Musical Legends Discussions | | The Miles Davis period end of the 60´s & early 70´s what do you think? | | miles davis sure belongs to the most important & visionary musicians in the jazz history. In 1969 he released the album In A Silent Way which is named the first fusion record released by an artist. Davis gathering great talented musicians around him and giving them a great musical freedom developed a unique sound in music in which rock & funk orientated rhythms and eclectric instruments dominated rather then swing rhythms, brass and acoustic instruments like in the typical jazz period befor. Through his musical change he also played on big rock events like the Isle Of Wight festival or the Fillmore concerts, even played as frontline of groups like Santana & other´s.I love that electrifying, full of energy thrilling phase of miles davis he went through that time though i love nearly all his compositions. Also great are recordings for movies for example Lift To The Scaffold from the 60´s. He is an extraordinary musician, a legend who died in the 1991.www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnFhnsckRXQwww.youtube.com/watch?v=DuUh6wfmYWE&mode=related&search= | |
| | | Who are the Greats of the World of Music? | | Who are the names that will last in music? Who are the names that are still remembered years after they were first famous?
Frank Sinatra? Edith Piaf? Elvis? The Beatles? Michael Jackson? Who else will still be talked about in 5-100 years and be greats, in the same way that Beethoven is a great; Debussy; Louis Armstrong; Bing Crosby...who is lasting the course and still last the course and be seen as great in many years? | |
| | B*tches Brew | | This is an album I recieved for my birthday upon request a couple weeks ago. The music is a meandering string of improvisation that is needless to say brilliant, innovative, and timeless. I had never heard anything so free, yet-structured. This music was created to alter our consciousness, as well as the musicians creating the music, and it shows through the tangents the musicians go off on, while retaining a central kind of theme. It just blows me away.The question here is, will this music ever resurface to the mainstream public, and if it does, is there a potential change in our overall interest in music? The radio is playing nothing but stirred up "hits", produced using a recipe given to them by someone else, not to mention the sudden sexual degradation portrayed in hip-hop toward women. Plus "soulstress" singers like Britney Spears is dishing out junk brewed only for closed-minded, semi-conscious individuals. Is there hope for music like "B*tches Brew", or are we just going to continue drinking this b*tch's brew? | |
| | I might be weird.. | | So today I was asked why is it that I listen to so much music all the time?... I dind't know it was a weird thing to do. I listen to pretty much everything that's not garbage. I have a wide variety of music that I listen to. Anything from Miles Davis (Jazz) to Lil wayne (rap/hip-hop). The end doesn't end ever. It just keeps expanding. I guess I just love music. I know I can't carry a tune but I love to sing. I don't watch television but I listen or as I like to put it Jam out all day long when I'm home and at work if I can get away with it. Do you find it weird to listen to music instead of watching television? Do you listen to music like I do? Am I weird to you? I don't know give me your input on the matter and we'll decide this. | |
| | Music to Soothe the Savage Breast | | William Congreve said "music hath charms to soothe the savage breast" and, of course, he was right. The right music can make me feel relaxed, take away anger, and just put me in a frame of mind that is in touch with the more peaceful nuances of the Universe.My personal soothing "mixtape" (it's actually a CD compilation I burned but "mix CD" doesn't have the same ring to it for me for some reason) includes:Bach's "Air on the G String" (a most sublime piece of music as recorded by Pablo Casals and the Marlboro Festival Orchestra)Elton John's "Your Song" (perhaps my all-time favorite love song)Emmylou Harris' exquisite version of The Beatles' "Here, There, and Everywhere"Cassandra Wilson's sultry version of Van Morrison's "Tupelo Honey"Pachelbel's "Canon" (both the inspiring version by Neville Marriner & Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and the lilting vocal version..."How, When, Where"...by Cleo Laine and James Galway)John Coltrane's "Acknowledgement" (from "A Love Supreme")Norah Jones' "Don't Know Why"Miles Davis' "Blue in Green"and Enya's ethereal and graceful "How Can I Keep From Singing?"What tracks would you (or have you) put on... | |
| | | I'm trying to get into jazz. | | I really like instrumental jazz, like John Coltrane and Art Blakey, but I only know what I own. I'd really like to be able to branch out, but the world is so big, it's hard to know what to look for. I also know I like jazz that has a swing twist to it, or big band, or a latin sound to it, but I don't know where to start. For example, I love the soundtrack from the movie "Chocolat" but how can I find more music like it? The reason why I prefer instrumental is because I can't study to anything with lyrics in it.So do you have ideas for keywords for Amazon or musicians I should look in to? | |
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