A few more days and jazz legend Miles Davis will be dead for 20 years!

R.I.P. Miles.

And yet, he lives on.

Love his music but his bio still makes me give him the *side eye. He really should have left somethings out. Now I see why Prince won't write one.

namepeace said:

And yet, he lives on.

The day that Miles Davis pass away was the day that jazz was "dead" for real.

With that said, f*** you Wynton Marslis and all of the jazz purist pussies alive today that never had the balls to experiment musically as Miles did throughout his career.

TonyVanDam said:

The day that Miles Davis pass away was the day that jazz was "dead" for real.

With that said, f*** you Wynton Marslis and all of the jazz purist pussies alive today that never had the balls to experiment musically as Miles did throughout his career.

I can't stand Wynton either man lol

Timmy84 said:

TonyVanDam said:

The day that Miles Davis pass away was the day that jazz was "dead" for real.

With that said, f*** you Wynton Marslis and all of the jazz purist pussies alive today that never had the balls to experiment musically as Miles did throughout his career.

I can't stand Wynton either man lol

I like a little bit of Wynton's music (he has one of the best Christmas albums out there), and jazz critics like Stanley Crouch offer a lot of insightful thoughts about the history of jazz. But it doesn't belong in a museum, it was meant to be inventive, and for that matter, re-invented.

I used to take a hard line on "fusion," and "smooth jazz" as well. I detest a lot of so-called smooth jazz. But I also reject the notion that jazz is "dead." To think that is to do exactly what Wynton and his ilk are accused of doing: cutting the genre off.

Jazz is still viable. Acts like the Bad Plus, Robert Glasper, Marc Cary, et al. have claimed places in the genre, and are doing good things. Jazz is kept alive through the best of electronica: Jazzanova's in between, Nuspirit Helsinki, et al. Jazz can't be put on a shelf, and it is not dead. It's largely ignored.

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Its been that long? Damn. RIP King Davis

Wasn't he married to actress Cicely Tyson?

Wow......time flys.

He is the second baddest nigguh that ever walked the planet (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz is the first.) and the baddest musician who ever lived: Davis then Mozart then Beethoven then Wonder then Coltrane then McCartney then Prince then my brother, former guitarist for the Memorials, Nick Brewer.

namepeace said:

I like a little bit of Wynton's music (he has one of the best Christmas albums out there), and jazz critics like Stanley Crouch offer a lot of insightful thoughts about the history of jazz. But it doesn't belong in a museum, it was meant to be inventive, and for that matter, re-invented.

I used to take a hard line on "fusion," and "smooth jazz" as well. I detest a lot of so-called smooth jazz. But I also reject the notion that jazz is "dead." To think that is to do exactly what Wynton and his ilk are accused of doing: cutting the genre off.

Jazz is still viable. Acts like the Bad Plus, Robert Glasper, Marc Cary, et al. have claimed places in the genre, and are doing good things. Jazz is kept alive through the best of electronica: Jazzanova's in between, Nuspirit Helsinki, et al. Jazz can't be put on a shelf, and it is not dead. It's largely ignored.

Not a big Wynton fan.
But I will give him credit for at least keeping the segment of Jazz he feels is valid alive in the U.S.

There are tons of JAZZ artists out there (legends, new-jacks and everything in between).
It's just that they're not considered hip and happening by the followers of whoever decides that mess these days.
Many make a living outside the U.S. where they can still get some respect for playing music that's actually challenging.


Even as crotchety as Stanley "The Grouch" Crouch comes off, he's got a very readable book of essays...

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...Notes of a Hanging Judge


For those open-minded enough to entertain a different point of view.



Music for adventurous listeners

tA

Tribal Records

It didnt get any news coverage that i know of over here. Not the radio, not tv guide etc.

jam im listening to alot is this one http://www.youtube.com/wa...V4FiRb19ZY

im diggin bitches brew alot more lately and in a silant way too