[Dixielandjazz] "So What"

[Mike C.]

I know people that hate jazz who have this album which says a lot about Davis and company. 

Mike



>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Steve Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
>  Subject: [Dixielandjazz] "So What"
>  Sent: 30 Nov '07 09:43
>  
>  For a better version of Miles Davis' "So What", go to the below Amazon site,
>  scroll down and listen. Note that the horns play the exact blues melody that
>  Ray Ellington plays, while the bass plays a different line. Since this album
>  came out in 1959, well after the Ellington version, I guess Miles and/or Gil
>  Evans, sourced it from Ellington or the source Ellington used.
>  
>  http://www.amazon.com/Kind-Blue-Miles-Davis/dp/B000002ADT
>  
>  In any event, since the Miles version is from his Album "Kind of Blue", THE
>  most popular jazz album ever made, (over 3 million copies sold) no doubt
>  we've all heard it even if only as background music in a restaurant or
>  elevator.
>  
>  Yep, I'll bet even that one eyed Bill Haesler had heard it by mistake, or
>  osmosis even though he would never listen to it on purpose. <grin>
>  
>  Cheers,
>  Steve Barbone
>  
>  
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