Is Miles Davis the greatest ever?
A lot of people think he is and others think he isn't. I happen to think he is is. The Kind of Blue album was just spectacular. He brought in the best people on that album and it shows as I think it's the best Jazz album ever made. What do you think of Miles Davis and Kind of Blue?
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"If peeing your pants is cool then I'm Miles Davis."
-Old Lady from Billy Madison ....sorry, just thought I'd bring back an old quote. |
I know back in the day anything Miles Davis did was copied by his millions of fans. My dad was telling me how whatever Miles Davis wore, he wore. He's a big jazz fan and I know Miles is his favorite.
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I love Miles Davis. Extremely talented.
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i really like Miles Davis but theres alot of other greats too. Coltrane, herbie Han****, Dizzy Gillespie, and Duke Ellignton to name a few. But My persoanl favorite jazz bandwould probobly have to be the Alpha boys.
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i'll go a step further and say he was the greatest american musician there ever was!!!!
Without Miles there would be no Satriani, no Vai, or no good music for that matter!!! |
overall i like coltrane a lil better than miles davis, but i would rather listen to miles davis, if that makes any sense...
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hmm i'd say miles davis is definately one of the greats, but there is still the issue og coltrane
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No he is not...
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No one ever understands anyone elses favorite band anyway.
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He is one of the greats but not neccessarily the greatist...That would be a hard one to call with so many candidates around to choose from...
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Miles was, in my opinion, the best leader. He hired formidable musicians (often totally unknown pre-Miles) and let them play however they liked, with minimal direction on his part.
I have talked with some guys who worked with Miles (John McLaughlin, John Schofield, Dave Liebman) and they all said that although Miles instructions were minimal, they were always very pertinent. (Apparently during the Bitches Brew session all he ever told Chick Corea was "That's too much Chick" or "That's not enough Chick") But was Miles the greatest jazz player ever ? Once you get to that standard of playing you can name a top hundred players OK, but putting them in any order of excellence would be tough. Miles was a much better trumpet player than a lot of pedants might have given him credit for, but he always took risks so sometimes you hear a fluffed note or two. So what ? The Miles Davis discography is huge, and so many styles are explored that most people find something they like. (However my friend's uncle threw out all his Miles vinyl records when Bitches Brew came out and never listened to him again - some people take stuff far too seriously !) |
I wouldn't go so far as to say Miles was the greatest, to quote an earlier post he was one of the greatest. He could probably be credited for bringing the smooth sound to jazz, comparing him to Coltrane and Bird, who were great themselves.
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But Charlie Parker and Houston Peterson aren't bad either, lets give them some ranking. |
B.B King personally, but the choice it up to everybody not just me
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I don't see how you can say one musician can be greater than another when the styles and instruments played are different. Miles was great trumpet player and jazz man he schooled and influenced lots of great jazz musicians. If it wasn't for him Weather Report, Return to Forever, et al would not sound the same as they do (and they all didn't play trumpet); but they would still be great jazz musicians because they have the passsion. I love Miles' music to bits, but his he the greateast? I don't know. Maybe I'm yet to hear the greatest until someone else beomes greater.
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It wasn't so much a blues album but a track off an album: Red House by Jimi Hendrix off of Are You Experienced. back in the late 60s early 70s.
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Kind of Blue is an outstanding album, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb, Julian Adderley and Miles himself one of the best combinations of great musicians ever put together. I can't say he is THE greatest ever in terms of musicial ability but in terms of influence and enjoyment he is top.
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Miles Davis
If theres already a thread here, then he deserves another. Davis is one of the greatest. Birth of cool is one of the best Jazz album I have listened to.
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I always thought Bitches Brew was supposed to be considered his best album.
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Bitches Brew was the first Jazz fusion album ever. It was revolutionary because no one had blended rock and jazz before and what we know as electric jazz didn't exist up to that point. Its an absolutely phenomenal album, but Kinda' Blue is the standard by which all other jazz albums are judged.
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i see this was an EXTREMELY popular thread...not many miles davis fans out there ey?( i have to admit, jazz is one of the very rare genres of music that i don't listen to, maybe you have to be of a certain age to start appreciating it, i dunno...)
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The cd kind of blue is excellent. I really like the song "blue in green" with bill evans and john coltrane. But overall I think Miles Davis is definitely one of the best and most influential jazz musicians....not sure if I would say #1, but damn near.
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Miles is great, i love Miles Davis volume 1 on blue note and the birth of the cool.
bitches brew is great too a true genius, but to me not the greatest ever, that was Coltrane for me |
I love'em both but Mr Davis is the best!!!
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hell yes.
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Miles Davis is feckin awesome. Kind of Blue is one the best albums ever. |
Strangely enough, Davis thought Kind Of Blue was a disapointment.
Davis had very high standards when it came to his work. |
Depends on what you mean by the best...he's my favorite jazz musician to listen to, I think he generally brings out the best in the people who play with him (not always), and makes the best albums. He's far from the most technically skilled trumpet player ever to live, though, and isn't as innovative as many give him credit for.
Anyway, besides all that, like I said, he's my favorite for jazz, and I have many a CD (somewhere around thirty discs, I think) by him. My favorite is Bitches Brew. |
Yeah, Coltrane was amazing, Adderly was amazing, Armstrong, Baker, Maclaughlin, but I believe Davis to be the greatest jazz musician ever, and one of the greatest musicians in musical history in fact. How many jazz musicians can be listed as a rock influence on so many greats? How many had a career spanning over 50 years? How many had so many monumental albums? How many have such a recognizable name? Yeah, my thoughts exactly.
Here's the next thing: I think I can arguably say that when Miles died, jazz stopped progressing. To analyze Miles is the analyze the history of jazz. He was at the forefront of every major style of jazz and he had the most monumental albums of any jazz musician I know. Birth of the Cool, Kind of Blue, Bitches Brew, etc. Many of the greats were in his band or on his records at one point. He is an amazing influence on almost all of american music. |
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And you of all folks know I'm not the biggest Vai fan.
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Haha, that's true
At least he's not Cooley |
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