When I was about 15, my guitar teacher told me that Miles' solo on this track was everything a jazz solo should be. Now, 40 years later, after 1000s of hours practice, and teaching, gigging, listening, I agree.
Hardtop Harry Lol I'm 15 and I was told to go listen to Miles's solo because it was the quintessential jazz solo. By a guitar teacher. Yesterday. What a coincidence
I am 73 and had the privilege of meeting many of the musicians in this line-up. These musicians are like GODS. When they play it is like they are making a profound statement.
Well, anything that's good in your opinion, I'm kinda new to Jazz so I wouldn't know what to look for exactly.Aslong as it's pretty unknown, since I can find my way through most things that are pretty known.
My Dad use to listen to this when I was a little girl. It reminds me of times when I felt safe and that nothing could harm me. I thought my dad was a super hero. I thank him for giving me a side of African American culture that I may have never been introduced to. Smooth chill vibes.
Paula Jarrett I liked this comment... my dad used to play this and I would fall asleep to it not knowing or really caring who miles Davis was cause I was 10... now I’m 19 turning 20 in July and I adore jazz to the point of me taking a jazz history college course!
I've loved jazz since I was a little boy. I remember listening to A Day in the Life by Wes Montgomery March 1, 1969 when we moved into our new home in the Avalon Park neighborhood on Chicago's Southside. I fell in love with jazz then as a five year old boy.
Nice memories you got! But dear Paula, do you mention, let's say, "Eastern European culture" or "Jewish culture" when you write about "Puttin' on the Ritz" or "God Bless America" songs? Or do you mention any kind of "White culture" when you write about the Declaration of Independence or Disney movies? Just curious.
I am almost scared of listening to this too much. I think I first heard it in the sixties when I was about six or seven. It had an extraordinary effect on me as I did not really understand music and experienced it as an almost hypnotic force. The past fifty plus years has educated my ears, but my obsession with music has also meant things are less mysterious. My fear is in losing the vague memory of how it affected me all those years ago and instead understand it too well.
La BUENA Musica amigo, produce en el ser humano efectos extraordinarios !!!! y, tambien EDUCA tu oido y GUSTO Musical. Yo soy fanatico del genero JAZZ y la CLASICA de los Grandes Maestros que incluye la musica LIRICA...saludos desde Peru...
@@luisastetecanal3599 Gracias por tu comentario. Sí, creo que la buena música nos afecta profundamente y nos afecta la forma en que experimentamos el mundo y a nosotros mismos. ¡Saludos desde Inglaterra!
Mile's music was revolutionary in the jazz world but a lot of people don't understand why. It's not that he made jazz more complex, it's really the opposite (at least for this era). The bebop and hard bop era songs were mostly complex chord progressions filled with up to 20 chords or more in one song which left very little time for the soloist to explore each one. You basically had to adhere to the chords the whole time. In a way it was like navigating a complex maze. If you didn't know the maze, you'd get totally lost without a map (chord chart). If you knew the maze well, you could get through it quickly and smoothly, even with some personal flair, but even then there still wasn't a lot of room to move around. Miles wanted instead to just stay on one or two chords for a long time and let the soloist explore them more deeply and fully, so it's actually very simplified in terms of harmony but the possibilities in terms of solos are opened up. Instead of a maze, this was more like a couple of large rooms. Think instead of a complex choreographed dance number, you rather have one dancer allowed to use almost the whole stage and be more individually expressive. I think this is why his music tends to be a lot more accessible to people who aren't normally jazz listeners. It's actually a lot simpler in terms of harmony, but it leaves a lot of room for the soloists to be very expressive with their personal voices
Covid-19 Stressing You Out? Turn This On And Unwind... I'm an ex gang member now saved by The Blood of Jesus. Been out of LA for 4 years with my wife and 4 children in Arizona. God used Jazz to mellow me out. I have a 2 year old son and I named him Miles David. I am 33 and I AM IN LOVE WITH JAZZ MUSIC... GOD BLESS ALL WHO READ THIS...
Joshua Collins Mr. Collins, good luck to you and your family and it’s good to hear you’re having success in your life. We all go through difficult times but true belief of your higher power and whatever it may be, music has always been my savior and Miles Davis Chet Baker listening to Ron Bonham the drummer from Led Zeppelin who was inspired from all great jazz drummers, these guys blow me away. I’m proud of you even though I don’t know you and your job now Is to take care of your children, your family and yourself most definitely. Enjoy jazz and mellow out when you get stressed. God bless and stay healthy.
0:00-0:33 Introduction 0:33-1:31 Head (32 Measures, AABA) 1:31-3:24 Trumpet Solo (3 Choruses) 3:24-5:15 Tenor Sax Solo (2 Choruses) 5:15-7:05 Alto Saxophone Solo (2 Choruses) 7:05-8:01 Piano Solo (1 Chorus) 8:01-8:55 Bass Solo/Head Out
1959 was the year for the coolest Jazz, Blakey, Davis, Brubeck, Mingus, Coleman, Monk, Gillespie, Fitzgerald, Hawkins, Evans, Kenton, truly the apex year for the best Jazz, don't forget Coltrane
@@javablanca547 Blakey, Davis, Brubeck, Mingus, Coleman, Monk, Gillespie, Fitzgerald, Hawkins, Evans, Kenton, truly the apex year for the best Jazz, don't forget Coltrane
I’m 13 and these types of songs especially by miles Davis are truly amazing. I have one friend at school, his name is leon, and he is into jazz like I am. I play bass, he plays drums. We used to hire out music studios in our school but we stopped because the equipment was terrible. On the bus home every day we put in one earphone and play new jazz songs that sounded cool. We love this song. Shame that most kids in my school still listen to pop and hip hop. Don’t get me wrong, some pop songs are great, but a majority of them are terrible. Wish more kids liked this... Edit: im nearly 16 now and found this comment again, lots changed. Leon moved school but we still showing new stuff to each other all the time. We went to a local jazz gig about two weeks ago which was great. We also got offered the chance after the gig to join a youth jazz band, not really sure whats happening with it but it sounds fun! And even better my dad has planned to take us up to ronnie scotts in london sometime in the near future. Veeeeery excited :)
Finally, a man of TRUE culture! It was about time someone spoke to the truth. I am genuinely confused as to why my fellow peers enjoy repetitive hip hop songs. I much prefer jazz. With lack of better words, it just makes sense to me. Sincerely, Yet another 13 year old.
Dont shame them please get them into Americas greatest cultural contribution to the world . it is inclusive to us all. We need the youth to not let this die.
I'm a 15 year old who has been OBSESSED with jazz harmony and the idea of music theory for a couple of years now. It's come to the point where i can basically make somewhat Jacob Collier style chords and progressions. But i failed to notice that i haven't even touched the older jazz standards of any kind. Starting off with Miles Davis and this song has been an awesome journey so far, and i still have so much to uncover from the jazz iceberg. What an incredible experience this has been so far, and hats off to these amazing jazz players and musicians who have paved the way of the jazz we know today.
@@eltakatan1173 In terms of the chords it's actually extremely simple, the whole song is basically just 2 chords. Really they are just in one scale (D Dorian) then they shift up a half step to D# Dorian for the B section, then back down. That's it. The soloist is free to do whatever they want within those scales or even outside of them so that's why it can sound complex but the underlying chords are very simple
Miles' music (from this era at least) I think is a lot easier for non jazz-listeners to understand since there are far fewer chords and fewer notes from outside the scale (called chromatic notes). This song is really just staying in one scale for a long time, then moving up a half step for a while then back down. It's a very simple and strong foundation and backdrop for the soloists to play over
The solos! OMG! Miles: sharp, cool, elegant. Coltrane: serious as Buddha, resolute, other-worldly. Cannonball: a butterfly in a summer's garden, playful, beautiful. Evans: hunched over the keys channelling Debussy and Ravel. Sublime stuff, and it changed the face of jazz in a heartbeat.
This album was old 50 years ago and yet it still is a masterpiece performed by one of the greatest jazz bands of all time. Cherish the memories and the music. 🙏
Jazz reminds me of my granny who grew up in St.Louis/Chicago during this era, and she and her brother brought me and my brothers on jazz. I knew jazz before I knew hip hop and I'm 26. Everybody calls me old or weird for listening to jazz, only if they knew the benefits of just letting a record play and letting all those notes just soak into you. Its therapeutic for me
Nathaniel Kinsey I’m a 19 year old college freshman who learned about jazz from my dad and he also taught me rock n roll too and I love music! So much so I’m taking a college course right now on jazz history
My late father was a merchant seaman in the late 50's early 60's, and on his trips from Liverpool, England to NYC his ship would dock at Pier 90,West 50th Street,and he would always head to the record stores in and around Midtown Manhattan, to buy the latest releases before they became available in the UK. 'Kind of Blue was one of the gems he purchased,and I've loved it ever since then. Bill Evans' playing is sublime.
.La BUENA Musica amigo, produce en el ser humano efectos extraordinarios !!!! y, tambien EDUCA tu oido y GUSTO Musical. Yo soy fanatico desde hace muchos anos del genero JAZZ y la CLASICA de los Grandes Maestros que incluye la musica LIRICA... y hoy que tengo 71 anos de edad los sigo escuchando y viendo, saludos desde Peru...
I'm 76 and have felt the same way about a number of events in my life. But you have to remember that your 24 years prior to hearing this song were setting the stage for your acceptance and appreciation of the tune. Just as hearing this song will be a stepping stone to something else. Happy birthday and wishes for many more steps upward.
For some reason, I wanted to hear this, today. I almost broke down and cried- the beauty overwhelmed me. This grabbed all of me even though I am convinced I've hear it a million times in the past. This is the kind of good old days that captures me- heartfelt, lovely, warm, kindred....
The Coltrane solo on this helps me do difficult things: lifting a car, extinguishing a fire with bare feet, withdrawing cash at any ATM without putting a card in, saving far more than 50% on car insurance, stopping muggings in various cities while sitting home... etc. Pretty decent tune. I bet this album will be huge.
Straight up I'm 48 years old and have played in metal bands and toured for yrs, retired 7 yrs ago but this album was always in MY rotation, definitely one of the best albums of all time
@@LarsVision Uhhhhh...that would be Jimmy Cobb on drums. He preceded Tony, who was the drummer for Miles' subsequent quintet, which also included Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass, and Wayne Shorter on saxophone. This legendary ensemble along with Jimmy included, Paul Chambers on double bass, Bill Evans on piano, Wynton Kelly on piano for one track (Freddie Freeloader, which he wrote) and of course, Miles, 'Trane, and The Cannonball...Timeless!
The basslines are so good and complement the piece so well that the bassist at a point during each horn solo literally just plays one note over and over again and I can see the string he’s hitting vibrating in my mind’s eye. To me, it’s the pinnacle of the song it just folds you in deeper and deeper into the song with each hit of that one string/ note and then boom it’s walking again
+David Arbelaez Yes, in the book by Mark Levine, it is pointed out that this song is a typical example of Modal Jazz, few chords and more spaces. I'm yet to read more on that.
+Vaibhav Joshi well that certainly isn't the definition of Modal Jazz, but it can be a characteristic of modal songs in general: On non modal jazz the soloing based on arpegiating differently in every chord (say autumn leaves) - the more chords you have the more soloing possibilities. In modal jazz you can wreck and mess around in one or more modes/scales in a very basic chord structure.
+Vaibhav Joshi modal jazz simply refers to the chord-scale relationships used for example, in a 2-5-1 the 2 can be Dorian, the 5 mixolydian and the 1ionian and so on
I was around 60 years old and I was tweaking with the tune knob on my radio one Saturday night. This track was playing. My life took a new direction. Awesome is too weak a word to describe this music
This is the first music I ever heard.in my life. My daddy introduced Jazz into my and my siblings lives as baby's. I will forever be grateful to him for that. This music enables me to see the brilliance of my people, Black people, in a way nothing else can. Whenever I hear Miles, Coletrane, Dizzy, or Max Roach, I think of my daddy and that old record player.
Paul Chambers on bass, sets up the entire session and creates the octave and rhythmic variations. A classic example of a perfective lead instrument often thought of as a backup accompaniment.
As much as I love other genres of music ( soul, funk, Rnb, hip-hop (especially 90s), classical (especially 1800s) and anything that sounds soulful, bluesy or jazzy...) every time I listen to jazz I feel like this is the crowning achievement of all music. It has the perfect balance of sexy, groovy, sensuous, danceable and brainy, sensitive and subtle. And that blue note! Perfection made sound!
Same for me. I’m a major rock head, stated as a pure punk fan and then later my taste widened, but there just nothing like this stuff. As much as I’m in love with Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, this album has a special place in my heart
Gone 30 years today but forever missed! There was nobody like you Miles. Your talent was a gift from God and we had the pleasure of it and you for 36 years. Thank you!
I've often thought and wondered if Philly Joe Jones, would have been the drummer on this album, would it sound somewhat slightly different ( just saying ) Anyway, Peace to all.
I love all of Miles which I have listen to since I was three, I’m seventy now. But his ultimate is SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND, which he released shortly before his death. I feel this is what his whole life has lead him to.😊
This music brings me back to my childhood, my dad would play it on the weekends while he cooked when i was little and he is my absolute all-time hero and best friend, this music brings me such joy ♡ i heard a snippet of it in a show the other day and i had to ask my dad the name of the tune right away, it is so peaceful ♡ reminds me of those happy days so much
In a hundred even two hundred years and more.. . People will look at this as though generations have mozart and beethoven. But; actually be able to listen and watch old footage of the grand masters performing their genius.
Seeing his face and listening to this song the whole vibe just kind of makes me sad a nostalgia I’ve never experienced but can feel from the outside looking in
That intro pulls u in then the build up then it lowers as if you’re sneaking around then all of a sudden Boom that drum drops on you. Amazing!!! That drum and that bass just keeps u there as that creamy trumpet doesnt stop to amaze…that brass!! wowwwwww
There's a sort of purity in this sound that's almost unique - the simplicity of listening to an incredibly complex arrangement never fails to excite, enthrall & amaze me. This truly is a masterpiece in my opinion.
Mr P.C. : Paul Chambers, men ! Hey dude did you forget or ignore the importance of that man at the contrebasse ? For the humility in sound and in the respect of silence, for the constance of his timing, for the natural elegance , for his genius of simplicity, thank you Paul Chambers, you gave so much !
This album is a true great in the history of music let alone jazz. Miles Davis to me is the leader of the jazz world. He had the vision, the knowledge and most of all the ability to be the greatest. His music with Gil Evans on other albums is out of this world. Those two genius’s together had a magic that those who have never heard their albums are missing out on, the beauty of all that is great in this cynical broken angry and violent world.
This music takes me back to my childhood times when my Dad would wake me up to playing this song & my mind would drift off wondering how many instruments were involved to collaborate such timeless music that I still love today.
People don’t give Paul Chambers enough credit for this album and these bass lines. I mean in this song alone there’s hours of dissection simply on how he articulates the change from D to Eb!!!
NUNCA me canso de escuchar este GRAN tema del GENIAL Miles Davis !!!! aqui en mi pais Peru, o en los tiempos en que vivi en Pensilvania - USA o en Granby- Canada...
Bill Evans and Miles are the best duo. I’ve never heard such a world sung between two people. They really resonated with each other. It’s so clear. Bill’s densely delicate harmonics. Miles’ reaching and poignant melodic paths. It’s of a dream. No one could’ve done this but them. No one.
Attended a friend's funeral yesterday and this was the opening song. I thought that was pure genius. I'm sure he either pre-selected it or would have heartily approved.
There is no piece of music 'cooler' than this. This is the pinnacle of Mid-20th Century music for me, and will likely stand the test of time long after I'm dead and gone. R.I.P Miles.
This isn't ''Jazz'' this is what every European Romantic Composer/Musician dreamed of doing. Improv. This is Music, pure organic, clear Music. Like water. Free. ''Americans don't like Art all they like is making money'' - Miles Davis 1955.
It is certainly one of the best. I personally like Sunny Side of the Strip. It's a live album with the George Shearing Quintet. Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet is also a contender for best jazz album of all time. Just my opinion.
You can't help it but marvel at the luxurious basslines & gentle piano chords on this hauntingly magnificent touch of modal Jazz, the genius that is Miles Davis in his trumpestious pomp, ably assisted by a great cast such the legendary John Coltrane, now this is Jazz heaven
We are fortunate- blessed to still be able to hear this break-through recording from 1959. Breathtaking in so many ways. The bass leading with the melody, Coltrane with "sheets" of sound, Miles so straight and beautiful, Evans with under chords nobody could do as well. A masterpiece.
In our band class one day, we were talking about jazz musicians. Someone brings up Miles Davis. So I say "Miles Davis? So what?" They were so pissed for a second until they realized I was making a pun.
@Nickhead87 Actually the key thing here is probably the flippant attitude. If he'd have said "I'm not really a fan" or even "I don't like Miles Davis" he may not have gotten the same response.
No matter how rough a time I'm going through, this has been my therapy song for several years and it's worked every time. Always makes me look back at whatever I was upset about, now with enough confidence to say "So what?"
The last surviving participant from this album. Sadly not many of that generation left, to say the least. I mean, who’s still with us? Sonny Rollins, Benny Golson, Roy Haynes, Richard Davis, Barry Harris... who am I missing?
I'm 14 and I like this jazz player, when I was 12, I studied on this music in music class and until now I have this song on my head (Sorry for bad English, I'm learning)😅
When I was about 15, my guitar teacher told me that Miles' solo on this track was everything a jazz solo should be. Now, 40 years later, after 1000s of hours practice, and teaching, gigging, listening, I agree.
Your guitar teacher is correct.
the 10.000 hour rule
Hardtop Harry Piano solo on David Bowie's song Aladdin Sane.
Hardtop Harry Lol I'm 15 and I was told to go listen to Miles's solo because it was the quintessential jazz solo. By a guitar teacher. Yesterday. What a coincidence
Hardtop Harry 8b
I am 73 and had the privilege of meeting many of the musicians in this line-up. These musicians are like GODS. When they play it is like they are making a profound statement.
Roy Davis You're so lucky!
I think that is the opinion of most of us
Amen
they're like gods but they existed(exist)
very true
1:31 Miles Davis 🎺
3:26 John Coltrane 🎷
5:16 Cannonball Adderley 🎷
7:06 Bill Evans 🎹
Thanks!👍
Thank you.
Don't forget Charlie Mingus. I don't know who was on percussion.
One of the most stacked lineups in history
@@ihategooglereally2027It was actually Paul Chambers on this record
I can dig as deep into the rarest and most obscure jazz as I have done all my life, but in the end, all roads lead here......
+Mr223P could you please recommend me some obscure jazz?
+Morla D. Ancient One it would be my pleasure. But can you give me some guidelines into what sort of thing you are looking for??
Well, anything that's good in your opinion, I'm kinda new to Jazz so I wouldn't know what to look for exactly.Aslong as it's pretty unknown, since I can find my way through most things that are pretty known.
+Morla D. Ancient One do you happen to know who David Liebman is?
@@asellape9270 on the corner?
My Dad use to listen to this when I was a little girl. It reminds me of times when I felt safe and that nothing could harm me. I thought my dad was a super hero. I thank him for giving me a side of African American culture that I may have never been introduced to. Smooth chill vibes.
Perfect.
Paula Jarrett I liked this comment... my dad used to play this and I would fall asleep to it not knowing or really caring who miles Davis was cause I was 10... now I’m 19 turning 20 in July and I adore jazz to the point of me taking a jazz history college course!
I've loved jazz since I was a little boy. I remember listening to A Day in the Life by Wes Montgomery March 1, 1969 when we moved into our new home in the Avalon Park neighborhood on Chicago's Southside. I fell in love with jazz then as a five year old boy.
the piano player is white
Nice memories you got! But dear Paula, do you mention, let's say, "Eastern European culture" or "Jewish culture" when you write about "Puttin' on the Ritz" or "God Bless America" songs? Or do you mention any kind of "White culture" when you write about the Declaration of Independence or Disney movies? Just curious.
This whole album is like a warm blanket on an icy January evening.
Or a Manhattan Autumn gaze out your 33rd floor hotel room's window at 2 AM sipping a cool drink, chillin with a million.
...Or a rural drive with the lights low on a brisk, clear fall night.
I'm literally lying in bed under a blanket on an icy January morning in Chicago listening to this incomparable album
@@ChiRedWhiteBlue same thing for me here in buffalo
or a cold beer on a hot Florida beach!!😎🙏🏿😃
"I don't often take smoke breaks, but when I do them, I do them in the middle of the coolest song ever."--Miles
U had a break, So What, next time Take Five.
The Matrix has you…
Follow the white rabbit 🐇
_reads this while enjoying my J_
@@SimonMcGrath-oj8kg
😂👍🏽
He prolly smoked Kools.
I am a metal head but jazz is my rest moment. Love it and respect it. Music is for everybody.
Me too. 🤘🏽😎
There would be no Metal or Rock n' Roll if it weren't for this. I'm like you, a metal head indeed, but know and respect this!
It's a BIG tent.
im a jazz head but metal is my gym music when i need to DESTROY SHIT
I feel the same way. Sometimes its slipknot, sometimes its Dave Brubeck. Music tastes and vary so much in one listener.
By a show of hands who loves this song?
🖐🏻
I do, man, always have...always will.
@@jameswhite7128 Nice. What other songs of Miles do you Love?
107k hands and counting
@@dnikoevans9902 108k now
Having a bad day? No worries, get someplace where you can be alone, throw on this tune and all will be right in the world again.
So true miles is the man too take way the blues and bring joy
❤
exactly!!!!!!!!
So accurate.
Watch some adult swim too
I am almost scared of listening to this too much. I think I first heard it in the sixties when I was about six or seven. It had an extraordinary effect on me as I did not really understand music and experienced it as an almost hypnotic force. The past fifty plus years has educated my ears, but my obsession with music has also meant things are less mysterious. My fear is in losing the vague memory of how it affected me all those years ago and instead understand it too well.
Alun49 wow that’s deep I feel the same
La BUENA Musica amigo, produce en el ser humano efectos extraordinarios !!!! y, tambien EDUCA tu oido y GUSTO Musical. Yo soy fanatico del genero JAZZ y la CLASICA de los Grandes Maestros que incluye la musica LIRICA...saludos desde Peru...
I completely understand. Like when you understand something "too" well, you miss the simplicity of the vague idea and enjoying it for existing. 🙌🙌
So what? Get out!!
@@luisastetecanal3599 Gracias por tu comentario. Sí, creo que la buena música nos afecta profundamente y nos afecta la forma en que experimentamos el mundo y a nosotros mismos. ¡Saludos desde Inglaterra!
Mile's music was revolutionary in the jazz world but a lot of people don't understand why. It's not that he made jazz more complex, it's really the opposite (at least for this era).
The bebop and hard bop era songs were mostly complex chord progressions filled with up to 20 chords or more in one song which left very little time for the soloist to explore each one. You basically had to adhere to the chords the whole time. In a way it was like navigating a complex maze. If you didn't know the maze, you'd get totally lost without a map (chord chart). If you knew the maze well, you could get through it quickly and smoothly, even with some personal flair, but even then there still wasn't a lot of room to move around.
Miles wanted instead to just stay on one or two chords for a long time and let the soloist explore them more deeply and fully, so it's actually very simplified in terms of harmony but the possibilities in terms of solos are opened up. Instead of a maze, this was more like a couple of large rooms. Think instead of a complex choreographed dance number, you rather have one dancer allowed to use almost the whole stage and be more individually expressive.
I think this is why his music tends to be a lot more accessible to people who aren't normally jazz listeners. It's actually a lot simpler in terms of harmony, but it leaves a lot of room for the soloists to be very expressive with their personal voices
Very well said!
Covid-19 Stressing You Out? Turn This On And Unwind... I'm an ex gang member now saved by The Blood of Jesus. Been out of LA for 4 years with my wife and 4 children in Arizona. God used Jazz to mellow me out. I have a 2 year old son and I named him Miles David. I am 33 and I AM IN LOVE WITH JAZZ MUSIC... GOD BLESS ALL WHO READ THIS...
Jazz soothes the soul.
Great , Joshua Collins! We need more stories like this. Thank you for the blessing. You are a good soul.Love from Italy.
Joshua Collins Mr. Collins, good luck to you and your family and it’s good to hear you’re having success in your life. We all go through difficult times but true belief of your higher power and whatever it may be, music has always been my savior and Miles Davis Chet Baker listening to Ron Bonham the drummer from Led Zeppelin who was inspired from all great jazz drummers, these guys blow me away. I’m proud of you even though I don’t know you and your job now Is to take care of your children, your family and yourself most definitely. Enjoy jazz and mellow out when you get stressed. God bless and stay healthy.
Glad you saw the light my brother! Take care of the babies and teach them the wisdom you've acquired!
God bless
0:00-0:33 Introduction
0:33-1:31 Head (32 Measures, AABA)
1:31-3:24 Trumpet Solo (3 Choruses)
3:24-5:15 Tenor Sax Solo (2 Choruses)
5:15-7:05 Alto Saxophone Solo (2 Choruses)
7:05-8:01 Piano Solo (1 Chorus)
8:01-8:55 Bass Solo/Head Out
hey! what do you mean by 3 choruses? it means they repeat that AABA form 3 times? can you explain more, please?
@@marco-xe9je Exactly, a chorus is each runthrough of the entire form.
1959 was the year for the coolest Jazz, Blakey, Davis, Brubeck, Mingus, Coleman, Monk, Gillespie, Fitzgerald, Hawkins, Evans, Kenton, truly the apex year for the best Jazz, don't forget Coltrane
Who?
@@javablanca547 Blakey, Davis, Brubeck, Mingus, Coleman, Monk, Gillespie, Fitzgerald, Hawkins, Evans, Kenton, truly the apex year for the best Jazz, don't forget Coltrane
I was born in 1959, a magic year.
Mind bending...todays music is pathetic
I’m 13 and these types of songs especially by miles Davis are truly amazing. I have one friend at school, his name is leon, and he is into jazz like I am. I play bass, he plays drums. We used to hire out music studios in our school but we stopped because the equipment was terrible. On the bus home every day we put in one earphone and play new jazz songs that sounded cool. We love this song. Shame that most kids in my school still listen to pop and hip hop. Don’t get me wrong, some pop songs are great, but a majority of them are terrible. Wish more kids liked this...
Edit: im nearly 16 now and found this comment again, lots changed. Leon moved school but we still showing new stuff to each other all the time. We went to a local jazz gig about two weeks ago which was great. We also got offered the chance after the gig to join a youth jazz band, not really sure whats happening with it but it sounds fun! And even better my dad has planned to take us up to ronnie scotts in london sometime in the near future. Veeeeery excited :)
You are the coolest 13 year old I've read about.
Sincerely,
Another 13 year old
Finally, a man of TRUE culture! It was about time someone spoke to the truth. I am genuinely confused as to why my fellow peers enjoy repetitive hip hop songs. I much prefer jazz. With lack of better words, it just makes sense to me.
Sincerely,
Yet another 13 year old.
Dont shame them please get them into Americas greatest cultural contribution to the world . it is inclusive to us all. We need the youth to not let this die.
I'm a 15 year old who has been OBSESSED with jazz harmony and the idea of music theory for a couple of years now. It's come to the point where i can basically make somewhat Jacob Collier style chords and progressions. But i failed to notice that i haven't even touched the older jazz standards of any kind. Starting off with Miles Davis and this song has been an awesome journey so far, and i still have so much to uncover from the jazz iceberg. What an incredible experience this has been so far, and hats off to these amazing jazz players and musicians who have paved the way of the jazz we know today.
Keep it up , little brother
I'm not a huge jazz fan. But I could listen to this all day. It's simple and sophisticated. Relaxing and smooth. But full of life. Just love it.
i mean, simple… i dont think it is simple at all
Another metal head here my dude. Tony Iommi is a big jazz fan Joe Pass is a big influence on him.
@@eltakatan1173Then you should read the liner notes on the album cover that Bill Evans wrote … very simple.
@@eltakatan1173 In terms of the chords it's actually extremely simple, the whole song is basically just 2 chords. Really they are just in one scale (D Dorian) then they shift up a half step to D# Dorian for the B section, then back down. That's it. The soloist is free to do whatever they want within those scales or even outside of them so that's why it can sound complex but the underlying chords are very simple
Miles' music (from this era at least) I think is a lot easier for non jazz-listeners to understand since there are far fewer chords and fewer notes from outside the scale (called chromatic notes). This song is really just staying in one scale for a long time, then moving up a half step for a while then back down. It's a very simple and strong foundation and backdrop for the soloists to play over
This piece is more than music to me. It's a bond for me and my granddaughter....thank God for these musicians!
The solos! OMG! Miles: sharp, cool, elegant. Coltrane: serious as Buddha, resolute, other-worldly. Cannonball: a butterfly in a summer's garden, playful, beautiful. Evans: hunched over the keys channelling Debussy and Ravel. Sublime stuff, and it changed the face of jazz in a heartbeat.
sharp? I would say he`s perfectly in tune ;)
Written
Everybody in the USA needs to chill out with Miles🙏😎🌎 Peace 🕊️🕊️🕊️
Ahh. DeBussy. I love Debussy. Sometimes all I can think about is Debussy.
Beautifully put.🥰
Pure jazz genius, a Black American artform jazz, our classical music
How right you are...take the black out of most music and...it dont swing the same. Have a blessed day.
Dave Brubeck..
How about
A true American art form.
@@mansakonko7777 have a blessed day too
This album was old 50 years ago and yet it still is a masterpiece performed by one of the greatest jazz bands of all time. Cherish the memories and the music. 🙏
Jazz reminds me of my granny who grew up in St.Louis/Chicago during this era, and she and her brother brought me and my brothers on jazz. I knew jazz before I knew hip hop and I'm 26. Everybody calls me old or weird for listening to jazz, only if they knew the benefits of just letting a record play and letting all those notes just soak into you. Its therapeutic for me
Miles equals baddd Jazz for sure calms the mind. A dollar in my pocket add jazz I'm there 😎😎😎
Phuck em.. Jazz is real music.. I can't believe ppl actually think somebody rappin over trap beats think that's music.. Keep doing you homie
Im 38 nate..same here.. Along with a spliff of dro !!
Nathaniel Kinsey I’m a 19 year old college freshman who learned about jazz from my dad and he also taught me rock n roll too and I love music! So much so I’m taking a college course right now on jazz history
I face the same problem to brother and we are the same age I love jazz music and soul music, you kno I lik a little of everything
Miles and John playing together: wonderful.
This was a band made in heaven. Each one of them are true jazz gods. Just pure perfection
Agreed 💯
For Jimmy Cobb, the drummer on this. Godspeed and good journey, Jimmy Cobb.
Kind of evil plan but i like it
My late father was a merchant seaman in the late 50's early 60's, and on his trips from Liverpool, England to NYC his ship would dock at Pier 90,West 50th Street,and he would always head to the record stores in and around Midtown Manhattan, to buy the latest releases before they became available in the UK. 'Kind of Blue was one of the gems he purchased,and I've loved it ever since then. Bill Evans' playing is sublime.
.La BUENA Musica amigo, produce en el ser humano efectos extraordinarios !!!! y, tambien EDUCA tu oido y GUSTO Musical. Yo soy fanatico desde hace muchos anos del genero JAZZ y la CLASICA de los Grandes Maestros que incluye la musica LIRICA... y hoy que tengo 71 anos de edad los sigo escuchando y viendo, saludos desde Peru...
@@luisastetecanal3599 tienes razon amigo
I turned 23 today and only just discovered this. My life has only just begun.
well, happy birthday, I am myself turning 24 in a few months
I'll be 29 in November. I feel old now.
Magic awaits you guys.
Another hint, Szabo 'Dreams'
I'm 76 and have felt the same way about a number of events in my life. But you have to remember that your 24 years prior to hearing this song were setting the stage for your acceptance and appreciation of the tune. Just as hearing this song will be a stepping stone to something else. Happy birthday and wishes for many more steps upward.
Shit. Your a tadpole. Go get a marantz receiver from 1973. And a pair of conwalls from the 80s. And a nice vintage record player. Get back w me
No matter where you came from, music led you here
True!
The perfect jazz song
Is it any wonder we don't hear this quality of music any more?
For some reason, I wanted to hear this, today. I almost broke down and cried- the beauty overwhelmed me. This grabbed all of me even though I am convinced I've hear it a million times in the past. This is the kind of good old days that captures me- heartfelt, lovely, warm, kindred....
The Coltrane solo on this helps me do difficult things: lifting a car, extinguishing a fire with bare feet, withdrawing cash at any ATM without putting a card in, saving far more than 50% on car insurance, stopping muggings in various cities while sitting home... etc. Pretty decent tune. I bet this album will be huge.
Whew, Davis' intro is perfection, and then you have Coltrane coming in and it's even more perfection.
yea i listen to this for Tranes and Cannonballs solos
i heard on a documentary that the intro was fully improvised
The entire album was improvised.The best jazz album ever.
Well EXCUSE the fuck out of me.
Who the fuck is he to prove such a measly point?
Straight up I'm 48 years old and have played in metal bands and toured for yrs, retired 7 yrs ago but this album was always in MY rotation, definitely one of the best albums of all time
Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Bill Evans. A Mt. Rushmore of jazz players.
Just read your observation . Quite astute . Glad I am not alone in this regard.
daddyohoh1
Would simply argue that the Cannonball has also carved his caricature into the pantheon of jazz's immortals.👑🎸🎵
As great as they were nothing beat Miles, herbie, Ron, Wayne, and Tony
dont forget herbie
Okay, now let's add Roy Hargrove
The bass and piano are exquisite.
The trumpet is in a groove like no other
Paul Chambers and Bill Evans, in that order.
Well, the trumpet and the sax add a little to the piece too. No one is mentioning the drummer, though. Great ear for what's going on.
Drummer, Tony Williams contribution is making to a decent drive. A few bumps in the road make it an interesting journey.
@@LarsVision
Uhhhhh...that would be Jimmy Cobb on drums. He preceded Tony, who was the drummer for Miles' subsequent quintet, which also included Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass, and Wayne Shorter on saxophone. This legendary ensemble along with Jimmy included, Paul Chambers on double bass, Bill Evans on piano, Wynton Kelly on piano for one track (Freddie Freeloader, which he wrote) and of course, Miles, 'Trane, and The Cannonball...Timeless!
The basslines are so good and complement the piece so well that the bassist at a point during each horn solo literally just plays one note over and over again and I can see the string he’s hitting vibrating in my mind’s eye.
To me, it’s the pinnacle of the song it just folds you in deeper and deeper into the song with each hit of that one string/ note and then boom it’s walking again
In my humble opinion Kind of Blue was the greatest Jazz Album ever.
It is the best-selling jazz album of all time
You're not that far off
Not the most controversial opinion.
What a wonderful way to spend the evening...listening to Miles Davis as the world's problem melt away...Amen...in Jesus Name!
In Canada he's kilometer Davis
Wtf is an kilometerrrr 🦅
1.60934 Kilometer Davis to be exact
Take this like and F off
@@yunhyeokchoi648 FR FR
Hahaha
Listen to how Miles utilizes space in his solo on So What and notice how this rest makes the notes that he does play that much more effective.
+David Arbelaez Yes, in the book by Mark Levine, it is pointed out that this song is a typical example of Modal Jazz, few chords and more spaces. I'm yet to read more on that.
+David Arbelaez creation through subtraction
+Vaibhav Joshi well that certainly isn't the definition of Modal Jazz, but it can be a characteristic of modal songs in general: On non modal jazz the soloing based on arpegiating differently in every chord (say autumn leaves) - the more chords you have the more soloing possibilities. In modal jazz you can wreck and mess around in one or more modes/scales in a very basic chord structure.
+Vaibhav Joshi modal jazz simply refers to the chord-scale relationships used for example, in a 2-5-1 the 2 can be Dorian, the 5 mixolydian and the 1ionian and so on
"If you don't have anything to say, then shut up." -Miles Davis
The master of utilizing silence as part of music.
2019 and still one of the best jazz recordings ever produced
Bruh cut tha jazz man
I was around 60 years old and I was tweaking with the tune knob on my radio one Saturday night.
This track was playing.
My life took a new direction.
Awesome is too weak a word to describe this music
Tarde pero llegó a tu vida. Saludos.😊
This is almost 60 years old now, incredible music that will now & forever be timeless.
60!? My god....
that's known as a classic
@@oldgit4260 62 now.
When you listen to this, time slows way down, almost ceases
You said it better thanks
This is the first music I ever heard.in my life. My daddy introduced Jazz into my and my siblings lives as baby's. I will forever be grateful to him for that. This music enables me to see the brilliance of my people, Black people, in a way nothing else can. Whenever I hear Miles, Coletrane, Dizzy, or Max Roach, I think of my daddy and that old record player.
Paul Chambers on bass, sets up the entire session and creates the octave and rhythmic variations. A classic example of a perfective lead instrument often thought of as a backup accompaniment.
As much as I love other genres of music ( soul, funk, Rnb, hip-hop (especially 90s), classical (especially 1800s) and anything that sounds soulful, bluesy or jazzy...) every time I listen to jazz I feel like this is the crowning achievement of all music. It has the perfect balance of sexy, groovy, sensuous, danceable and brainy, sensitive and subtle. And that blue note! Perfection made sound!
Thanks from Italy
Oh yes I'm loving this, got same kind of CDs on a few artists of 20s to 30s 40s and so on. From fellow jazziteer
Same for me. I’m a major rock head, stated as a pure punk fan and then later my taste widened, but there just nothing like this stuff. As much as I’m in love with Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, this album has a special place in my heart
Give folk a try!
It truly is. It never gets old.
This song (and the entire album for that matter)just has a way of making everything
alright ...However brief ...
superbly sublime.
Tyrone Smith yep... everything gonna be alright.....
Gone 30 years today but forever missed! There was nobody like you Miles. Your talent was a gift from God and we had the pleasure of it and you for 36 years. Thank you!
I cannot wrap my head around how good this song sounds; it's fresh, new & exciting every single time. Timeless art.
A brief scroll of the comments reaffirmed my belief in the power of music! May the glorious sounds of Jazz live forever!
Listening to this reminds me of my Mama and Daddy…they would listen to Miles, Parker, Coltrane and more…their music blanketed our home…
Rest in peace Mr. Cobb! Thank you, thank you, thank you for all your wonderful music.
I've often thought and wondered if Philly Joe Jones, would have been the drummer on this album, would it sound somewhat slightly different ( just saying )
Anyway, Peace to all.
I love all of Miles which I have listen to since I was three, I’m seventy now. But his ultimate is SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND, which he released shortly before his death. I feel this is what his whole life has lead him to.😊
I’ll have to look into that. I have a buddy who only likes Miles’ later work.
This is one of those magic moments when everything came together just right.
This music brings me back to my childhood, my dad would play it on the weekends while he cooked when i was little and he is my absolute all-time hero and best friend, this music brings me such joy ♡ i heard a snippet of it in a show the other day and i had to ask my dad the name of the tune right away, it is so peaceful ♡ reminds me of those happy days so much
...Take Five, then :) Best wishes to your family....
In a hundred even two hundred years and more.. . People will look at this as though generations have mozart and beethoven. But; actually be able to listen and watch old footage of the grand masters performing their genius.
This album had to have been made in heaven.
My number 1.
It's on my afterlife playlist
The first song I go to for testing new speakers or headphones. Amazing piece!
***** No other way to hear it!
Niceeeeee
I go to anything on Steely Dan's Aja
Deacon Blues is the ultimate speaker testing song.
it's amazing music.. but it doesn't really test your speakers as such now does it...
I sincerely do not believe that Mr. Davis ever made a tune or album that I could not listen to. This gentlemen was pure genius.
Bitch's Brew?
@@GrampsEXCMARK Even that was a good album!
Seeing his face and listening to this song the whole vibe just kind of makes me sad a nostalgia I’ve never experienced but can feel from the outside looking in
That intro pulls u in then the build up then it lowers as if you’re sneaking around then all of a sudden Boom that drum drops on you. Amazing!!! That drum and that bass just keeps u there as that creamy trumpet doesnt stop to amaze…that brass!! wowwwwww
That's Paul Chambers bass and Jimmy Cobbs on drums
There's a sort of purity in this sound that's almost unique - the simplicity of listening to an incredibly complex arrangement never fails to excite, enthrall & amaze me. This truly is a masterpiece in my opinion.
Masterpiece In Deed! Literally 🌹🌺👑
In my opinion, your opinion is quite respected, man.
Since the invention of the album, there have only been five albums that were rated the most passionate, the most pure. This one left them all behind.
Saw Miles in Boston years ago - no other live performance has matched his. ♥️✝️♥️
3:26 one reason why this is the best jazz album of all time 🎷
Album changed my life. The vinyl sound is other worldly.
As a guitar player, this album really opened up my mind and playing to the sound of modes. Absolutely incredible and timeless masterpiece for sure.
Mr P.C. : Paul Chambers, men ! Hey dude did you forget or ignore the importance of that man at the contrebasse ? For the humility in sound and in the respect of silence, for the constance of his timing, for the natural elegance , for his genius of simplicity, thank you Paul Chambers, you gave so much !
You know a song is memorable when you can go a year without hearing it and still sing the solos note for note. Man was this one to remember.✊🏾
If more people in the world listened to this it would be a much better world!
Amen!
This album is a true great in the history of music let alone jazz. Miles Davis to me is the leader of the jazz world. He had the vision, the knowledge and most of all the ability to be the greatest. His music with Gil Evans on other albums is out of this world. Those two genius’s together had a magic that those who have never heard their albums are missing out on, the beauty of all that is great in this cynical broken angry and violent world.
doesn't get any better than this recording and level of musicianship
This music takes me back to my childhood times when my Dad would wake me up to playing this song & my mind would drift off wondering how many instruments were involved to collaborate such timeless music that I still love today.
same xD
People don’t give Paul Chambers enough credit for this album and these bass lines. I mean in this song alone there’s hours of dissection simply on how he articulates the change from D to Eb!!!
NUNCA me canso de escuchar este GRAN tema del GENIAL Miles Davis !!!! aqui en mi pais Peru, o en los tiempos en que vivi en Pensilvania - USA o en Granby- Canada...
Bill Evans and Miles are the best duo. I’ve never heard such a world sung between two people. They really resonated with each other. It’s so clear.
Bill’s densely delicate harmonics. Miles’ reaching and poignant melodic paths. It’s of a dream.
No one could’ve done this but them. No one.
Attended a friend's funeral yesterday and this was the opening song. I thought that was pure genius. I'm sure he either pre-selected it or would have heartily approved.
Jazz music is a miracle for this world.
There is no piece of music 'cooler' than this. This is the pinnacle of Mid-20th Century music for me, and will likely stand the test of time long after I'm dead and gone. R.I.P Miles.
This isn't ''Jazz'' this is what every European Romantic Composer/Musician dreamed of doing. Improv. This is Music, pure organic, clear Music. Like water. Free. ''Americans don't like Art all they like is making money'' - Miles Davis 1955.
Medicine...this is the elixir for whatever ails you.
Music
YES!
Goodnessttzle rrbrjrleveryouno
True, these healing sounds, the best!
Best Jazz you will ever hear my friends. We miss you my brother.
And Jimmy Cobb's crash at 1m32s on So What is prob the most majestic in jazz history!!
Some may argue, but I think this might be THE BEST jazz album of all-time
It is certainly one of the best. I personally like Sunny Side of the Strip. It's a live album with the George Shearing Quintet. Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet is also a contender for best jazz album of all time. Just my opinion.
You can make an argument, but the one thing that cannot be discussed is that you have good taste.
The most underrated Vevo account on youtube right now.
Hi - you got that right
Can I just say my whole list thelonious monk, Miles, sonny, lee Morgan, Coltrane, herbie Hancock Tommy Flanagan red garlan art Blakey
Hey bangsad :)
@@sandy10tahunyanglalu15 Don't say that it's rude.
Somebody had to write and perform the iconic jazz tune
of all time. An ultimate.
Jazz music is food for the soul 🙏🏽
Who could dislike this?
A complete idiot
Nowadays there are so many people who hate Jazz ...
Speaking the Truth ur right and it stinks
Agreed
Lots of people. Jazz is polarizing. I love the rhythms but the melodies sound either boring or unpleasant to my ears, generally speaking.
To Shastri who got me into jazz -this music is a gift to the ears.
Cannonball playing is so captivating.
You can't help it but marvel at the luxurious basslines & gentle
piano chords on this hauntingly magnificent touch of modal Jazz, the
genius that is Miles Davis in his trumpestious pomp, ably assisted by a
great cast such the legendary John Coltrane, now this is Jazz heaven
couldn't have said it better myself!
We are fortunate- blessed to still be able to hear this break-through recording from 1959. Breathtaking in so many ways. The bass leading with the melody, Coltrane with "sheets" of sound, Miles so straight and beautiful, Evans with under chords nobody could do as well. A masterpiece.
In our band class one day, we were talking about jazz musicians. Someone brings up Miles Davis. So I say "Miles Davis? So what?" They were so pissed for a second until they realized I was making a pun.
So What
@Nickhead87 Actually the key thing here is probably the flippant attitude. If he'd have said "I'm not really a fan" or even "I don't like Miles Davis" he may not have gotten the same response.
funny
Low effort Productions z You’re quick.
nerd
Music for the soul. I can't live without this...
I have this LP (it's BLUE vinyl!) and it IS everything an album should be! Pure Jazz PERFECTION 🩵🩵🩵
John Coltrane and Miles Davis, unmatched pair 🎼🎷🎺
One of the best basslines I've ever heard. Walked to perfection 🚶🏾♂️🚶🏾♂️🚶🏾♂️
No matter how rough a time I'm going through, this has been my therapy song for several years and it's worked every time. Always makes me look back at whatever I was upset about, now with enough confidence to say "So what?"
And don't forget Jimmy Cobb on drums passed away this past weekend at 91
The last surviving participant from this album. Sadly not many of that generation left, to say the least. I mean, who’s still with us? Sonny Rollins, Benny Golson, Roy Haynes, Richard Davis, Barry Harris... who am I missing?
@@icecreamforcrowhurst Kenny Garrett
I'm 14 and I like this jazz player, when I was 12, I studied on this music in music class and until now I have this song on my head
(Sorry for bad English, I'm learning)😅