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#1 2007-03-27 08:51:32
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Miles Davis Style, 1961
The April 07 GQ has some interesting pictures of Miles Davis from 1961 wearing jackets which are apparently his own design: no seams at the shoulder or back. They were done by Emsley, in NYC. The article quotes Davis's autobiography: "I had moved away from the cool Brooks Brothers look into this other thing, which fro me was more what was happening with the times..."
#2 2007-03-27 11:19:34
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Ahhhh - the cool Brooks Brothers look.
That's the stuff.
Trad when Trad was baaaad!
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#3 2007-03-27 11:37:49
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"I mean, everybody and their momma knew you don't just come up and talk to Miles Davis. I mean, he may have looked like he was chilling, but he was absorbed. This one hip couple, one of them tried to shake his hand one day. And the guy says, "Hi, my name is..." Miles said, "Get the fuck outta my face, you jive motherfucker, and take your silly bitch with you."
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#5 2007-03-27 17:36:05
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Re: Miles Davis Style, 1961
Miles Davis's late looks were quite interesting as well.
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#6 2007-03-28 01:07:35
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http://www.filmnoirbuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=713
More on this topic.
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#10 2007-03-28 17:44:41
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Re: Miles Davis Style, 1961
When Miles Davis was a true jazz artist of the first rate, besides his elegant attire in the Italian mode (although made in the U.S.), he was very diffident, and would impassively turn his back on the audience when not soloing (saw him at The Village Vangaurd). When he transformed into a 3d rate rockstar, he would stand in front of his not very good group and strive to be the center of attention. Just another example of dumbing down.
#14 2007-03-29 11:39:56
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#15 2007-03-29 13:00:10
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Not sure what to say here...
It's a bit like those who knock Cary Grant - At the end of the day he's still Cary Grant...
... And Miles Davis is Miles Davis.
You can't add anything to him that's not already there & you certainly can't take anything away from him.
Why does anybody have to be perfect?
You and I aren't...
Miles did what he did. Wore what he wore, & insulted those he insulted.
You might have been nicer to people, but equally you might have sucked on trumpet.
Each to their own, eh?
t.
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#16 2007-03-29 13:05:31
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PS -
Not a dig at anybody.
It must have been a pain in the ass to be Cary Grant & a pain in the ass to be Miles Davis.
I'll allow them both to be human.
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#17 2007-03-29 15:59:17
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But I think his art suffered greatly when he switched from jazz to "fusion"- whatever that is. He went with the current fashion, rather than staying himself.
#22 2009-01-31 20:46:54
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I think the problem is musicians are seen by the public as entertainers and artists. So the ones that see themselves as serious artists don't understand why they have to play the entertainer game and the ones that see themselves as entertainers don't understand why people take them so seriously. Either way you can come off like a jerk to your fans. Pitfalls of fame and fortune I guess. That being said Blue Note LP covers are the reason I bought my first suit and necktie.
#24 2009-02-01 01:04:44
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Re: Miles Davis Style, 1961
""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.