now!

[Avalon888]

Thumbs Up if you'd like to find everyone that keeps posting "Thumbs Up If", put them in a field and bomb the buggers.

[Kalywonkas]

@Avalon888 I see what you did there

[samanthaclifton1]

I am never ever going to learn everything that needs to be learnt on this piece for gcse and the other 11 setworks were doing - im stuffed

[applethedoodle]

@samanthaclifton1 same. And it doesn't help this is my second least favourite piece (Rag Desh is my no1 least favourite). This piece is so long, I feel like I'm never gonna remember everything!

[TheAcstdesnhorw]

chilled music...great melody...nice rhythm...

[EllieBamber481]

Thumbs up if you always listen out for the weird low note at 7:36

[odditify]

Thumbs up if you're listening to this for the love of jazz band.

[icassie57]

check my cover with my high school

jazz band! we also playnothernaongs commin outnsoon

[headphonauts]

tempo



[CalvinT3hOwnage]

(≧ω≦) this shit is great!

[icassie57]

I'm playing this song at my high school fall concert i play Freddie Freeloader at my schools fall coffeehouse, check it out on my channel

[42superdave]

My Jazz band are performing this at a concert tonight, I'm playing an improvised guitar solo in it. Should be ... interesting :)

[apollo13jim]

@42superdave Keep it cooooooooooooooooooollllllllll­llllllllll.

[sagat4]

Love jazz so soothing and relaxing

[WEGJ15]

thumbs up if youre doing this for gcse and you live i!

[bobiquesada]

Miles Davis in memoriam...this is the shit...

[lucretia101]

RIP...20 years to the day.

[MrH4loFighter]

@toria2704 It's for demographic purposes. Do not feed the trolls ;)

[CsFrankthepianist]

KING. 

[texasB666]

When you listen to jazz everyday you're not acting cool. You ARE cool.

[Hennerz632]

deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da deer da omg it's hypnotic

[bulikjudit]

@Hennerz632

paa_ra_paa_ra_paa_ra_paa_ra_ paa_ra_paa_ra_paa_ra_paa_ra

paa_ra_paa_ra_paa_ra_paa_ra_ paa_ra_paa_ra_paa_ra_paa_ra

paa_ra_paa_ra_paa_ra_paa_ra_ paa_ra_paa_ra_paa_ra_paa_ra

paa_ra_paa_ra_paa_ra_paa_ra_ paa_ra_paa_ra_paa_ra_paa_ra

tra-tra-ti-tra-tra-táá-ti-rara­....

omg it's magic

[Hennerz632]

@bulikjudit LOL

[naadmati]

@bulikjudit

va-vaaaaa-va-vaaaaah

omg it's perfect

[caiusgorgon]

Dislike because cut off.

[sharsheneguer]

it stopped :(



[kramyelir]

Yowsir

[XTdarkgainTX]

I thought it was... king of blue

[Waycool247]

This is where "the Cool" actually began. Believe it or not. Miles publicly started the cool movement. If not who else?Miles started the Cool . The birth of a cool.

[H0E0M0G14]

I just came. Twice. Need new underwear

[Jormungandur]

Thumbs up if you don't actually care why people find this music, but in fact rather like that this sort of music is being included in music exams.

[MrH4loFighter]

thumbs up if you're here because you love Miles Davis' music, not because of a music exam.

[Kwame120]

@MrH4loFighter What about both?

[andmaketherain]

@Kwame120 What about neither?

[b33p]

@MrH4loFighter You're a hipster.

[Ningxiabird]

@MrH4loFighter I'm here for both.. Does that count?

[EddieHaskelll]

215k views and you didn't even let the tune finish? I want my money back.

[gaultatron]

Such a fun versitile song to improvise and create atmosphere in music! Ahhh :)

[jUjU92MVF]

I love Miles Davis

[kcb1996]

I'm sooo gonna fail my music exam tomorrow :(

[JamaicaSmile09]

yeah this piece is good but you dont have to get alll douchey about it guys...:)

[Bobafett4796]

John Coltrane :D

[omahh1]

some geniuses in this here picture



[badmandragonslayer96]

Miles Davis really does come up with some true works of art. Thumbs up if you agree

[ilikezappa]

He is no Tom Jones. Not bad though

[JacobSijsma]

@ilikezappa Who is tom jones :P ?

[ilikezappa]

@JacobSijsma Well , Elvis was described as The American Tom Jones

[jplew138]

The greatest album of any kind of music, anyplace, anytime, anywhere - End Of Conversation.

[jacobwolos]

I can't comprehend the mindset it would take to dislike this piece (or any on this album, for that matter). This is such a work of art, in the truest sense of the word, capable of touching hearts and invoking such vast ranges of emotion. How is it possible to dislike this? Davis and this group will live on forever in the hearts of the people as game-changers; revolutionaries; artists of unfathomable talent. And for that, the world thanks you. Mazel tov.

[senna01]

What the hell is GCSE? And how can you NOT know such basic information about this classic masterpiece of music?

[YellowBricks1234]

AHHHH AHHH MUSIC GCSE TOMORROW!

Wish the nation who do Music GCSE luck :D

[zhenbo]

AAhhhh I can't figure out which parts the solos are in. Can anyone help me please? I thought they were meant to play their riff in between? Aahhhhhh D:

[roger20402]

Drum is Jimmy Cobb

[TheMaddmaxx4]

John Coltrane - Tenor Sax

Cannonball Adderley - Alto Sax

Bill Evans - Piano

Miles Davis - Trumpet

Paul Chambers - Bass

Not a clue - Drums

Close?

[guitarajs22]

@TheMaddmaxx4 no i believe wynton kelly recorded this track and jimmy cobb is on the drums

[aofusa1]

Unbelievably awesome....  andy f.

[YellowBricks1234]

Are we supposed to know who the guys are?

[NatalieClaireMusic]

@YellowBricks1234 i don't thinks so, they'd be mean if they did.. as long as you know time and key signatures and the date, you should be fine =) maybe just learn some of the structure and key features.. =) Good Luck on Tuesday =) x

[Crazy0o0scopE]

@YellowBricks1234 It helps to reference them by name, but if you cant remember, just stick to instruments :)

[YellowBricks1234]

@Crazy0o0scopE okay thank you :D

[bradenls0]

saw Wallace Roney do this live, he played it much faster. then again everyone plays it much faster

[11918151119]

Thumbs up if your doing this peice for gcse!

[jleer1]

Is that a honkey-tonk piano?

[exigency3]

THe First time i heard my dad had bought this album with no cover srachy but it didnt skip years later i bought the cd, it still sounds great this is REAL COOL JAZZ!

[AWDISP]

I listen to Hip/Hop and R&B... grew up in the 90's listening to Pearl Jam and Nirvana (that was my grunge period) ... but I'm going to simply put it, this is the best album I have ever heard!

[kettler1996]

@AWDISP pearl jam, nirvana and rage against the machine are awsome.....but blues blues is epic!

[realest1uevamet]

there's nothing like Miles and a glass of wine after a long day...

[cockardo]

@realest1uevamet

Except for Miles and a glass of whiskey...

[shawnpappa]

@ bigbucks No, this is "All Blues" and has nothing to do with Flamenco music at all. It's a blues, pure and simple. Early editions switched the two tunes, but that was corrected ages ago.

[CondorCA50]

I hope this genre never die in America. Thanks to many young turks who remain dedicated and many, many thanks to Wynton Marsalis who carry on the tradition of educating the masses they way Art Blakey did. Blakey's band was boot camp for many a young horn players; oh, how he would drive those young men.

Ernie Andrews give an outstanding vocal rendition of this venerable tune.

[inevermeanttobrag999]

Is it Miles Davis playing the trumpet solo? and who plays the Alto sax and Piano? (I need ir for my coursework too... D:) Thanks :)

[applehed5]

@inevermeanttobrag999 yess

alto sax- Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley

Piano- Bill Evans

Goodluck

[EllieMarieBaby]

is it Coltrane that starts playing on the tenor sax at about 6:15 ?! i need to know for my music coursework... :L

[ASRomaAURIAZUL]

@EllieMarieBaby I would say that was John Coltrane's tenor sax. It sounds deeper and lower when it gets compared with the sound of the alto sax solo performed by Cannonball Adderley (at 4:01). Remember that the tenor saxophone is pitched in B flat and its body and neck give to it the low sound, on the contrary the alto sax is pitched in E flat and it has a smaller body, which means it sounds "sweeter". Hope it helps you. Greetings

[JCR1992]

@EllieMarieBaby Yes that is defnitley Coltrane playing his solo at that time.

[sauzemonie]

Big Bucks

[robert72744]

This is not "All Blues." It is "Flamenco Sketches." When 'Kind of Blue' was released the two tracks were mixed up and mis-labeled and it has never been corrected. This tune clearly has the character of flamenco music.

[gimmeshelter1969]

Funny how listening to "Kind Of Blue" makes me feel sort of wonderful...

[jmajuru]

Very, very nice innovative, creative comment :)

[Matildamothers]

I will tell you what's interesting the Beatles "Norwegian Wood" is 3/4 (6/8) and it shares the modal switch of mixolydian to dorian like this track though the Beatles track has three modal shifts. Maybe they were listenting to this.

[Callie1981]

I think I speak for everyone when I say , Shut up and enjoy the music. Have a coke and a smile!

[BxoxbxbxyxBxoxy]

don`t understand why people come on here to discuss how the music is played... the majority of musicians don`t even pay attention to it they just play. Just listen and enjoy

[deaconwillful]

@BxoxbxbxyxBxoxy 'it's a way to make oneself feel as if they are anywhere near these guys musical talents" a EGO thing!!!!!! Lol but of course they can never be anywhere near these guys musically or intellectually so they discuss what they THINK Mr. Davis is doing.....hahaha....Just enjoy something you could never understand fellows and leave it at that....hahaha.... How is that Bxoxy?

[sammyred8]

According to my notes in my gcse music folder, the time signature is 6/4 but it feels like 3/4. And if you disagree I suggest you e-mail edexcel to have a go at them instead.

[MrPsa19]

Miles Davis is the classic!

[aviationant]

For those who still think it's 6/4 or 3/4, watch this. This explains is well. This song IS in 6/8.

[thisiswebbmaster]

@aviationant for god's sake, it's all the same. Well 6/4 isn't but 3/4 and 6/8 are the same time signature. i dont give a shit what any theory teacher says.

[conall1234]

@thisiswebbmaster i appreciate your attempt to try to focus people on the music, but i have to disagree with you about the 3/4 6/8 thing. they are not the same thing, 3/4 has three beats in a bar, whereas 6/8 only has two. if you tried to play a tune in 6/8 with three crotchet beats per par, it would sound awful.

[thisiswebbmaster]

@conall1234 you can have as many beats to a bar as you wish. the only difference is how you write it, classically, whether you tie three quarter note duplets or two quarter note "triplets." If you want to be a bitch about your music you can accent the "one"(and) "two"(and) "three"(and) in 3/4 and the "one" (two three) "four" (five six) but its more complicated than that, it doesn't matter. the only difference in the two is notation.

[conall1234]

@thisiswebbmaster if you wanted to, you could make the case that 2/4 and 6/8 are the same, but if you want to make 3/4 sound the same as 6/8, you would have to play it double-time. playing with appropriate stress is not being "a bitch about your music", it's good musicianship. however, i do agree with you that obviously things are not set in stone, and interpretation is a massive part of playing music :)

[thisiswebbmaster]

@conall1234 the thing is 2/4 and 6/8 aren't the same. 3/4 and 6/8 are. reducing 6 and 8 by 2 and what do you get? 3/4. I'm a drummer, guitarist, and pianist, and whilst playing 3/5 or 6/8, i play them exactly the same. if there is a definitive accent over any note, i'll play an accent. i won't play an accent just because i think 3/4 is different than 6/8.

[conall1234]

@thisiswebbmaster watch this. /watch?v=AddwD9NEKok

[thisiswebbmaster]

@conall1234 yes, the counting is different, i said that all along. accents are only added from preference. note that near the end he just starts counting in polyrhythms and its the same beat.

[juanbarros88]

you know this kind of jazz has a triplet feel, so don't think of a straight 6/8(of course, playing straight notes in swing in not illegal either) when discussing this particular topic about swing. swung 6/8 is the same as swung 2/4. 2/4 'contains' six 8th note triplets per measure and swung 6/8 IS six 8th note triplets per measure. but I get you, in a 'straight setting' I count 6/8 as 3/4, and if I ever play something in 8/8(unusual) i would count it as 4/4.

[juanbarros88]

3/4 is more equal to swung(triplet, compound) 9/8. or sure, you can fit a straight 6/8 (6 regular 8th notes) in 3/4 but once in a while as a interesting tool to sort of change the feeling. is sort of like triplets in straight 4/4... i feel stupid saying this.

[lilsonny21]

@juanbarros88 u should



[aviationant]

@thisiswebbmaster They are NOT the same time signature. You can't just reduce a time signature like you can a fraction. It's not a beat difference, it's a rhythm difference, but it's still significant. youtube.com/watch?v=AddwD9NEKo­k

[blmjackson]

5 idiots missed the "like" button for this piece...

[p3r1kl3s]

th piece is 4/4 and is blues form 

[jessmartin365]

GCSE :) 

[anhelo911]

Its good music, enjoy it. Why the hell are you discussing fractions? Thats what I came here to get away from..

[nickreagan]

@anhelo911 FRACTIONS loloollol

[kyleafornia]

@anhelo911 To try to impress others and convince people that they're great musicians. Of course if you have to explain it........

[constanttestofwill]

@anhelo911 haha! some fractions are enjoyable, ex: time signatures. :)

[tomrees11]

its 6/4

[AlexTrumpetNguyen]

@tomrees11

It's actually in 6/8...according to the Hal Leonard "Real Books", anyway.

[thestoryplease]

@AlexTrumpetNguyen feels like 3/4 but 6/8, 12/16, 24/32 etc yeah.. y ou can waltz to any - .just love the groove. Classic, Mozart would have loved it.

[bigtime360]

@AlexTrumpetNguyen You're correct, This is 6/8. It's classic compound meter, whereby the actual rhythmic pulse isn't stated directly in the meter signature like in simple meter, as exemplified by 4/4.

[forzamilan189925]

@monkeyman2632 6/8

[koryjazz]

outstanding recording..yes..but there are thousands of other jazz recordings to seek out that are just as relevant and mind-blowing. just depends on how much you wanna dig...dig?

[koryjazz]

outstanding recording..yes..but there are thousands of other jazz recordings to seek out that are just as relevant and mind-blowing.

[tball95672]

Interesting bit of info...Duane Allman of The allman Brothers Band spent one year trying to play this albume on electric guitar,that's how he developed into such an awesome player...

[MrCommenterful]

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[madnat900]

like this if you were brought here because of GCSE Music. <3

[monkeys350]

"Hey Davis! How many Miles are you gonna run?"

"1959 sir"

"Won't that make you Kind of Blue?"

"Maybe I'll just take the train"

"You could probably jump onto one that transports coal. You know, a Coltrane."

"With all respect Bill, I don't think I could just Cannonball into a train like that."

"Just try it. Trust me, when you get where you're going, All Blues that you had before will be gone."

"Well those cars aren't exactly royal Chambers."

"So What, you'll get over it!"

[BeautyNoMercy]

@monkeys350 awesome

[tomernx5]

@monkeys350 somone is a bit crazy

[danylongshaft]

@monkeys350 HAAAA I can dig it

[buefyYT]

@monkeys350 "Where's that train going?"

"To Birdland of course, but we're stopping at Teen Town"

[charlie2792008]

@monkeys350 i dont get it?



[square13girl]

@monkeys350 genius

[JordanClunn]

@monkeys350 :I

[mussman717word]

@monkeys350

Far out, man. I dig it so bad, baby.

[number12stunna]

@monkeys350 You sir, are a huge jazz nerd.

[archlordXd0]

@number12stunna

I'd take it as a compliment

[BrianCulticeMusic]

@monkeys350 Freddie Freeloader has to be on the train too!

[square13girl]

this would be the bets lullaby for me

sounds nuts but it just sounds so good

[jumblesaleguitar]

buy this album. it will reveal you the meaning of life.

(i must have listening to this hundreds or even thousands of times... it never bores me o:)

[philserious]

@usmc2020627 out of this world...again. oh yeah!

[philserious]

just as cool as it gets. this gets into your bones and feeds off of itself. excuse me while I have a religious experience....again. oh yeah!

[usmc2020627]

@philserious 1959, I was 14 yrs. old and groovin' / Still sounds fresh and beautiful in 2010 / With my main man : John Coltrane. W O W ! !

[XxKillaSlothxX]

i dont mind this song but it goes on to long

[VirusMan254]

@XxKillaSlothxX Umm... what?

[TheDawgtagg]

Miles, Miles, and more Miles!!

What is time? Time is but a Fence that s tends to keep u in side of something, but Jazz needs no boundaries!! 100 MILES and running!

[TheMilenaaa]

what is the tonality of the piece?

[oldschoolruler]

GREAT photo...like the 'Mount Rushmore' of Jazz...

[usmc2020627]

@oldschoolruler Coltrane / Cannonball / Miles / Bill Evans / You got that right my man ! ! A Classic.

[Clarinooo]

feel - music has a meter - 6/8 or 6/4 have a built in sense of strong weak, of a ticking clock between the two chords. Or you can feel the same phrasing over two bars written in 3 - blindly following music is a very modern concept with little to do with Miles! If you feel that at the start of the track, then write it out in 6/4 - but part of the character and sense of jazz is that things aren't so formal. No easy answers - why bother to ask!? Just play it!

[Clarinooo]

Thanks enessx1 - I agree. I'm just writing this out for a student to play so spotted all of this ridiculous discussion!

I wouldn't take the GCSE syllabus as difinitive in any sense - there isn't 'the chart' or a definitive version. If you do care, the quote seems fairly convincing but people are missing the point... its about feel

[enessx1]

What is important is that we all listen to good music.Not trying to show of some theories about timing.Jazz is for improvising and getting the feel of it acroos.I picked this up and made it my first Jazz album.I was on my way to understand music and see it with an open mind...

[Sita570]

@enessx1 there is nothing to understand , only to enjoy