Miles Davis Concert BBC Radio 3. NOW! with C Corea
Posted by: warwick on 26 May 2006
Miles Davis with Chick Corea Concert from Rotterdam 1969 1st UK broadcast.
Programme on Miles on Radio 3 has started.
THE CONCERT STARTS AT ABOUT 11.55PM
Get to you wirelesses now boys.
Just heard last few bars of Dave Gilmour on Jools Holland (Only just saw thread on forum as just back from rub a dub dub).
Paul Simon was lacklustre.
Programme on Miles on Radio 3 has started.
THE CONCERT STARTS AT ABOUT 11.55PM
Get to you wirelesses now boys.
Just heard last few bars of Dave Gilmour on Jools Holland (Only just saw thread on forum as just back from rub a dub dub).
Paul Simon was lacklustre.
Posted on: 26 May 2006 by Tam
Cracking stuff. By far and away the highlight so far of R3's rather weak commemorations of Miles.
Does anyone know if this (or any other sessions of this band are available on disc anywhere).
regards, Tam
Does anyone know if this (or any other sessions of this band are available on disc anywhere).
regards, Tam
Posted on: 26 May 2006 by u5227470736789439
Just tuned! Fred!
Posted on: 26 May 2006 by Tam
Dear Fredrik,
Interested to hear your take - the electric Miles isn't always to all tastes.
regards, Tam
Interested to hear your take - the electric Miles isn't always to all tastes.
regards, Tam
Posted on: 26 May 2006 by u5227470736789439
Dear Tam,
I have a huge fascinatiuon with all music, but I reckon I don't quite understand it all. This is full of energy, but so is Haydn, and I like Haydn better I suppose. This goes on actually as I have tried to understand Jazz for a long time! I adore Ella, but she is outside definition.
One of the greatest sadnesses, with hindsight, for me is that I did just one Jazz gig on the bass, and totally impromtu. I played (without rehearsal) in a nice school concert, and was for my stress and strain rewarded with an invitation to attend the reception afterwards. I am pretty blooming useless at polite small talk, so having eaten enough finger food, I wandered over to he musos (Clarinet/alto sax and piano) and offered to join in. Well I fitted perfectly and they offered me a gig in London for £150 on the Tuesday, this being Saturday. I declined, not really thinking work would be much ammused. I remain that this was the biggest mistake I made in my life, B****r!
I would have enjoyed a short and splendid existence, and who could ask for more...
Fredrik
I have a huge fascinatiuon with all music, but I reckon I don't quite understand it all. This is full of energy, but so is Haydn, and I like Haydn better I suppose. This goes on actually as I have tried to understand Jazz for a long time! I adore Ella, but she is outside definition.
One of the greatest sadnesses, with hindsight, for me is that I did just one Jazz gig on the bass, and totally impromtu. I played (without rehearsal) in a nice school concert, and was for my stress and strain rewarded with an invitation to attend the reception afterwards. I am pretty blooming useless at polite small talk, so having eaten enough finger food, I wandered over to he musos (Clarinet/alto sax and piano) and offered to join in. Well I fitted perfectly and they offered me a gig in London for £150 on the Tuesday, this being Saturday. I declined, not really thinking work would be much ammused. I remain that this was the biggest mistake I made in my life, B****r!
I would have enjoyed a short and splendid existence, and who could ask for more...
Fredrik
Posted on: 26 May 2006 by Tam
Dear Fredrik,
I agree about Ella. Certainly this particular gig is not the easiest jazz, or Miles, to start with. Check out my recommendations on the first page of my Miles thread. I think you would like Kind of Blue, I also think you would get on well with any of his orchestral collaborations with Gil Evans (in particularly their stunning Porgy and Bess).
I was at a concert a few years with the LSO and Marsalis's Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra. One of the real treats was how much fun some of the LSO players (one bass in particular) had joining in with the jazz numbers.
regards, Tam
I agree about Ella. Certainly this particular gig is not the easiest jazz, or Miles, to start with. Check out my recommendations on the first page of my Miles thread. I think you would like Kind of Blue, I also think you would get on well with any of his orchestral collaborations with Gil Evans (in particularly their stunning Porgy and Bess).
I was at a concert a few years with the LSO and Marsalis's Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra. One of the real treats was how much fun some of the LSO players (one bass in particular) had joining in with the jazz numbers.
regards, Tam
Posted on: 27 May 2006 by Ian G.
I'd second Tam's recommendation to check out Kind of Blue. It is (IMHO) very accessible - and a snip at £4.97 on amazon. At that price it is insulting not to buy it !
Ian
Ian
Posted on: 27 May 2006 by Rasher
Missed it. Bugger!
Posted on: 28 May 2006 by u5227470736789439
Dear Ian,
I know Sketches Of Spain, having borrowed it ten years ago for several months. I did not see what was being driven at then, but will taking this as a starting point again now, as soon as I can get a disc of it from my record shop.
Strangely, at the time, I found some of the playing quite wooden, and wonder if I shall see past the trees for the bigger vision this time! I hope so. Maybe I was wrong in that perception. It seemed strangely tense as music making...
ATB from Fredrik
I know Sketches Of Spain, having borrowed it ten years ago for several months. I did not see what was being driven at then, but will taking this as a starting point again now, as soon as I can get a disc of it from my record shop.
Strangely, at the time, I found some of the playing quite wooden, and wonder if I shall see past the trees for the bigger vision this time! I hope so. Maybe I was wrong in that perception. It seemed strangely tense as music making...
ATB from Fredrik
Posted on: 28 May 2006 by nicnaim
Fredrik,
You will not be disappointed, my copy is virtually worn out. A definite desert island disc.
Tam,
Out of interest, have you got a copy of the super dooper gold plated jobby of Kind Of Blue? I was wondering if it was worth getting.
Regards
Nic
You will not be disappointed, my copy is virtually worn out. A definite desert island disc.
Tam,
Out of interest, have you got a copy of the super dooper gold plated jobby of Kind Of Blue? I was wondering if it was worth getting.
Regards
Nic
Posted on: 28 May 2006 by Tam
Dear Nic,
I have four copies of Kind of Blue (I know - I need to get out more). I have an early CD pressing (from the early 90s - which was a gift that got me started on miles and holds great sentimental value, even though sonically it is the weakest). I then have the 'millennium' edition which is packaged as though it were the original vinyl (though with the band members names which were omited from the original cover added). This remastering is far superior and probably the set I play the most often. I then have it on vinyl (a modern issue) which is more wonderful still, but I am currently without vinyl replay for reasons of space. Lastly, I have the columbia box set of the Miles/Coltrane era which also contains the tracks (in session order with the alternate flamenco sketches preceding the final take). This later box has insanely good remastering and probably sounds better than the millennium one, but the box is a pain so I play it less often. I must say that if your CD is old, then it is worth splashing out (especially given how cheap one can find it) on a new edition. You will probably also get the one alternate take, though I'm not sure how much value that is of.
Dear Fredrik,
I'm sure you will not regret it. Though, I maintain that Kind of Blue might be a better starting point.
regards, Tam
I have four copies of Kind of Blue (I know - I need to get out more). I have an early CD pressing (from the early 90s - which was a gift that got me started on miles and holds great sentimental value, even though sonically it is the weakest). I then have the 'millennium' edition which is packaged as though it were the original vinyl (though with the band members names which were omited from the original cover added). This remastering is far superior and probably the set I play the most often. I then have it on vinyl (a modern issue) which is more wonderful still, but I am currently without vinyl replay for reasons of space. Lastly, I have the columbia box set of the Miles/Coltrane era which also contains the tracks (in session order with the alternate flamenco sketches preceding the final take). This later box has insanely good remastering and probably sounds better than the millennium one, but the box is a pain so I play it less often. I must say that if your CD is old, then it is worth splashing out (especially given how cheap one can find it) on a new edition. You will probably also get the one alternate take, though I'm not sure how much value that is of.
Dear Fredrik,
I'm sure you will not regret it. Though, I maintain that Kind of Blue might be a better starting point.
regards, Tam