Miles "Play the guitar like you don't know how to play'' .. the magic line that made everything click.
@casyatbat
2 жыл бұрын
actually Chick Corea who played keyboards on "In a Silent Way: had a similar experience with Miles. Herbie Hancock who was Miles pianist got sick when he was on his honeymoon and the drummer Tony Williams who was friends with Chick, and Miles asked Chick to join the band. Chick asked Miles when is the rehearsals and Miles said "rehearsals"??? Just play what you hear. Chick played and thought he blew it with Miles and Miles complemented Chick's playing and is on several Miles albums.......
@SwampEye1
3 жыл бұрын
This record opened the door to Jazz for me ...The entire record is an absolute masterpiece, it fuses jazz and rock perfectly
@jdmresearch
14 күн бұрын
And yet. It’s not jazz. It’s not rock. It certainly ain’t jazz rock.
@nnmuz-kt9wk
Жыл бұрын
John does the perfect Miles impersonation I ever heard. DEAD ON
@AlexK878
6 жыл бұрын
His Miles impression is the best I've heard haha
@brianisaac1575
Жыл бұрын
2:11 No sh|t!
@richiebeirach3671
Жыл бұрын
@@brianisaac1575 you should hear AL FOSTERS miles voice !!!
@brianisaac1575
Жыл бұрын
@@richiebeirach3671 I intend to. I have never heard the name but I appreciate the thought. I want to make it back here and let you know what I think. Thanks
@richiebeirach3671
Жыл бұрын
@@brianisaac1575 AL FOSTER IS A GREAT JAZZ AND FUNK DRUMMER WHO PLAYED WITH MILES FOR YEARS ,,WE PLAYED AND RECORDED ALOT TOGETHER ALSO ,,WONDERFUL KIND SWEET POWERFUL MAN AND GRACEFUL DEEPLY SWINGING DRUMMER AND GREAT OLD FRIEND ,,JOHN S IMITATION OG MILES S VOICE IS GOOD BUT IM AFRAID AL S IS BETTER
@user-fg4fr2bz5y
7 ай бұрын
Is that a fact!😮
@brucegelman5582
2 жыл бұрын
Miles knew that the beginners mind plus the subliminal genius of Johns skillset would bubble up into a magical spell.
@user-fg4fr2bz5y
7 ай бұрын
There will never be another Miles in our lifetime.😮🙏
@TheBoBabsin
2 жыл бұрын
I didn't know who John McLaughlin was when I first listened to In A Silent Way, I'm still just getting into jazz. But I knew there was something special about that guitar part, the way it reaches out so gently, tentatively at first- I thought it felt like someone opening their eyes to the sun for the first time, morning mist still hanging in the air. So simple, even a novice player like me could hop on the guitar and sound it out. Interesting to find the story behind it, or at least that my characterization of his playing wasn't totally off-base 😅
@ganazby
2 жыл бұрын
That’s a wonderful description of the guitar part. Exactly how I feel about it. Cheers.
@samyardolatnia7886
Жыл бұрын
Such a good comment. When i first started playing guitar one day just noodling i accidentally stumbled upon the two opening notes of the song and it felt so amazing. At the time i didnt know nothing about guitar not even a pentatonic scale just two notes that i found that reminded me of the intro. When he said play like you dont know how to play guitar that absolutely reflected my experience with the song cause i really didnt know how to play guitar and i just found something that sounded familiar. Going off on a bit of a tangent BUT what im tryna say is i love this album and i love music
@karloarsch1579
Жыл бұрын
When Joe Zawinul wrote that, it was not the sun, that inspired him, although it could have well been. His was looking out of his hotel room in Vienna, facing the old park, his family went to bed already, it was short before christmas and it started snowing. It took him a couple of minutes...
@brianisaac1575
Жыл бұрын
While attending S. W. T. S. U. In 1974, I was fortunate to have a roommate who had the only vinyl of Miles and McLaughlin / Mahavishnu O. that I knew of. Two facts about that time; Bong was always burning and vinyl was always turning. So cool to hear high end studio equipment in’74 because it wasn’t common. His dad was in the commercial studio and sound proofing business and my roommate had access to studio equipment. Awesome is an understatement.
@originaljamtracks
29 күн бұрын
What an exceptional comment and description, you captured exactly the feeling with that sunrise analogy, well done
@creekandseminole
6 жыл бұрын
The moody atmospheric part during about the last five minutes of the album made this my favorite Miles Davis album of all time.
@charlesbeckner7657
4 ай бұрын
John’s work on this was both mesmerizing and sublime. Miles always got what he wanted from the musicians he worked with. Amazing what this did back in the 60’s to music in general and me specifically…😎
@phaelon56
6 ай бұрын
JM: "It'll take me a minute to figure out the piano chords for the guitar." MD: "Is that a fact?" MD: "Just play it like you don't know how to play guitar." Classic.
@provocase
6 жыл бұрын
This is so profound... I mean the look in his eyes in the end - goosebumps!
@alexandercalder2143
Жыл бұрын
That's funny and beautiful at the same time.
@marcelogaea1064
2 жыл бұрын
Ethereal pearls of wisdom, most specially coming from a maestro. Truly a meeting of the spirits, John and Miles.
@hasake8873
2 ай бұрын
Wonderful comments about an historic recording session.
@ganazby
2 жыл бұрын
Love these easily digested snippets describing key moments in musical history.
@chrismoller4272
4 ай бұрын
Miles the Zen Master. John the student. Unbelievable
@sugarsticks5970
2 жыл бұрын
One of my all time favorite albums changed my life & open my mind🎼💙
@Ewerb7
3 ай бұрын
This album was really the first fusion record, or if not, perhaps close to it. Predated Bitches Brew. A wonderful record, beautiful as John says. I listen to it regularly still after all these years, and it never fails to disappoint.
@andym28
5 жыл бұрын
I could listen to the jam section forever.
@ritamarie4453
Жыл бұрын
I've seen Lucia Depaca,Dimeola Coryell, Beck, Segovia and many otheres. I've not seen Maestro Mclaughlin. If he ever came to St.Louis, I missed him. 😔
@rbsprods3200
6 ай бұрын
Thank you, John! With your recollections and Teo’s interviews, we get a unique view of Miles’ actions during some of his historical recordings!
@kimrunic5874
6 ай бұрын
Ha genius - Miles says just enough to knock him out of his comfort zone and hits record straight. He knows that way he has a chance of getting something fresh & unique
@AngryHatter
4 жыл бұрын
Still is beautiful in an unbelievable way.
@bristleconepinus2378
2 жыл бұрын
my very favorite album
@vincentwong2801
2 ай бұрын
John looks like the famous "hip" physicist from Caltech Richard Feynman, equally smart and handsome!
@Unmoved12345
6 жыл бұрын
Beautiful story.
@mohamedhamri5608
6 жыл бұрын
Miles Davis 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🎺
@patakigeo
3 ай бұрын
I just love this..."what does he mean" ?
@outroutono4937
4 жыл бұрын
thats the best album of him
@mlowack
4 ай бұрын
i always thought this was a very different John McLaughlin, how´s this possible? Now i know.
@warrendoris9669
8 ай бұрын
Good on him. I,m sure he,s more comfortable now ,than when he was laying it down with the irascible Miles Davis. 😎😎
@marcoyanez5874
Жыл бұрын
Underrated album when compared to Bitches Brew. I love every note played by every musician on this album. I enjoy it much more than BB …
@lilianebeeckman2901
5 жыл бұрын
It is...
@THELONIOUSMONstertrucK
10 ай бұрын
This doesn't surprise me at all. I often wish I could take Zawinal out of his own works. His playing is remarkably abrasive.
@brianisaac1575
Жыл бұрын
I saw Return to Forever in 1970 on the UofH campus in Houston and I truly believe John was playing with them but haven’t been able to verify online. Please respond if you know either way. === UPDATE: We now believe it was not John, but was actually Al Di Meola (sp)
@brianisaac1575
Жыл бұрын
* Return to Forever in 1974 on 1/4 hit of the very best window pane we would ever find. Bought 100 hits from the queer dudes in the dorm. (Really cool guys)for $500 dollars. What a steal And we could enjoy some expert fellatio performed on us while we began tripping. Talk about a good trip. Really? Never? Don’t blame me cause you never had fun.
@darrylguerrant5101
Жыл бұрын
That would have to be 1974 for Al Di Meola w/Return to Forever.
@guillaumetremblaymusic
5 ай бұрын
Where is that interview from ? Can't find the proper source. Someone can help me with that ?
@digger3991
3 ай бұрын
BBC's Jazz Britannia, episode 2. It's on KZitem in it's entirety, and well worth a watch...
@karloarsch1579
Ай бұрын
Joe, Miles and John made this happen. I am not the biggest fan of such quiet tracks, but this one catches me every time I hear it. The sadest, but most honest version of In a Silent Way is this one: kzitem.info/news/bejne/z2isq4WecZ2TiqQ Joe died a couple of weeks later.
@kimrunic5874
Ай бұрын
I soooo want to hear what Miles rejected
@dfage33
Ай бұрын
just listen to mclauglin playing it with his own band in later years. its fast and full of unnnecessary frills. miles basically had to drag in a silent way out of john and joe.
@abdullahyildiz8166
10 күн бұрын
😅...Zen Koan....
@casyatbat
2 жыл бұрын
and you have the great Chick Corea on keyboards.....
@darrylguerrant5101
Жыл бұрын
He was not the only one on keyboards; Joe Zawinul, who wrote the song played some organ parts; Larry Young; Herbie Hancock all contributed on the elec. piano.
@casyatbat
Жыл бұрын
@darrylguerrant5101 I think most of us that are Miles/Chick/Zawinul/Hancock fans know that. But here is what you may not know, and I am sorry but I cannot remember the musician's name. He use to bring players on his band to meet Miles and then Miles started poaching his players. So he stopped bringing his musicians to Miles and instead brought Joe Zawinul on one occasion. I either read it or saw an interview, but it was a long time ago. Just like when Herbie Hancock was on his hoonymoon, got ill, could not get back so Tony Williams who was good friends with Chick recommended him. That I do remember was Chick talking about how he met Miles. Later.....
@MrMusiquemonamour
7 жыл бұрын
Do check out my stretch version at kzitem.info/news/bejne/1Yej1XaYjZWckm0 Love and Peace
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