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    Miles Davis 1955 “Comeback” at the Newport Jazz Festival

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    • SSmith1226
      SSmith1226 last edited by

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      There is a very interesting article today in The Guardian about Miles Davis’s 1955 “comeback” from heroin addiction at the 1955 Newport Jazz Festival. Below is a link to that article. Below the link is a recording from that performance.

      https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/09/iconic-festival-sets-miles-davis-newport-jazz-festival-1955

      Steve Smith

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      • Kehaulani
        Kehaulani Credentialed Professional last edited by

        Excellent find. Does anyone else find Miles' articulations not what we've come to expect?

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        • Dale Proctor
          Dale Proctor @Kehaulani last edited by

          @Kehaulani
          His style changed a lot over the years. Early on, his sound was more mainstream to the era.

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          • GeorgeB
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            Now don't start throwing things at me but I have never been a student of his work and with me it was always a case of take him or leave him. But I have to say, he sounded pretty damn good here at Newport in 1955.

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            • neal085
              neal085 @Kehaulani last edited by

              @Kehaulani meaning that performance specifically, or as a general statement when comparing his body of work with other artists?

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              • Kehaulani
                Kehaulani Credentialed Professional last edited by

                No, was his articulation at that time in his life different than the way he articulated things later in his playing. I hear a difference, more like Clifford Brown. More reliance on the tongue.

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                Martin Committee
                Getzen Capri Cornet
                Adams F-1 Flugelhorn

                "If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn."
                Charlie Parker

                "Even if I could play like Wynton Marsalis, I wouldn't play like Wynton Marsalis."
                Chet Baker

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