electric miles part II

[jvlivs2]

Classic! Miles always kept up with the times, and he was decades before his time! Not many folks was into the Miles Davis of the 70s-according to history, that is-but almost two decades after his death (I was in high school when that occurred), cats my age are hearing these mixes and then some on public radio, in the clubs, the movies, coffee shops, bars, satellite, you name it.

Come to think of it, I'm waiting on the 40th Anniversary of Bitches Brew to come out. Again, CLASS-IC!

[MrFigueroa007]

The guitarists soloing style is a bit annoying but you can't deny that he has some skill playing atonal alien-sounding phrases like that. sounds like a lot of wankery though. prefer the rythm guitarists sound.

[WELLBRAN]

In wonder how much Yamaha were paying them for all the logos

[dapunkof1975]

THIS IS THE BEE'S KNEES!!!

[robelicit]

h3y yall, thanx for posting this, w0ah,, s3rious electric beauty...

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[tmmmviii]

Some extraordinary music.

[bassfreeker]

Man, where do you go to hear shit like that these days?

[ipings]

Nowhere. Although I saw a reunion of this band about a year ago in Oakland. Henderson headed it I believe and they sounded great.

[LazarusGordon]

try JOOKLO... but there a lot of people in the underground keeping this kind of energy alive, in other forms, but powerful almost... yes almost like this :) yo

[TheRealDerfMan]

You saw a reunion gig of this band, and HENDERSON was heading it? You have no idea how fucking jealous I am... =)

[ipings]

Yeh, it was at Yoshi's and was awesome. It might have been better described as a tribute band, but it did have a couple of the original members. Sonny Fortune played sax and flute. Here's a review of the show with more info about the band:

soul-patrol ( dot ) com/jazz/henderson.htm

You can see the review a little ways down.

[fusionfreak2009]

@TheRealDerfMan wow i feel the same way

[ = <3 henderson just listen to his round fat tone. henderson rocks!!!! cosey yr fuckin bad ass 2!!!

[TheRealDerfMan]

@fusionfreak2009 ...dude, despite being a guitarist, Henderson is my favorite of Miles' sidemen during this period, and I learned a lot from listening to him, too.......! =)

[MarsNova]

Apparently, the fourth dimension...since nobody CAN play like this anymore.

[Rambo29]

Cosey and Liebman were haulin ass on this jam.

[mootbooxle]

I love the fact that Pete Cosey wasn't afraid to just go for it and take chances. Same thing I love about John McLaughlin - back when he was making this type of music (with Miles, then Tony Williams, then Mahavishnu) he had such a wonderfully reckless soloing style. I live and die by the mindset that feeling trumps technical accuracy. Brilliant clip! Gotta love Al Foster too! With the nice hat!

[nialho]

Who was the guitar player with shave?

[TheRealDerfMan]

Lead guitar = Pete Cosey (sitting)

Rhythm guitar = Reggie Lucas (standing)

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[MilesTrane21]

If anyone knows where I can get live recordings of this specificband, please contact me. I can't find anything but Dark Magus and I could do without the extra sax and guitar players. Thanks. :)

[jlim2397]

If you mean the band with Miles Davis - Liebman - Cosey - Lucas - Mtume - Foster, then you may have to go to bootlegs. There's a widely available concert from Olympia in Paris which is moderately good.

[felicer]

saw pete cosey last night in nyc with melvin gibbs and jt lewis. wonderful.

[jlim2397]

Turnaroundphrase and Tune in Five

[matthewodietus]

peter cosey?  playin on the edge of his ability? a no bullsh--- chance taker? or should i wished he'd held back and sounded slicker

[jexplink]

*INTENSE*

[SarahLittlePig3]

bad assssss

[sergelapelle]

This was such an interesting band, it always seemed to take them a little time to gel each gig, but when they did, well, it sounded like this. Brilliant

[tonyfreejazz20]

Wow. This is great stuff. Dave is the man at Sax and \miles is the man on trumpet. Thanks for sharing.