@@mspennyisaac go somewhere. Its easy to criticize or critique an individual when they put it out there about their life. Whatever he did, he had to live with the negative consequences regarding it. You're not perfect either
@@rayjr62 you don't know this. In fact, it's more acceptable to see a woman hit a man today than ever before. When an individual that has influence, celebrity or both, they are under a different scrutiny than the average person. I'm pretty you have evils that you've committed that you don't want to come to light, yet, we can point fingers at someone else's wrongs, correct? Lastly, relationships are complex. I've never heard any stories of Miles beating Cicely, but I heard and read about Cicely getting angry and jumping on Miles' back and snatching his hair weave off in 1987. Also, on his deathbed, according to Cicely, Miles stated, "Tell Cicely that I'm sorry...". Frances Taylor (Davis), endured far more, but even when interviewed, she still has very positive feelings and things to say about Miles, which that was a marriage he regretted about destroying. So your argument is what? Because you weren't in a relationship with Miles Davis personally, so why point fingers??
I knew that was exactly what he was going to say...really because it's just so obvious. He didn't need to leave anything else...musically speaking. I was wondering if he would correct her and say that his legacy wasn't just for "young jazz musicians", which it isn't, but for all artists.
"I get tired of all the white people in first class... talking business, stocks...Think I'll move to the South of France." LOL... I love Miles, but Gwen's questions of "Are you happy?" is on point.
That racist side of Miles was something i could never stand. Every god damn time, he was calling whites crackers etc, horrible , racist thing to say. He could not beat them, so he joined them. What a stupid low iq strategy. Even with all his fantastic artistry, Miles Davis succumbed to that low iq thing called racism.
@@MeAndTheBoys_ You do realize they beat him for no reason in front of his show? You do realize he would get pulled over thinking he stole his car right ? By white ppl? , Your not black so u don’t understand the racism we had to go thru also his best friends were white Gil Evans was his best friend he was white he couldn’t stand racist white ppl it’s nothing wrong with that , if you knew the horrors black ppl faced you would get it
I was at this show in 1985. It was amazing and Miles was really feeling it as was the audience. He came out into the audience while playing and even sat on the edge of the stage. I remember reading that he would really dis audiences who he felt didn't appreciate him, so I guess he thought we really got it. It was a magical night.
@@gwensommersredwine2357 Thank you for following up. I see many people will post a video to UA-cam and then never respond to any of the comments. It's good to see people who really care about what they post and appreciate the people who take time to comment even after the video has been up a while.
One of the most astute biographers of Miles, Paul Tingen, has pointed out that if you start your evaluations from the idea of Davis as a blues musician, his changes in directions make a lot of sense. Every single band he put together always had a slow blues right there in the DNA. And - obviously - the quickest way to get him to do something was to tell him he can't do that.
This is a GEM interview. Gwen kept her composure. In today's media and social environment that interview would surely end an entertainers career. Miles was like Ali and Jim Brown, spoke their mind. Remember, though this interview was late in his career, he spoke the same way early in his career. And he is right, Jazz was mostly blacks playing music. Now you have fusion and it created whites Jazz musicians, such as - Kenny G, Koz, Boney James, Brian Culbertson and so-forth.
Ms. Redwine managed to get a good interview out of Miles. I can't help but believe that her loveliness helped. Miles certainly didn't want to hear any stock questions that hadn't been intelligently and realistically thought through, that's all. The man's been through a lot and has obviously been deeply affected by it...and it wasn't all good, as we all know. For an artist as sensitive and creative as Miles was, the world that he existed in wasn't always a pleasant, redeeming and affirming place. I can understand his bitterness. Not saying he handled it in the best way, but it was understandable, and I believe the musicians who knew and worked with him, of all ethnicities, understood and respected that. He never denied his rough edges, but he acknowledged that Cicely helped soften them. A strong and loving woman will do that to a man.
Thank you for the compliment. Miles was very very nice and shared things about his home life that was extraordinary! He grew up in an upper middle-class black family afforded financial and cultural privileges; an atypical upbringing. Thank you for your thoughtful comments.
@@capoislamort100 He said himself he never suffered and never will. I just think he was fed up hearing white people talk about a soulless culture. I do to. I get sick of white Gus bombarding me with ads saying “do you wanna quit your 9-5 I have the answer” That’s what I call lacking dignity. And integrity.
I recently interviewed the Producer, Bruce Kauffmsn and felt i could have develed deeeper, but Bruce was the Jazz HIstorian and he already equipped me wiht the basic intelligent questions plus,I had don my wn researh. You are so right! Thank you.
One of my favorite interviews of Miles. Interesting, casual, informative, candid truth and relaxed. Miles is in a good place and a good mood. Love this. And great audio quality in my headphones. Nice!
....New Music. Miles was so ahead of his time. Was lucky enough to see him 4 times over the years, early sixties ( hancock, shorter, williams, carter), early seventees (bartz, jarrett etc.), & (liebman, m.henderson, airto, etc.)...each time i was stunned by his music and i will never forget!!
There are some who have paused to remember and remind that Miles Davis, an important American innovator of music, most notably in the genre of Jazz would have turned one more year older on today, his birthday. In Memory- Miles Davis
I have great respect for your interview skills - you remained unfazed by his directness where some might have been intimidated. You kept him in the ballpark of the interview even with the obvious flirtation.
Having read both Miles’s autobiography and Quincy Troupe’s reflections, I know that Miles could be difficult, but sensitive. I don’t think that I have ever heard a Miles interview like this. While he is still sort of a reluctant participant, he seems much more willing to share his thoughts here. Always guarded, rarely willing to share a vulnerability. I really appreciate hearing him share credit for the amazing output from his 1960s band. “We did it together...” Thank you so much for sharing this interview.
@@chozenvessel-A-Royale-S.A.G.E Given your choice of terms, I am not sure that you understand anything that I wrote a year ago. While Miles was sexist, I don’t think that he was an incel/MGTOW too.
@@piktormusic2538 you know what.. I'm so sorry. I even take back my comments. I shouldn't speak about this man like that. He was sick and needed healing. I was wrong too impulsively reply that way. 🙏. Love and light
@@chozenvessel-A-Royale-S.A.G.E - While I appreciate that and I’m not intending to have an argument, maybe I should have been more clear. I recognize that we just might have different cultural understandings, but where I come from using such terms for a woman means that she is selling sex for money or being promiscuous. This woman is just working as an interviewer and managed to get a good answer out of Miles. If Miles or anyone else was thinking of her in some other way, that’s their doing, not hers. ✌️
Thank you! Whatever explosive comments Miles wanted to say that evening, I hoped he would say them to me. He was.married to the late great Ms Cicely Tyson at the time. Thank you for watching and commenting. GSR
Thank you so much. I think as time goes on ,I appreciate his brilliance more and I appreciate me back then when really I was justdiscovering myself. Love Gwen.
He made the TOP players of the day aim higher than they would otherwise and then the sky was the limit..”I’m tired of white people talking about stocks and class all the time ”..cracking me up! Miles was an American treasure :). 🧡🧡 Realness.
@@rembeadgc that's the dumbest thing I've ever read about him. Most of his albums were influenced by women or had women, black women, on his album covers
Yes, I maintained my composure afterall he had just wed the most beautfiful, intelligent and sexy talented actress Misses cicely Tuson.,,cooould nver disrespect her...plus alwys in mind...interviews llike thes were strictly business.
Is incredible that in front of one of the greatest artist of all times, you ask for "time after time", is like asking Picaso for a drew in a toilet paper, I can't understand why they don´t go deep in the seeker heart of a brave man who never looked back.
1. She DID go back by asking about Bitches Brew 2. Miles had just performed Time After Time it seems, and she was asking about it 3. It's likely Miles would prefer to talk about his recent works since he's so forward thinking
Miles..."I just can't stand white people's voices sometimes I don't wanna hear them" Interviewer..."But majority of your audience tonight are white" Miles..."Yeah but I don't have to listen to them they pay to listen to me" Classic genius comeback 😃👏👏👏👏
I think Miles was going for. "shock effect." Yes he was racially victimized but I don't think he dwelled on it all the time...only when being interviewed by CNN...The short version was published on CNN.
@@gwensommersredwine2357 Hi Gwen great interview btw. I don't think it was shock effect. He was big news and being the artist he was his pride was hurting that this was something he couldn't control racism wouldn't appreciate his talent or charm and it made him angry. Of course not all of the time but maybe this particular day was significant for some apparent reason. Peace n love sister
@@johnjames945 You know perhaps so. He had a bunch of famous friends in Atlanta. They were all there I think...Peobo Bryson...Lonnie Liston Smith...two I actually knew. Right outside his dressing room...hub of activity!
@@gwensommersredwine2357 Now that's inside information. That's what I could listen to all day . What u just said take that flavour and break it down into a relevant format giving us what was actually happening that day after the cameras stopped rolling . I know u went to the after party eh sista c'mon 🤫🤭 with your fine self 🤭......sorry
I’m white and I feel the same way as Miles in what he said about whites and not being able to stand their voice. Lot of truth in the statements he made. I do t like how they portrayed him in that movie with what’s his name, Don something or other. To me that was disrespecting his name but that’s strictly my opinion. Thank you for this video.
I agree. I think Don was trying to make a better movie but lost creative control when he ran out of money and then a "co-writer" and producer came in and we ended up with that crap. I'm a little pissed to because I had a screenplay in mind before I heard Don Cheadle had announced in 2005 he was making a movie about Miles. What I had in mind was a young Miles leaving E. St. Louis and arriving in NYC, it would capture the times and flavor of living and playing in New York with Parker, Mingus, Dizzy, Powell, Monk etc., and then his descent into drug addiction then focusing on his rise from the ashes and ending with him signing with Columbia and headlining at Carnegie Hall.
You're welcome! I always liked it, but I didn't know at the time, how prophetic the lyrics would be just a very short time after the lates Jack Springer, and Bob Parlocha, began playing it regularly on their shows (KJAZ 92.7 FM) Shirley Horn's "You Won't Forget Me" with guest Miles Davis. It's on YT
Good interview: must have been intimidating. What he said sbout feeling his music resonates: he really was in touch with his genius, even if he might have been difficult. Buying a house in France was probably based on his visit to James Baldwin.
Miles is a knowledgeable individual who has lived the entire spectrum of jazz and to get information from him , you hive to be fimilar with the environment of the complete scenario of the music scene. Miles is exposed to the social scene of the American way of life from black and white perspectives. The ups and downs of the black artists are silently dominant in his mind. His residence in the artform space was and is influenced by what has happened in the past and what was happening then.To have a conversation with him, one should be able to consult the past and intergrate it with the current to create reasonableness content for discussion which may lead to a rational engagement. It is believed that Miles is a difficult and complex person, but Dizzy has pointed out that Miles is a shy person with few words , he never introduced his men on stage or announce the songs he would just start playing . This is one of the limitation of Miles which was obvious to creators of the bebop times; but the man is gifted and that can't be ignored.
The Miles Davis interview was conducted at Atlanta’s Chastain Park in September of 1985. It was backstage where other celebrated musicians waited to see him, while he was talking to me. I wanted to probe especially when he spoke about his very privileged upbringing in Illinois and the reasons why he left the prestigious Juilliard School of Music. I felt it was important to let him flow and vent. Thank you all for your comments. GSR
@@gwensommersredwine2357 you did an incredible job with this interview. Asked intelligent and to the point questions and left Miles plenty room to speak. I cannot say this about the vast majority of his other interviews during that same period. Kudos.
Miles had to go through his whole life listening to (some) white people talking a lot of bullshit around him. At around 8 minutes he's talking about feeling sick of white people's voices. Here's this guy who was so into art and music that he'll be remembered like Mozart or Beethoven, or Charlie Parker, and he had to tolerate these assholes chatting shit all the time. Interestingly he wanted to move to France to get away from this. I would guess, that in 2017, nothing much has changed. I would extend this, though. Miles felt it more intensely, because he was into such creative stuff, but I think many people, of any race, get tired of hearing assholes talking a lot of self-aggrandising balls around them all the time.
He said in an interview regarding his overt critique of white people; "The more I do it, the more of my records they buy, sometimes they the same record twice"
I think Miles is in need of a man named David duke. I started to like Miles but this racist stuff is ridiculous. I studied with a trumpet teacher named Bill vacchiano at Juilliard. miles had him for classical teaching at Juilliard Bill Vacchiano told me . that Miles hated Italians or whites so he talked about BIll in his book as being the Worst teacher he had when William Vacchiano is considered Royalty and is the greatest Classical teacher in the Whole Fucking World. "Take that to the bank"
+Ronnie's Lists NO!!!you take it to the bank! Miles experienced alot of racism, that never leaves u and he can say what he wants or dislike who ever....your opinion dont mean nothing....you are why he didnt like white people...so keep your negative commits to yourself ""whitey""👻
Miles was criticized by black musicians for having a white man in his band and Davis replied: "Find me a brother who can play guitar as good as John McLaughlin and I'll hire him too."
Even though I'm 100% Caucasian, I can completely relate to Miles when he says he gets sick of hearing white people. Whether it's at a family dinner table or a crowded public event, their superficial, self-absorbed bullshit gives me the creeps at times.
He was talking about the racist things he heard as a child, and was still hearing as a highly accomplished older Black man. I guess he was mistaken in thinking Whites would eventually change. WRONG!
"I hope your not gonna ask me no silly stuff" LMAO.! You gotta just love Miles
lmaoooo
Translation: Don’t ask me about all the women I’ve beat.
@@mspennyisaac go somewhere. Its easy to criticize or critique an individual when they put it out there about their life.
Whatever he did, he had to live with the negative consequences regarding it. You're not perfect either
@@cali22boi Perhaps, but I don't think Penny Isaac beat up her significant other in a cocaine-infested up rage either.
@@rayjr62 you don't know this. In fact, it's more acceptable to see a woman hit a man today than ever before.
When an individual that has influence, celebrity or both, they are under a different scrutiny than the average person. I'm pretty you have evils that you've committed that you don't want to come to light, yet, we can point fingers at someone else's wrongs, correct?
Lastly, relationships are complex. I've never heard any stories of Miles beating Cicely, but I heard and read about Cicely getting angry and jumping on Miles' back and snatching his hair weave off in 1987. Also, on his deathbed, according to Cicely, Miles stated, "Tell Cicely that I'm sorry...".
Frances Taylor (Davis), endured far more, but even when interviewed, she still has very positive feelings and things to say about Miles, which that was a marriage he regretted about destroying.
So your argument is what? Because you weren't in a relationship with Miles Davis personally, so why point fingers??
Miles was his own man and didn't hold back on how he felt about anybody or anything. Much respect Miles.
"I just get tired of hearing english...I'll prolly just buy a house in the south of France" Ha! What a legend
only for a couple of months..
On his legacy: "I left it already. It's there...the records, the tape...." - perfect answer
I knew that was exactly what he was going to say...really because it's just so obvious. He didn't need to leave anything else...musically speaking. I was wondering if he would correct her and say that his legacy wasn't just for "young jazz musicians", which it isn't, but for all artists.
He spoke his mind. That's what a true musician does.
What on earth does speaking your mind have to do with music?
But😅you are not a musician.
"I get tired of all the white people in first class... talking business, stocks...Think I'll move to the South of France." LOL... I love Miles, but Gwen's questions of "Are you happy?" is on point.
A nice statue was made for him in the city of Nice, South East France! I do not know all about him and now wonder if he ever moved there.
That racist side of Miles was something i could never stand. Every god damn time, he was calling whites crackers etc, horrible , racist thing to say.
He could not beat them, so he joined them. What a stupid low iq strategy. Even with all his fantastic artistry, Miles Davis succumbed to that low iq thing called racism.
@@MeAndTheBoys_ You do realize they beat him for no reason in front of his show? You do realize he would get pulled over thinking he stole his car right ? By white ppl? , Your not black so u don’t understand the racism we had to go thru also his best friends were white Gil Evans was his best friend he was white he couldn’t stand racist white ppl it’s nothing wrong with that , if you knew the horrors black ppl faced you would get it
I love his realism!
Miles was as complex as his music.Miles was a true artist in every sense of the word.
He is one of a kind thats for sure....I admired. him for speaking his mind🎺
I was at this show in 1985. It was amazing and Miles was really feeling it as was the audience. He came out into the audience while playing and even sat on the edge of the stage. I remember reading that he would really dis audiences who he felt didn't appreciate him, so I guess he thought we really got it. It was a magical night.
Glsd you were there!
@@gwensommersredwine2357 Thank you for following up. I see many people will post a video to UA-cam and then never respond to any of the comments. It's good to see people who really care about what they post and appreciate the people who take time to comment even after the video has been up a while.
The best Miles interview, he spoke his mind here.
Miles had incredible charisma in his music-making and persona. Just by being himself, and of course, plenty of work.
Even in context of today, he is still ahead of his time.
This is the best voice in Miles Davis life. I’ve never seen his voice so clean
true!!!
thiago giovanni dos santos Find the interview on here before his throat operation with his real voice!
Ive never heard him look so good 😃
So was the whole man.
@@lastnamefirst4035 was gonna say .....best voice seen his voice? 🤓 Man that's some crazy shit
He knew everyone who ever was on stage. With him or without him. That's a library of jazzmen.
One of the most astute biographers of Miles, Paul Tingen, has pointed out that if you start your evaluations from the idea of Davis as a blues musician, his changes in directions make a lot of sense. Every single band he put together always had a slow blues right there in the DNA. And - obviously - the quickest way to get him to do something was to tell him he can't do that.
She asks about Bitches Brew and how its evolved over time, and that album still sounds brand new in 2019
I plan to re-isit Bitches Brew...thank you for that revelation.
This interview shows how little most common people knew who this Man was. A total Genius. A total Artist, and he still spits Game.
Tremendously creative talent; didn't suffer fools gladly
" every time I play, I play different"
This is a GEM interview. Gwen kept her composure. In today's media and social environment that interview would surely end an entertainers career. Miles was like Ali and Jim Brown, spoke their mind. Remember, though this interview was late in his career, he spoke the same way early in his career. And he is right, Jazz was mostly blacks playing music. Now you have fusion and it created whites Jazz musicians, such as - Kenny G, Koz, Boney James, Brian Culbertson and so-forth.
Love the history. Thank you!
Ms. Redwine managed to get a good interview out of Miles. I can't help but believe that her loveliness helped. Miles certainly didn't want to hear any stock questions that hadn't been intelligently and realistically thought through, that's all. The man's been through a lot and has obviously been deeply affected by it...and it wasn't all good, as we all know. For an artist as sensitive and creative as Miles was, the world that he existed in wasn't always a pleasant, redeeming and affirming place. I can understand his bitterness. Not saying he handled it in the best way, but it was understandable, and I believe the musicians who knew and worked with him, of all ethnicities, understood and respected that. He never denied his rough edges, but he acknowledged that Cicely helped soften them. A strong and loving woman will do that to a man.
Thank you for the compliment. Miles was very very nice and shared things about his home life that was extraordinary! He grew up in an upper middle-class black family afforded financial and cultural privileges; an atypical upbringing. Thank you for your thoughtful comments.
@@gwensommersredwine2357 he had these things growing up indeed, except human dignity.
@@capoislamort100 He said himself he never suffered and never will. I just think he was fed up hearing white people talk about a soulless culture. I do to. I get sick of white Gus bombarding me with ads saying “do you wanna quit your 9-5 I have the answer”
That’s what I call lacking dignity. And integrity.
I recently interviewed the Producer, Bruce Kauffmsn and felt i could have develed deeeper, but Bruce was the Jazz HIstorian and he already equipped me wiht the basic intelligent questions plus,I had don my wn researh. You are so right! Thank you.
Loved it when he broke form and started kissing her hand. . .
6:54 - he approached the bottle like it was a trumpet haha
One of my favorite interviews of Miles. Interesting, casual, informative, candid truth and relaxed. Miles is in a good place and a good mood. Love this. And great audio quality in my headphones. Nice!
There are a bunch of interviews of miles- undoubtedly my favorite. Vital and real. Thnxs Miles.
6:33 Greeting a friend in a middle of an interview without any concern haha
"Peebooo"
@@SteveSector "hey man"
@@gil-evens 😂😂😂
....New Music. Miles was so ahead of his time. Was lucky enough to see him 4 times over the years, early sixties ( hancock, shorter, williams, carter), early seventees (bartz, jarrett etc.), & (liebman, m.henderson, airto, etc.)...each time i was stunned by his music and i will never forget!!
OMG...what a legacy for us and your children.. Thank you. Gwen
❤
All his interviews are fascinating.
There are some who have paused to remember and remind that Miles Davis, an important American innovator of music, most notably in the genre of Jazz would have turned one more year older on today, his birthday. In Memory- Miles Davis
Gwen Sommers Redwine This was 1985 not 1995. Miles passed in 1991 remember?
He sounded so crisp and clear. Other times in his life he didn't come across that way. He seemed interested and his voice was strong. Any idea why?
Rhythm and blues not jazz.
@@precool hmmm heroin?
I have great respect for your interview skills - you remained unfazed by his directness where some might have been intimidated. You kept him in the ballpark of the interview even with the obvious flirtation.
Attitude is Everything ‼️ And in My Opinion, Miles Davis had A Attitude ALL THE Time ‼️😃.
Miles is my favorite person on this planet that ever lived.
Having read both Miles’s autobiography and Quincy Troupe’s reflections, I know that Miles could be difficult, but sensitive. I don’t think that I have ever heard a Miles interview like this. While he is still sort of a reluctant participant, he seems much more willing to share his thoughts here. Always guarded, rarely willing to share a vulnerability. I really appreciate hearing him share credit for the amazing output from his 1960s band. “We did it together...” Thank you so much for sharing this interview.
@@chozenvessel-A-Royale-S.A.G.E Given your choice of terms, I am not sure that you understand anything that I wrote a year ago. While Miles was sexist, I don’t think that he was an incel/MGTOW too.
@@piktormusic2538 you know what.. I'm so sorry. I even take back my comments. I shouldn't speak about this man like that. He was sick and needed healing. I was wrong too impulsively reply that way. 🙏. Love and light
@@chozenvessel-A-Royale-S.A.G.E - While I appreciate that and I’m not intending to have an argument, maybe I should have been more clear. I recognize that we just might have different cultural understandings, but where I come from using such terms for a woman means that she is selling sex for money or being promiscuous. This woman is just working as an interviewer and managed to get a good answer out of Miles. If Miles or anyone else was thinking of her in some other way, that’s their doing, not hers. ✌️
you gotta love Miles in this interview!
Such a lovely intimate conversation. Short and sweet, and so good to see Miles happy. Thank you.
What a wonderful man. His is world-famous yet so down to earth.
The most progressive artist of this era and beyond. Love this interview, top shelf, thank you.
"Let me tell you something about Bird, Bird didn't show me nothing.."
you forgot the "....I listened to him every night and got it by osmosis" part, friend.
Good interview 👍 did not allow him to intimidate you. You kept it moving and professional.
Thank you! Whatever explosive comments Miles wanted to say that evening, I hoped he would say them to me. He was.married to the late great Ms Cicely Tyson at the time. Thank you for watching and commenting. GSR
Best Miles interview on UA-cam period!! This is Gold! Thank u for posting!
Sean Rosati seriously it’s bittersweet
Think Miles found Gwen attractive thats why he was polite and decent in the interview. Also didnt seem high
This is an absolute gift! Thank you for sharing.
Excellent interview! Good job, Sis. Gwen! I would’ve been intimidated after he told me he didn’t feel like hearing any “stupid questions.” 😄
Actually, that was quite charming....he was warming up to me and revealed a vulnerability that I deeply felt....
I wanna be like Miles when I grow up
@ijcn0jir3nvjn3fjcifn No genius is out of reach, what I have in mind is being a cool older guy.
Any luck?
Best Miles interview!
DAMN tthis IS one of the BEST INTERVIEWS I've ever seen💣
If in doubt I was hooked on miles yesterday ,,,, I can now say I am a devotee! My Man my God .. mr. miles Dewey Davis
Thanks so much.
I love this.
Thanks so much for posting.
Great interviewer!
thanks for posting great and moving interview, bravo Gwen!
Thank you so much. I think as time goes on ,I appreciate his brilliance more and I appreciate me back then when really I was justdiscovering myself. Love Gwen.
Never saw this before, thank you Channel WTLY.
He made the TOP players of the day aim higher than they would otherwise and then the sky was the limit..”I’m tired of white people talking about stocks and class all the time ”..cracking me up! Miles was an American treasure :). 🧡🧡 Realness.
Good job my brother, rest in peace!
The interviewer was gorgeous
capoislamort100 I think miles thought so too...
And she had class and was not at all intimidated by his directness nor offended by it.
DringBR back in the day women
yeah and Miles flirting with her...
@@othercarib she is a sista and Miles is a black man, they can relate to each other.
“Just like i would feel kissing you....its corny but its true”
only in the 80s could a guy get away with that. Nowadays the #metoo movement would've had Miles in jail for sexual harassment.
@@retiredstalker Sad, but true
@@retiredstalker I thought the same thing. He'd have been branded an abusive and condescending, patriarchal misogynist... wait a minute...he was!
@@rembeadgc that's the dumbest thing I've ever read about him. Most of his albums were influenced by women or had women, black women, on his album covers
@@cali22boi Lol. Miles was complex when it came to women...ask Frances.
That corny truthful kiss on her hand..never seen anything like that ever ! Coolest guy ever haha
Yes, I maintained my composure afterall he had just wed the most beautfiful, intelligent and sexy talented actress Misses cicely Tuson.,,cooould nver disrespect her...plus alwys in mind...interviews llike thes were strictly business.
Lonnie Liston Smith, Peabo Bryson givin' Miles props in the crowd..then again who wouldn't?!
. Love Mr. Davis groove in music.
Totally Awesome,,,; everyone is a great in their own way, but MILES has to be the cream of the crop.
Brilliant operator’s work.
Certainly an interesting interview...
Thank you so much!
Preach!
gidantic genius american classical artist Miles davis
im goin to listen a Miles disc, now.
Miles respected his audience always dressing and looking sharp as a tack! His instrument may have been with a pawnbroker but never his clothes.
She speaks of Bitches Brew 15 years earlier.... that's definitely 1985.
An interesting man. RIP
What a handsome chocolate brother
Excellent..
bluemoon john frogerty playing in the back round. all over the world. i whis i was on that party great interwie
this is good, check out his autobiography too cause thats also very good
The Loverboy in the background is killin me.
Is incredible that in front of one of the greatest artist of all times, you ask for "time after time", is like asking Picaso for a drew in a toilet paper, I can't understand why they don´t go deep in the seeker heart of a brave man who never looked back.
1. She DID go back by asking about Bitches Brew
2. Miles had just performed Time After Time it seems, and she was asking about it
3. It's likely Miles would prefer to talk about his recent works since he's so forward thinking
Deep!!!
Miles..."I just can't stand white people's voices sometimes I don't wanna hear them"
Interviewer..."But majority of your audience tonight are white"
Miles..."Yeah but I don't have to listen to them they pay to listen to me"
Classic genius comeback 😃👏👏👏👏
I think Miles was going for. "shock effect." Yes he was racially victimized but I don't think he dwelled on it all the time...only when being interviewed by CNN...The short version was published on CNN.
@@gwensommersredwine2357 Hi Gwen great interview btw. I don't think it was shock effect. He was big news and being the artist he was his pride was hurting that this was something he couldn't control racism wouldn't appreciate his talent or charm and it made him angry. Of course not all of the time but maybe this particular day was significant for some apparent reason. Peace n love sister
@@johnjames945 You know perhaps so. He had a bunch of famous friends in Atlanta. They were all there I think...Peobo Bryson...Lonnie Liston Smith...two I actually knew. Right outside his dressing room...hub of activity!
@@gwensommersredwine2357 Now that's inside information. That's what I could listen to all day . What u just said take that flavour and break it down into a relevant format giving us what was actually happening that day after the cameras stopped rolling . I know u went to the after party eh sista c'mon 🤫🤭 with your fine self 🤭......sorry
@@capoislamort100 I just called her fine . Never asked for a marriage proposal u nut 🥜
Yes!!! Thank you!!!! 1Nation4Life
i fucking love miles
I feel you Miles. I have to get away too
I’m white and I feel the same way as Miles in what he said about whites and not being able to stand their voice. Lot of truth in the statements he made. I do t like how they portrayed him in that movie with what’s his name, Don something or other. To me that was disrespecting his name but that’s strictly my opinion. Thank you for this video.
I agree. I think Don was trying to make a better movie but lost creative control when he ran out of money and then a "co-writer" and producer came in and we ended up with that crap. I'm a little pissed to because I had a screenplay in mind before I heard Don Cheadle had announced in 2005 he was making a movie about Miles. What I had in mind was a young Miles leaving E. St. Louis and arriving in NYC, it would capture the times and flavor of living and playing in New York with Parker, Mingus, Dizzy, Powell, Monk etc., and then his descent into drug addiction then focusing on his rise from the ashes and ending with him signing with Columbia and headlining at Carnegie Hall.
agree
The man was a beast!!
Miles is a unreconstructed blackman
i like that shit
Don't forget it's his birthday tomm.Happy Birthday Miles!
Thank you!
You're welcome! I always liked it, but I didn't know at the time, how prophetic the lyrics would be just a very short time after the lates Jack Springer, and Bob Parlocha, began playing it regularly on their shows (KJAZ 92.7 FM)
Shirley Horn's "You Won't Forget Me" with guest Miles Davis.
It's on YT
Good interview: must have been intimidating. What he said sbout feeling his music resonates: he really was in touch with his genius, even if he might have been difficult.
Buying a house in France was probably based on his visit to James Baldwin.
always cool AF
He respects you.
He look like Snoop Dogg Pops
Please don't insult Miles that way. He does not look like the dumb dog dude!
Long live Miles!
@@Modernaire A snobby, pretentious jazz fan, I can't believe it 😒
this ripped out my heart
This is an interview that took place in 1985, not 1995
Who the eff is disputing the date??
I hope it is, because in 1995 Miles Davis would have been a 3 year old corpse.
exactly
@@joecool9739 you mean a 4 yr old corpse.
there is an onscreen caption near the beginning that says 1995
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Miles is a knowledgeable individual who has lived the entire spectrum of jazz and to get information from him , you hive to be fimilar with the environment of the complete scenario of the music scene. Miles is exposed to the social scene of the American way of life from black and white perspectives. The ups and downs of the black artists are silently dominant in his mind. His residence in the artform space was and is influenced by what has happened in the past and what was happening then.To have a conversation with him, one should be able to consult the past and intergrate it with the current to create reasonableness content for discussion which may lead to a rational engagement. It is believed that Miles is a difficult and complex person, but Dizzy has pointed out that Miles is a shy person with few words , he never introduced his men on stage or announce the songs he would just start playing . This is one of the limitation of Miles which was obvious to creators of the bebop times; but the man is gifted and that can't be ignored.
Miles said, "you're not going to ask me any silly questions?" She certainly did not.
His voice sounds better here
Miles!
wish I looked like him 4 years after death!
The Miles Davis interview was conducted at Atlanta’s Chastain Park in September of 1985. It was backstage where other celebrated musicians waited to see him, while he was talking to me. I wanted to probe especially when he spoke about his very privileged upbringing in Illinois and the reasons why he left the prestigious Juilliard School of Music. I felt it was important to let him flow and vent. Thank you all for your comments. GSR
+Gwen Sommers Redwine. you did a good job, your voice was calming....he was not e-z , he had his ways...thank u for the video 🌹
Gwen Sommers Redwine he’s from St Louis
@@gwensommersredwine2357 you did an incredible job with this interview. Asked intelligent and to the point questions and left Miles plenty room to speak. I cannot say this about the vast majority of his other interviews during that same period. Kudos.
Lol we corrected ❤the date...I thought
Miles had to go through his whole life listening to (some) white people talking a lot of bullshit around him. At around 8 minutes he's talking about feeling sick of white people's voices. Here's this guy who was so into art and music that he'll be remembered like Mozart or Beethoven, or Charlie Parker, and he had to tolerate these assholes chatting shit all the time. Interestingly he wanted to move to France to get away from this. I would guess, that in 2017, nothing much has changed. I would extend this, though. Miles felt it more intensely, because he was into such creative stuff, but I think many people, of any race, get tired of hearing assholes talking a lot of self-aggrandising balls around them all the time.
I am not sure what triggered those thoughts at that time.
i just listened again - he's following up from your question on reports that he felt discouraged by America and the racism there.
He said in an interview regarding his overt critique of white people; "The more I do it, the more of my records they buy, sometimes they the same record twice"
I think Miles is in need of a man named David duke. I started to like Miles but this racist stuff is ridiculous. I studied with a trumpet teacher named Bill vacchiano at Juilliard. miles had him for classical teaching at Juilliard Bill Vacchiano told me . that Miles hated Italians or whites so he talked about BIll in his book as being the Worst teacher he had when William Vacchiano is considered Royalty and is the greatest Classical teacher in the Whole Fucking World. "Take that to the bank"
+Ronnie's Lists NO!!!you take it to the bank! Miles experienced alot of racism, that never leaves u and he can say what he wants or dislike who ever....your opinion dont mean nothing....you are why he didnt like white people...so keep your negative commits to yourself ""whitey""👻
Ah...I think this was 1985... Miles passed away in '91.
Please release all of your old clips! Please…
Miles was criticized by black musicians for having a white man in his band and Davis replied:
"Find me a brother who can play guitar as good as John McLaughlin and I'll hire him too."
L E G E N D
PEABO!!! There's only ONE and we know who that was. WOW!
Even though I'm 100% Caucasian, I can completely relate to Miles when he says he gets sick of hearing white people. Whether it's at a family dinner table or a crowded public event, their superficial, self-absorbed bullshit gives me the creeps at times.
lol....okay. Thannk you. Gwen
He was talking about the racist things he heard as a child, and was still hearing as a highly accomplished older Black man. I guess he was mistaken in thinking Whites would eventually change. WRONG!