[Dixielandjazz] Miles Davis

[Bryan Livett]

Hey Brian, I'm glad I'm not alone in wondering why M. Davis gets such
adulation, AND my tastes are definitely more modern than yours!  Give me
Clifford Brown, even Dizzy Gillespie and Arturo Sandoval over Miles Davis
any day!

I suppose MKOM is more "straight ahead", to quote another recent DJML
phrase, and my current faves on trumpet include Nicholas Payton, Jon-Erik
Kelso, Peter Eklund and Warren Vache.

Happy New Year to you and Jan

Bryan

----- Original Message -----
From: "briantowers" <briantowers@msn.com>
To: <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Miles Davis


> Personally I find his playing a total bore.  My ears hear a weak skinny
> tone;  little rhythm; no humour or fun.
> Mournful, whining self-conscious stuff - absolutely none of the essential
> ingredients and nothing to do with jazz as I know it - the music of
> Armstrong, Morton, Oliver, Waller and company.  The seemingly mindless
> adulation he enjoys always puzzles me.
>
> But that is just my opinion.  Millions of people out there think it is
jazz
> and think it is great.  To each his own.
>
> A Happy New Year to Everyone!
> Brian Towers,
> Hot Five Jazzmakers, Toronto, Canada
> Band web site:                http://hotfivejazz.tripod.com
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> New Year's Eve Bash:    http://hotfivejazz.tripod.com/nye
>
>
> Ted Wrote:
>
>
> > Does the list not like Miles Davis?- he is not OKOM but is a great jazz
> > player with few notes-Ted Borodofsky
> >
>
>
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