Miles Davis Quintet - 'Round Midnight - 31 Oct 67 (3 of 4)

[DrummerPie]

Everyone should know Miles is a fundamental in history of music, but then musical taste is personal. And personally I'm literally in love with Miles' second quintet, which I'm discovering in these last two months. But I still have to listen to everything!

I'm new to jazz music in general, and I found out Miles' autobiography to be very useful to understand Miles' music and thought, but also the history of jazz from be-bop to recent years (obviously through Miles' point of view). Great book.

[KA1ZR]

Can't say I like this recording, I'm not a fan of miles when he started to get older.

[kaneda0511]

Wayne Shorter solo is great!!

[DAOFFICIAL505CONNECT]

amazing im glad to be alive

thnk you miles

[wiliscool]

I listen to jazz quite a bit, but ive been taking it pretty easy on myself. I have no idea whats going on compared to more straight ahead players like bill evans or milt jackson. Can someone please explain this to me?

[kenjames64]

@wiliscool What does it sound like to you? Miles was on the verge of fusion, and was starting to feel he'd exhausted the "quintet/sextet/quartet," and he was very close to abandoning the format forever. Do you hear any free-jazz elements? Is this post-bop? How much of 'Trane can you hear in this? Can you even classify it as hard bop or any sort of bop? Are the solos staying with melody? Are they modal? Are they chromatic? Are they even melodic in any traditional sense of the word?

[wiliscool]

@kenjames64 I suppose my confusion stems from this seeming like its mostly free? Atleast for me ( like i said i feel like im missing something) it seems like they arent even playing Round Midnight at all. I hear hints of it in the beginning though, but past that i cant tell. Are the solos modal?

[kenjames64]

@wiliscool you tell me.

[alexclou0041]

miles davis: a bad ambassador of jazz music or the ambassador of bad jazz music?

[videolover61]

Dig Herbie's final chords...damn!!!!! Man, what a vibe!!!!

[tulrob]

Tony drops those awesome bombs...........Tullius

[RStreetsax]

Incredible!!!!! Wayne's solo was sick. Loved it!!!!!'

[jhanser]

wow...priceless...masters 

[acelipes]

wow

[akira523]

hallowneen needs to be a workout right?

[alvera106]

That is what Monk is talking about it !!!

[jay55also]

Wayne Shorter(Weather Report),Tony Williams,Herbie Hancock,Chick Corea(Return to Forever) ,Ron Carter were some of the musicians that played with Miles in those days. This was classic stuff,Miles also had John McGlaughlin playing with him in the early 70's,and there is an urban myth ,that Jimi Hendrix played with Miles too.

[bradley1107]

@jay55also Jimi never played with Miles, but he did bang Miles' wife!

[polymath7]

@bradley1107 You mean Hendrix? I've been hearing that rumor for years. It would have been so badass if it had happened...

[achillespapakon]

Excellent!!!!!!!!!! Wayne Shorter is a god..

[starrah92]

im used to the mel torme version of this song, but this is incredible

[realhiphop216]

sounds good! Thanks for the upload!