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Thursday
May262011

Miles Davis Remembered (1926-1991)

Miles DavisMiles Davis would have been 85 years old today.

"Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebopcool jazzhard bopmodal jazz, and jazz fusion.

Many well-known musicians rose to prominence as members of Davis' ensembles, including saxophonists Gerry MulliganJohn ColtraneCannonball AdderleyGeorge ColemanWayne ShorterDave LiebmanBranford Marsalis and Kenny Garrett; trombonist J. J. Johnson; pianists Horace SilverRed GarlandWynton KellyBill EvansHerbie HancockJoe ZawinulChick CoreaKeith Jarrett and Kei Akagi; guitarists John McLaughlinPete CoseyJohn Scofield and Mike Stern; bassists Paul ChambersRon CarterDave HollandMarcus Miller and Darryl Jones; and drummers Elvin JonesPhilly Joe JonesJimmy CobbTony WilliamsBilly CobhamJack DeJohnette, and Al Foster." (wikipedia)

What more can be said about Mr. Davis? If there is anything else that can be said about him, I'm not qualified to say it.

 Therefore, I will share with you videotaped thoughts about working with Miles Davis from Marcus Miller, Sonny Rollins and John McLaughlin. His son Erin shares about life with his father. The last two videos are of Miles Davis himself.  Enjoy!

 

I could only find part one of the following Bryant Gumbel interview. I wish that the audio was better.