The Miles Davis Story
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Manufacturer: Sony
Starring: George Avakian, Ian Carr, Don Carter (II), Ron Carter, Jimmy Cobb
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780738901596
Format: Black & White
ISBN: 0738901598
Label: Sony
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2002-11-26
Running Time: 125
Studio: Sony
Theatrical Release Date: 2002-11-26
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Summary: miles davis
Comment: I'd like to say, the jazz person most affecting me probably is Coltrane. But then there is Miles Davis. Up to 1970 he already did so much of interest. And then there are all these other years. I'm a latecomer to the 70-90's Miles, in part because of the partial reviews. But now: "Live around the world" is among my top 5 Miles albums, and then there is Pangea, Agharta, Black Magus, etc. I am unpleasantly surprised at the relatively low score of this DVD--could that be due to the antagonism caused by the later output? Among the strong features of this DVD are the interviews of the mid 80's, of the man himself, but also of the mother of his first child, his first wife, and luminaries such as Marcus Miller, Mclaughlin, Liebman, Bill Evans, and let's not forget, the legend, Herbie HANCOCK, all from the mid 80's-early 90's. I'd like to have seen more of the 1st quintet and JC's part in cementing MD's stature, but then there is the 2nd quintet, and they are introduced marvelously in this CD. There are reminiscences of Ron Carter and Clark Terry (the earlier days). I very much enjoyed this documentary. It goes from the beginning (extensively) through the end, and it does a good job.
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Summary: MILES DAVIS:A LEGENT,BUT LOST:
Comment: Outstanding movie of a jazz musician who fell to the waste side,but rebound to be a GREAT JAZZ LEGENT.
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Summary: Great DVD
Comment: Everything I wanted to know about Miles Davis as a musician and as a person. Great DVD!
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Summary: MILES AHEAD OF THE REST
Comment: I really enjoyed watching this documentary on Miles. It gave me more insight on the man and his love of music. Very eccentric, sometimes mean.Probably misunderstood but it all envelopes him and made him the man he became. Anyone that loved Miles Davis this is a must buy to get a better understanding of why he would play live shows with his back to the audience. Clever he is in my opinion. What also blew me away is how he worked with most of the modern jazz musicians we see today such as, Marcus Miller, Herbie Hancock, John Scofield, Chick Correa, Keith Jarrett, the list goes on. Miles never ending struggle to reach new boundaries with his horn is inspiring. Miles, a true musician that never wanted be pigeon-holed in one style or genre of music.
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Summary: More music would be nice.
Comment: This is a fine biography, but like most biographys of artists it has too little of the artists work and too much focus on the people around the artist.
And in the "You can't depend on Google" department, the song "Time After Time" that Miles recorded is credited in the Amazon review to Cyndi Lauper. She did write a song with that title, but "Time After Time" is a jazz standard written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne that first appeared in the 1947 movie "It Happened in Brooklyn", long before Ms Lauper was born.
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Summary: miles davis
Comment: I'd like to say, the jazz person most affecting me probably is Coltrane. But then there is Miles Davis. Up to 1970 he already did so much of interest. And then there are all these other years. I'm a latecomer to the 70-90's Miles, in part because of the partial reviews. But now: "Live around the world" is among my top 5 Miles albums, and then there is Pangea, Agharta, Black Magus, etc. I am unpleasantly surprised at the relatively low score of this DVD--could that be due to the antagonism caused by the later output? Among the strong features of this DVD are the interviews of the mid 80's, of the man himself, but also of the mother of his first child, his first wife, and luminaries such as Marcus Miller, Mclaughlin, Liebman, Bill Evans, and let's not forget, the legend, Herbie HANCOCK, all from the mid 80's-early 90's. I'd like to have seen more of the 1st quintet and JC's part in cementing MD's stature, but then there is the 2nd quintet, and they are introduced marvelously in this CD. There are reminiscences of Ron Carter and Clark Terry (the earlier days). I very much enjoyed this documentary. It goes from the beginning (extensively) through the end, and it does a good job.
Customer Rating:
Summary: MILES DAVIS:A LEGENT,BUT LOST:
Comment: Outstanding movie of a jazz musician who fell to the waste side,but rebound to be a GREAT JAZZ LEGENT.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great DVD
Comment: Everything I wanted to know about Miles Davis as a musician and as a person. Great DVD!
Customer Rating:
Summary: MILES AHEAD OF THE REST
Comment: I really enjoyed watching this documentary on Miles. It gave me more insight on the man and his love of music. Very eccentric, sometimes mean.Probably misunderstood but it all envelopes him and made him the man he became. Anyone that loved Miles Davis this is a must buy to get a better understanding of why he would play live shows with his back to the audience. Clever he is in my opinion. What also blew me away is how he worked with most of the modern jazz musicians we see today such as, Marcus Miller, Herbie Hancock, John Scofield, Chick Correa, Keith Jarrett, the list goes on. Miles never ending struggle to reach new boundaries with his horn is inspiring. Miles, a true musician that never wanted be pigeon-holed in one style or genre of music.
Customer Rating:
Summary: More music would be nice.
Comment: This is a fine biography, but like most biographys of artists it has too little of the artists work and too much focus on the people around the artist.
And in the "You can't depend on Google" department, the song "Time After Time" that Miles recorded is credited in the Amazon review to Cyndi Lauper. She did write a song with that title, but "Time After Time" is a jazz standard written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne that first appeared in the 1947 movie "It Happened in Brooklyn", long before Ms Lauper was born.
Trumpeter-bandleader Miles Davis (1926-91) was a catalyst for the major innovations in post-bop, cool jazz, hard-bop, and jazz-fusion, and his wispy and emotional trumpet tones were some of the most evocative sounds ever heard. He was also one of the most identifiable and misunderstood pop icons of the 20th century. This engrossing British documentary shows the complex layers of this magnificent and mercurial artist. Through rare footage and interviews, we learn of Davis's middle-class upbringing and his early days with bop legends Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. The documentary bluntly deals with Davis's narcotic nadir and his rise from the depths to become a bona fide jazz icon in the mid-'50s to late '60s. But the most penetrating and poignant portraits of Davis come from musicians who played with and were influenced by him, including Shirley Horn, Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul, and Keith Jarrett. Outstanding musical selections include modal masterpieces "So What" and "Blue in Green," the haunting soundtrack to the 1957 French film Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, his romantic rendition of Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time," and his collaborations with arranger Gil Evans. The most surprising aspects of Davis's personality that emerge from this film are his shyness, vulnerability, and, yes, humility. As he said himself, "Don't call me a legend. Call me Miles Davis." --Eugene Holley Jr.
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