Re: "My Man Miles" was Re: jazz jam

[Joel Fritz <jfritz666@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

IcemanLE@xxxxxxx wrote:

> In a message dated 3/19/04 6:39:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> keith.freeman@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>
>> Miles Davis spring to mind as players who knew how to
>> squeeze the maximum emotion out of the minimum notes
>
>
>
> Miles spent the last half of his career focusing on which notes to 
> /leave out/ of his playing.
>
> The Iceman

I read a Davis biography recently.  He used to advise people to stop 
playing in solos.  i.e. whenever you start to go on autopilot, stop for 
a second and try to go in a different direction.  Best musical advice 
I've had in many years.