Miles Davis & John Coltrane "So What"

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Submitted by webmaster on Fri, 01/22/2010 - 08:26

Miles Davis et John Coltrane - So what

Posted by Deepsound
May 14, 2006

" http://deepsound.net - Miles Davis and John Coltrane play one of the best renditions of SO WHAT ever captured on film-...Live in New York, april 2, 1959. Recorded by CBS producer Robert Herridge. Cannonball Adderley had a migrane and was absent from the session. Wynton Kelly played piano--he was the regular band member at this time--but Bill Evans had played on the original recording of "So What" on March 2, 1959. The other musicians seen in the film were part of the Gil Evans Orchestra, who performed selections from "Miles Ahead". Jimmy Cobb on drums."

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Fri, 22 January, 2010 - 09:20
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vandoren59 (5 months ago) A video of this exact recording is buyable on iTunes! Finally!!!!
Just thought I would mention it!
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crit7171 (5 months ago) wow thats awesome! thanks for letting me and all others know.
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The1kevino (5 months ago) Wickid! I just love the way the boys are just chilling at the back like nothings happening while Coltrane does his thing. Splendid!

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JCG90 (5 months ago) Doesn't get any cooler than this. If there are someone who doesn't like this, so what?

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tel58 (5 months ago) I love this track. Miles & Coltrane what a combination. Excellent

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irishballa10 (4 months ago) my two favorite jazz artists ever. this is what real jazz is, not the stuff they put on the radio today!

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lestmbly (4 months ago) Wow! check out Miles smoking a cigarrette and holding court with others beginning at 2:29 during Trane's solo...How cool, how casual, how relaxed. I wish I were a fly on the wall and hear what he was saying. This video epitomize what I think might have been the late 50's post bop atmosphere, attitued and mystique..Life can't be any cooler then this, even today...no comparison

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blacksheepresult (4 months ago) can sombody tell me names of other musicians who play music like that!!!!!

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NicoisBorat (4 months ago)
charley parker
Dizzy Gillespie
sonny rollins
glenn miller
count basie
duke elington
dave brubeck
billy taylor
thelonious monk
horace silver

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coax1965 (3 months ago) I love the way the bass and the trumpet work together. It is a magical piece of music that I never get tired of.

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vandoren59 (3 months ago) Coltrane is my main inspiration as a tenor player.
but......... the only reason trane played tenor was because once when he did a job with bird( when trane was an alto player) bird stood up to do a solo and he was so amazed.. but he knew he would never be as good as bird soo he played the tenor.... but what a great tenor player... I personally believe that he is as influential on the tenor as bird was on the alto... either way though they are both great jazz-men!!!!!
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arandomspectator (3 months ago) It's useless to bicker about whether Coltrane is better than Bird. They're both incredible musicians who play with more art than few ever have, and that's all that matters.

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nebulax (3 months ago) This was from a tv special called "The Sound of Jazz". The complete show is available on DVD somewhere. I even saw a copy for sale at Borders a few years ago.

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marcinmain (3 months ago) Miles Davis is the coolest in the world. I have never seen anything like this before.

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r3strict3dd (2 months ago) Absolutely. I'm only 19 so I didn't have the chance to experience the brilliance that was the music scene in the 60s/70s, but music from that era is pretty much all I listen to.
What I've noticed is that in comparison from those times to now, any artistic medium (music, film, dance, etc) has been turned into only witless and mindless entertainment. The value of art in these expressive creations have been lost in transition.
It's all really depressing to see people liking Lady Gaga. Shame...

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EMCEMITCH (3 months ago) it doesnt get much better to the brother worried bout the decline of that era---dig it---it will always be here in that wonderful form and others --u go to jazz clubs in nyc and their still alive and kickin playin the old and the new---it will never die---impossible

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murphy456 (2 months ago) John Coltrane's solo says a thousand words.

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zCat60 (2 months ago)...I grew up on this stuff. My Dad used to play this record all the time - now I do

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StewartCoaching (2 months ago) My, my. This is REAL soul music. My, my.

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41jimmyp (1 month ago) at 2 minutes Miles completes what is without doubt the greatest phrases in the history of jazz and maybe music in general... and then has a cigarette... to me signifies the ambivilence of genius... and captures the title "so what" magnificently

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leveebreaker7 (1 month ago) 'Trane's playing mesmerizes

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oldbiff (1 month ago) nasa should send this video off to another galaxy with the explanation that in 1959 we had these cool cats on our planet and if you have seen them please send them back

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oldbiff (1 month ago) this right here just might be MUSIC"S best moment

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rockpoetDan (1 month ago) CLASSIC!

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donmagicjuan1000 (1 week ago) Real musicians pure talent no props or pirotechnics!! How rich & thought provoking
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Fri, 22 January, 2010 - 09:18

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cccustard (7 months ago) Not only the greatest jazz video ever, but the greatest music video ever. Nothing beats this; Coltrane just a part of it. And that says it all.

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aaronamccoy (7 months ago) that horn about to catch fire

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picchaz (7 months ago) The coolest clip on the planet .... period.

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PaniKoralina (7 months ago) look how they perfectly understand each other... magnificent!

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Devilo4ek (7 months ago) Begining and End is the beautifullest. Four shore, they are made from real talant and that's way this is my favorite song of coltraine.

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are56 (6 months ago) I love jazz from this period!:).. Incredible players actually performing in studio together creating music that doesn´t give you the answer straight away. It challenges you in the sense that you really have to listen to be able to discover the feelings that strikes a chord in you:)..there is no final "truth", only what you yourself are able to find.

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mojo4u100 (6 months ago) It's fifty years ago this year and Thanks to CBS we have that moment forever.!
How sweet it was....
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phfedawg (6 months ago) How sweet indeed

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thrasherheaven (6 months ago) Kings of Jazz!

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samidouba (6 months ago) This is pure genius! A marvelous turning point in music.

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dvnstvn9 (6 months ago) miles davis was one of the best improvisors in my opin

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AngeloAnnieMate (6 months ago) It's 3:44 am. I can't sleep. Turn on my computer, look on the Portishead website on youtube, and find this jewel. Can't believe it... Coltrane is so pure, and Davis is just leting the thing go, very calm. Amazing.... Thanks to whoever posted this!... it really made my day... or night?, whatever!

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hymhouse (6 months ago) Look at how intense Miles' eyes are...........wow.
Awesome piece.

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bluenotevt (6 months ago) The best of the best of the best!

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hansfonteyn (6 months ago) sigh... it's like I just found out about the internet.
I've liked this music for ages, and it's soooo incredibly unexpected & good to be able to actually see it being performed, to be able to see that intensity in Davis & Coltrane's playing...
It's a joy I never would have thought to experience.

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68blues (5 months ago) hansfonteyn....superb comment.
In this age of mtv and music videos i don't think there are any which surpass the cool ,jazz ambience of this clip.
Absolute masterpiece.

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flat9 (6 months ago) this will HEAL you...

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lav7456 (5 months ago) miles davis and john coltrane the best jazz duo of all time

 

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