Miles Davis - Call it Anything (part 1 of 4)

Legendary performance at the Isle of Wight Festival, 1970.
Personell:
Miles Davis (trumpet), Gary Bartz (sax), Chick Corea (piano), Keith Jarrett (organ), Dave Holland (bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums), Airto Moreira (percussion)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Jazz
• Fusion
• Electric
• Bitches
• Brew
• Funk
• Groove
• Improvisation

[pretorious700]

wow, what a great old vid! Tony Williams with halloween wig!

[johnnywellas]

@pretorious700 It's Jack de Johnette on drums, not Tony Williams.

[DHL1930]

One from when he stopped being an artist and became a circus act.

Come on, somebody has to say it.

Not to take anything away from the very great jazz artist he was, possibly even the greatest. But then, even the greatest fall, and sometimes even so far as to become a circus act.

[johnnywellas]

@DHL1930 Still a matter of opinion, no matter how hard one tries to make it factual.

[malootchky]

@johnnywellas

man, just wanted to say big THANKS for upping that stuff on yt.

been miles fan since i remember

this gig is no doubt one of the finest pieces of art ever. not even arguably :D

don't bother lunatics.

cheers bro'

666,6

[johnnywellas]

@malootchky My plesure dude, thanks 4 watching

[MrFarcry1966]

@louispippie

Fuck what you think jazz is supposed to be. Jazz is constant change. Miles Davis, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, and Dave Holland together, they decide what jazz is, not you. You want to question them, you better fucking well be somebody with the stride of a Coltrane, not just some dude on the Internet. Go crawl up Wynton Marsalis' butt and wither in the 'tradition.' Stop blaspheming. Next.

[getyourassinthetruck]

@DHL1930 circus acts are GREAT!

[Django5198]

Well that was bloody amazing! Miles really got avant garde and experimental in the 60s. Loads of modal changes and tempo changes. Gary Bartz is equally superb in this clip. This was Hendrix's last gig in the UK. Still so sad to this day. He and Miles were thinking of collaborating if Jimi had lived. If only :(

[DHL1930]

I've loved Miles and still do -- at his best. I've met him and spoken to him -- when he was at his best. But this other thing, this "marriage" between jazz and commercialism and downright posing? Nope, pass. To the listeners who like it, more power to them. It's at least better than rock and roll. But artists -- every one of them -- decline! They get sick, or lose it, or stagnate. It's inevitable. But no, Miles in his prime wouldn't have dreamed of making such a spectacle of himself. No way!

[pretorious700]

@DHL1930 No, nobody had to say that, because it's elitist and ignorant.

[SuperDeadhope]

its not that 5 people dislike jazz, they just don't have a brain thats capable of understanding it.

[melbelu]

love this bassline!



[stonewalljacksonny]

GREAAAAAAAT

[berebba]

Wow! que increíble debio ser un concierto de ese nivel......