Miles Davis
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Miles Davis at Juan-Les-Pins Jazz Festival 1969
2 October 2015 — Jazz on the Tube July 25th, 1969 at the Juan-les-Pins Jazz Festival, France Milestones, Footprints, ‘Round Midnight Miles Davis – trumpet Wayne Shorter – tenor and soprano saxophones Chick Corea – electric piano Dave Holland – bass Jack DeJohnette – drums Continue reading
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Documentary: The Music of Miles Davis
The life and music of legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis are examined in the 1986 PBS documentary “Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis.” Continue reading
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Documentary on Gil Evans
14 May 2014 — Jazz on the Tube This documentary film follows the life of Gil Evans beginning with his youth in Stockton, California and his devout love for the jazz played by Louis Armstrong and Don Redman. Continue reading
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Miles goes Electric: 'Milestones', 'Footprints', 'Round Midnight'
Antibes 1969. Miles goes electric with, amongst others; Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette. Continue reading
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Miles Davis Live! 'Bitches Brew'
30 May 2013 — Jazz on the Tube Taped 18 August 1970 at the Tanglewood Festival. Miles in full flight! Bennie Maupin, Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Airto Moreira and others… Continue reading
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Miles Davis – 'I fall in love too easily'
Miles Davis on trumpet, Wayne Shorter on sax, Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on the bass, and Tony Williams on drums. Recorded in 1967. Continue reading
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Miles Davis – Antibes, France – 1969
1969. A hot day in July in Antibes, France. Miles. Wayne Shorter. Chick Corea. Dave Holland. Jack DeJohnette, playing Milestones, Footprints and ‘Round Midnight. Continue reading
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Miles Davis – ‘Human Nature’
Miles Davis-trumpet, Kenny Garrett-saxophone, Foley-guitar, Ricky Wellman-drums, Richard Patterson-bass. Recorded in 1991. Continue reading
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Miles Davis 'So What'
This is as good as it gets on this, Miles’ birthday! Miles with John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Paul Chambers on bass, Jimmy Cobb on drums and Wynton Kelly on Piano plus a horn ensemble. Continue reading
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The Miles Davis Story
A two-hour must-see documentary on the life of Miles Davis told by his family, inc. numerous wives and fellow musicians. Continue reading
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Miles Davis Live 1967 – 'Agitation'
The classic quintet prior to going electric. Miles Davis, Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Wayne Shorter. Continue reading
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Miles Davis Live 1967 – ‘Agitation’
The classic quintet prior to going electric. Miles Davis, Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Wayne Shorter. Continue reading
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Gil Evans Documentary
15 April 2013 — Youtube Gil Evans is one of my all-time favourites and this biography made in 1997 features Evans work with Miles Davis. I don’t know who produced this. 54 minutes. Great stuff. Continue reading
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"Miles Ahead" – Documentary about the classic Miles Davis Quintet of the 60s
Documentary on Miles Davis, and this is the section featuring the Miles Davis Quintet with Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Ron Carter. Continue reading
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Video: 1959…the year that changed jazz
A sixty-minute doccie, produced and narrated by Nat Hentoff. In 1959 four major jazz albums were made, each a high watermark for the artists and a powerful reflection of the times. Each opened up dramatic new possibilities for jazz which continue to be felt: Miles Davis Kind of Blue, Dave Brubeck, Time Out, Charles Mingus,… Continue reading
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Video: Theo Parrish remixes Jill Scott
From the Album ‘Ugly Edits’, Jill Scott’s ‘Slowly Surely’ apres Theo Parrish mashing it up. Continue reading
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Video: Happy Birthday Max Roach 'Live at Blues Alley'
Maxwell Lemuel Roach was born on January 10, 1924 in the Township of Newland, North Carolina and moved to Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn when he was four years old. Max began playing bugle at a young age and was playing drums with gospel groups by the time he was ten years old. Continue reading
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Video: Miles Davis Live at Tanglewood
Recorded at the Tanglewood Music Festival, Lenox, MA Aug 18, 1970 Continue reading
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Miles Davis Classic Quintet – 'Round Midnight'
Recorded in 1967 in Stockholm Sweden. The second classic Quintet: Miles Davis, trumpet; Wayne Shorter, tenor sax; Herbie Hancock, piano; Ron Carter, bass; and Tony Williams, drums. Continue reading
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Happy Birthday Miles – ‘So What’ with John Coltrane
Miles Dewey Davis III was born on May 26, 1926 in Alton, Illinois. Miles’ mother was a blues pianist though she kept this hidden from him and his father a dentist. Davis began studying trumpet at the age of thirteen with local musician Elwood Buchanan and Buchanan would always stress to Miles to play without… Continue reading
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