Miles Davis Quintet - Footprints

New York, 1966

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Music

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• Miles
• Davis
• footprints
• jazz
• bebop
• 1966
• quintet
• trumpet

[eet73]

I don't think there's ever been a musician more gifted than Wayne.

[creep2k]

its a minor blues waltz (with some very unusual changes in the turnaround).... but then again, its a shorter composition, his' are very unusual..

it's a very experimental part of miles' history..

[nobodady1]

Miles doesn't speed anything up without slowing something else down, doesn't get loud without getting quiet --- he does it all. My favorite era of Miles.

[nobodady1]

@Flatwound1000 Let's listen to what is really happening here. Miles "sped" up the tempo --- but the form is so opened up that the changes need not hasten along with quick phrases of notes. They can hang in a harmonic zone for a while, then move along obliquely related to orignal changes, or improvised along with the soloist. I can't get enough of Herbie's accompiment style here. So much to hear.

[sammasana]

@musicmakers92 Miles didn't 'cover' it. Shorter was a band member.

[Flatwound1000]

Why does Miles always want to take the tunes that were originally slow really fast? It's happened with So What, All Blues and now Footprints and it ruins them in my opinion.

[Sandemose]

@mrjazzydude who the drummer is? Are you kidding me? Best, Sandemose

[tjc197]

@eet73 Lol, yeah man. But it's not more gifted but gifted differently! =D

[SleddogSSG]

I like the piano. the notes are dissonant but if you know what the chord changes are ( which can be hard to hear but seem to be based on twelve bar blues) the notes work well with the music.

[mrjazzydude]

who's the drummer? I think he's too loud

[creep2k]

@musicmakers92 thats what i said