Re: [Harp-L] Miles Davis changing All Blues Meloday

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 12, 2009, at 2:53 PM, Splash wrote:

> Miles Davis is probably an aquired taste.  Either you get it or you  
> don't.

Ok, you make a good point. AND I have a lot of respect for you. It's  
been years since I have heard his stuff. I'll give it another  
shot. :) Maybe I have become more receptive over the years  lolol.
> If you ever got the chance to see Miles live, and I have several  
> times in
> friendly settings - meaning not at the big venues and "for the  
> white folks"
> there is a sense in the room that something special is happening.   
> Too bad
> he never came over to the house.  He was a very shy man in person.
>
> The ensemble lays down a groove, perhaps something familiar, but  
> when Miles
> put the horn to his lips there was something happening NOW.  There  
> was never
> something canned or pre-rehearsed note-for-note, it was always a  
> PRESENT
> thing going on.  And there is something special about being "IN THE  
> NOW."
>
> Miles could say more with one note than others like Wynton  
> Marsalis, or
> Kenny G could never say with a million notes.  But also a part of  
> his genius
> was his choice of musicians he brought along with him.  They got  
> it, and if
> you let yourself go into the NOW moment with them there was a zen-like
> experience to be had.
>
> No Milli-Vanilli that man with the horn,  even his studio  
> recordings were
> done live, in the now.
>
> I think that's what was meant by "not cut and paste."

That's a good explaination. Sometimes I need an interpreter for  
Larry. lolol
> PEACE
> Splash
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