FabSwingers.com forum: Miles Davis

By *ripfill OP Man
13 weeks ago

havant

Ok … surely there must be - but are there any fab Miles Davis fan fabber out there ?

Or similar - yes you guessed it Saturday night in

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By *iberius61Man
13 weeks ago

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People often ask what the first record I bought was, I'm not totally sure. But I am sure that Kind of Blue was the forst record I bought that I STILL listen too

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By *ripfill OP Man
13 weeks ago

havant

"People often ask what the first record I bought was, I'm not totally sure. But I am sure that Kind of Blue was the forst record I bought that I STILL listen too

Classic …

How wonderful

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By *iberius61Man
13 weeks ago

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"Ok …Or similar..."

I play saxophone (not very well yet sadly), on the similar note, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollings and a few of the other greats.

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By *ripfill OP Man
13 weeks ago

havant

"Ok …Or similar...

I play saxophone (not very well yet sadly), on the similar note, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollings and a few of the other greats."

Have you heard sonny Rollins “sweet chariot “ with bagpipes !!!!!

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By *iberius61Man
13 weeks ago

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"…Have you heard sonny Rollins “sweet chariot “ with bagpipes !!!!! "

Not that I remember, but there is an interesting girl pair, one plays bagpipes, the other violin. They cover some really off the wall stuff, like heavy metal tracks.

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By *easidersCouple
13 weeks ago

Wirral

Love some Miles Davis. But only *some* Miles Davis.

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By *iberius61Man
13 weeks ago

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"Love some Miles Davis. But only *some* Miles Davis.

To be fair I think that true for any artist, other than modern commercial music which tends to be very 'consistent'.

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By *ortySwitchMan
13 weeks ago

london

"Ok … surely there must be - but are there any fab Miles Davis fan fabber out there ?

Or similar - yes you guessed it Saturday night in

OH yes, BIG Miles Davis fan here. Lfit to the scaffold being my the first albulm of his that I bought, and is still my favorite.

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By *offiaCoolWoman
13 weeks ago

Kidsgrove

Never heard of him. Had to Google

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By *ildbillkidMan
13 weeks ago

where the road goes on forever

" birth of the cool" you type that in and it comes up 'mile Davis's kind of blue, chet baker , west coast jazz

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By *oydykeWoman
13 weeks ago

Southampton (they/them)

Yes, I love Miles Davis

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By *ripfill OP Man
13 weeks ago

havant

Phew I thought I was in a secret minority!

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By *omCoyoteMan
13 weeks ago

Northern England

There's a wonderful (perhaps apocraphal) story about Miles Davis when he was invited to the Reagan White House.

Nancy came up to Miles, and asked him; "what was he doing there". Miles replied - "well, I've changed the course music has taken three or four times. What have you done Ma'am, besides fuck the President"?

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By *ripfill OP Man
13 weeks ago

havant

"There's a wonderful (perhaps apocraphal) story about Miles Davis when he was invited to the Reagan White House.

Is that right … if it is then bloody brilliant thank you for that input

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By *rightonfranceMan
13 weeks ago

brighton - chalais france

Sketches of Spain.. yes please.. love MD.. my grandson is named after him

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By *ripfill OP Man
13 weeks ago

havant

"Sketches of Spain.. yes please.. love MD.. my grandson is named after him"

So good to known

It’s v music I love on my own to get totally adsorbed into a passion for free fall jazz time stands still for me

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By *edhead72Man
13 weeks ago

Cheltenham and Ashby

Apparently Prince and miles Davies jammed in France. Sacreblue

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By *ripfill OP Man
13 weeks ago

havant

"Apparently Prince and miles Davies jammed in France. Sacreblue "

Wow I did not know that. … that’s awesome

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By *edhead72Man
13 weeks ago

Cheltenham and Ashby

Yeah big buddies apparently

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By *iberius61Man
12 weeks ago

Pontefract

"Phew I thought I was in a secret minority!

A minority undoubtedly I'm sure. But I guess in all forms of life I'm the minority:

Last weekend while 'everyone' was watching the football, I was watching Lucy Charles-Barclay winning Nice ironman.

I'm about to head off open water swimming.

My hobbies are scuba, saxophone, swimming, sex and spanking, I seem to like the letter S.

Wouldn't want it any other way though

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By *ripfill OP Man
12 weeks ago

havant

"Phew I thought I was in a secret minority!

A minority undoubtedly I'm sure. But I guess in all forms of life I'm the minority:

Last weekend while 'everyone' was watching the football, I was watching Lucy Charles-Barclay winning Nice ironman.

I'm about to head off open water swimming.

My hobbies are scuba, saxophone, swimming, sex and spanking, I seem to like the letter S.

Wouldn't want it any other way though

The keep Sane Safe and Sexy !

Enjoy

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By *dward_TeagueMan
12 weeks ago

wolverhampton

Miles was a legend and I adore his music. Man that cat could play!

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By *ost SockMan
12 weeks ago

West Wales and Cardiff

Big fan

I don’t think he was always the nicest of guys, like many great artists. He was the real deal musically, though.

I like his late 1960s onwards electric. Some of it is bonkers, but I admire his dedication to changing what he did. Some of that early 1970s stuff is proto-drum and bass

His Isle of Wight 1970 performance is on YouTube. It must have been pretty mindblowing being a hippie fried on acid watching that live. Amazing, out-there performance

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By *undee2Man
12 weeks ago

Dundee

Again, another Miles Davis fan along with many others such as Jack Bruce, Paris Hot club quintet, Oscar Peterson and many more.

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By *undee2Man
12 weeks ago

Dundee

"Never heard of him. Had to Google

Every day is a learning day. Welcome to a secret club crammed packed with the super cool. Others think they are cool, The FabSwingers Miles Davis appreciation society KNOW they are cool.

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By *undee2Man
12 weeks ago

Dundee

"Love some Miles Davis. But only *some* Miles Davis.

To be fair I think that true for any artist, other than modern commercial music which tends to be very 'consistent'."

Lol. Meow

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By *ripfill OP Man
12 weeks ago

havant

"Again, another Miles Davis fan along with many others such as Jack Bruce, Paris Hot club quintet, Oscar Peterson and many more."

My favourite pianist- Oscar Peterson just magical

Yes I didn’t know till

Recently Jack Bruce was a jazz bassist

Oddly the bassist chosen latterly for Hendrix was a jazz bassist too

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By *ripfill OP Man
12 weeks ago

havant

"Never heard of him. Had to Google

Every day is a learning day. Welcome to a secret club crammed packed with the super cool. Others think they are cool, The FabSwingers Miles Davis appreciation society KNOW they are cool."

Nice …..

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By *iberius61Man
12 weeks ago

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"...other than modern commercial music which tends to be very 'consistent'.

Lol. Meow

I would add that it is deliberately consistent. Find a formula that works and stick with it, but no risk taking. It's virtually all either auto tuned, or at least has been processed in post production to make it more 'accurate'.

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By *partharmonyCouple
12 weeks ago

Ruislip

It's very impressive that one man was integral to so many phases of jazz. He played bebop with Charlie Parker. He was there at the birth of the cool. He was integral to hard bop. He created modal jazz. He practically invented fusion. He was always creative and pushed boundaries.

Miles Davis is a towering figure in the history of Western music. I don't like all his stuff but some of it I love. At the last count I had 26 albums by him and several others he played on.

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By *acktopervMan
12 weeks ago

Stourport-On-Severn

I was lucky enough to be a 12 year old on holiday at Freshwater on the Isle Of Wight during the festival in 1970. I fully remember Hendrix, because i became a lifelong fan. I also sort of remember Miles Davis, if for no other reason than the music was completely different to anything else that played while i was there.

That said, Davis and Hendrix were very much musicaly from the same mould.

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By *ildbillkidMan
12 weeks ago

where the road goes on forever

Dave Brubeck, a contemporary of miles, had a song "take five" which led me to explore jazz

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By *ost SockMan
12 weeks ago

West Wales and Cardiff

"Again, another Miles Davis fan along with many others such as Jack Bruce, Paris Hot club quintet, Oscar Peterson and many more.

My favourite pianist- Oscar Peterson just magical

Yes I didn’t know till

Recently Jack Bruce was a jazz bassist

Oddly the bassist chosen latterly for Hendrix was a jazz bassist too "

Didn’t Hendrix and Davis play together, or were planning to when the former died?

The last few Hendrix recordings and the earlier changes in personnel were certainly suggesting a change in direction. It would have been interesting to see that develop more.

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By *ost SockMan
12 weeks ago

West Wales and Cardiff

"I was lucky enough to be a 12 year old on holiday at Freshwater on the Isle Of Wight during the festival in 1970. I fully remember Hendrix, because i became a lifelong fan. I also sort of remember Miles Davis, if for no other reason than the music was completely different to anything else that played while i was there.

That said, Davis and Hendrix were very much musicaly from the same mould."

That’s pretty amazing. I don’t know what I would have made of the Miles Davis set at that age, though.

I like to think I would have loved it

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