"Jazz From The Hill" is a community education class taught by Alisa Clancy at San Mateo Community College. Clancy is the Operations Director at KCSM (91.1 FM) and host of "A Morning Cup Of Jazz". In this clip she talks about Miles Davis and "Kind Of Blue".
KCSM: http://www.kcsm.org
San Mateo Community College: http://communityed.smccd.edu/
Video by Rae Ann Hopkins Berry and Katie Cavera
Alisa - Interesting. Never thought about Miles as a melody player, but I'll have new ears the next time I hear him play. Nice teaching, and a best practice for adult learners, girl: leave them thinking, challenge the persepective, and keep the tone conversational.
shanekeven 2 years ago