The Picasso of Sound- The man who changed MODERN music (Miles Davis)

[PHC1]

Nice video discussion of Miles Davis and his Cookin', Steamin', Relaxin', Workin' albums by Rick Beato.

"In this episode, we immerse ourselves in the musical world of the legendary Miles Davis Quintet of the 1950's. We will discuss how to listen to Jazz through the solos of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones. The featured tune is Sonny Rollins Jazz standard "Oleo" which is based on the chord changes of George Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm" also known as "Rhythm Changes."

https://youtu.be/7tz0fSMmrUM

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I've been known to like a phalanx of cd collections or so, heck I might fire up old faithful this afternoon.

[Poncha]

I enjoyed the video but I have to disagree with Rick's assertion that Miles was the most important jazz musician of all time. To me that's saying that a branch is more important than the trunk - the trunk is Louis Armstrong. Wynton Marsalis said something to the effect that if you want to play jazz you have to go through Louis Armstrong. Dizzy said it more simply "..no him, no me."

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Originally Posted by Poncha

I enjoyed the video but I have to disagree with Rick's assertion that Miles was the most important jazz musician of all time. To me that's saying that a branch is more important than the trunk - the trunk is Louis Armstrong. Wynton Marsalis said something to the effect that if you want to play jazz you have to go through Louis Armstrong. Dizzy said it more simply "..no him, no me."

It's all very subjective. There are the well known Jazz and other genre legends and no doubt Louis Armstrong inspired countless others and no doubt Miles Davis himself was a fan.

But times change and music moves forward. Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis in turn inspired countless other musicians that came after them and moved past Louis Armstrong.

I have tremendous respect for all Jazz musicians and I do enjoy listening to Louis Armstrong but I do tend to listen to more Dizzy and Miles than Louis myself. But I will not go too long without listening to at least a few albums here and there of Louis. His scat singing is hard to resist. https://youtu.be/pPHNg5tL8KU