Do you like Miles Davis? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

love Miles and this poll makes me feel guilty that I don't have enough of him

I don't know, never met him. Stern%20Smile

Oh Hell Yes, I love this man.

Yup ! like it very , very ,very, very much........indeed Cool

well King Crimson was influenced by Miles Davis heavily for all you diehard prog fans.

Miles Davis paved the way for probably everything you listen to today one way or another.

He is indeed great.

"Freddie freeloader"

Miles Davis was a true genius, his Man with the Horn, Jack Johnson and Bitches Brew albums are brilliant and he should be included in Jazz-fusion, but do i like him? from what i have heard i wouldn't have liked to have met him, and he sure wouldn't have liked to have met me.

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Why, yes. Thank you for asking.

Plus ca change
Plus c'est la meme chose

Chus wrote:

andu wrote:

I had the occasion to listen to two of his (probable not very important) albums, they were Tutu and Kind of Blue if I'm not wrong. I didn't like it at all and the trumpet's specific sound annoyed me to tears. Torture for me, so my vote goes for "no, or not yet" - that's because I intend to give him some more tries. It wouldn't be the first time that I may get into something I initially hated, and I think that the fact that in between I discovered jazzrock is an advantage.

Curiously enough, The Miles had spawned hundreds of imitators ever since with his trademark vibrato-less note playing -mainly due to being originally raised in a more classical enviroment-, although he was not considered a virtuoso, his influence is noted in the creation and development of cool jazz (even when some claimed Miles to be a cheap imitator of Chet Baker, which apparently was the other way around) as well as modal and jazz fusion (development if not creation per se); thus he is aknowledge more for influence and musicality than musicianship; love Kind Of Blue and his cool jass records and recently discovered Bitches Brew (which was missing from my father's archives, strangely enough), also strange I listened to most fusion before I found Miles' "electric" albums

Reading my original post, I find I was right - I recently gave Miles another chance (with "The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions" - btw is this album listed? - and "In a Silent Way"), and I was blew away. Fabulous! Oh, and I also found out that the "not that important" album I mentioned, "Kind of Blue", was one of the most influential jazz albums ever. Ouch

LarryCanary wrote:

Sketches of Spain is very good stuff

Indeed, that is more often than not the Miles record I go for. The very subtle but piercing jazz quality infused in the work, without relying on cliches such as straightforward syncopation to pull it off, is actually a great way of bringing the core spirit of jazz into relief. Besides, his solos are so emotionally intense.

Rocktopus wrote:

Sean Trane wrote:

However from In A Silent Way (68) until the Agartha album (77), his discography is near flawless. I must say that Miles got lost a bit in the 80's, though.

That was his drug habit - musically he remained cutting edge/experimental and pissing off the jazz main stream whilst he set the scene for nu.fusion, jazz rap etc. - going where many of his 70's disciplines dare not venture instead back pedalling into mainstream non-electric jazz..

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Poll Question: Do you like Miles Davis?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Yes	72	[85.71%]
No	11	[13.10%]
Don't care	1	[1.19%]
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