Miles Davis - So What (REACTION)

[@johndurham5629]

Miles Davis, trumpet; John Coltrane, tenor; Wynton Kelly, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums; Gil Evans Orchestra, background riffs. 2 Apr 1959, Studio 61.

[@parsleyqueen]

Those other guys could take a smoke break because Coltrane was notorious for long solos. He told Miles that once he got going he just didn't know how to stop. Miles said "Try taking the horn out of your mouth, MF."

[@chrisbridgen2711]

This version of his band is so goddamn hot. Miles. John Coltrane, Bill Evans on piano. Just top notch. Chambers and Cobb keeping everyone in time.

[@brandonjones1349]

Almost toooooo gd gud!!! Mmmphhh

[@DjAtomize]

Bill Evans was white. He played on the original recording. This is Wynton Kelly on piano for mind.

[@robertwhitmer2712]

@@DjAtomize Yes, Bill was on the entire Kinda Blue album except for "all blues" which WK played on.

[@chrisbridgen2711]

@@DjAtomize Indeed I saw that later. The studio band did differ.

[@dongiovanni6796]

The best of the best.

[@SGED392]

The Goat of the Goats .. Miles and Coltrane all these guys whole nutha level ..Kind of Blue timeless

[@darrylbennett4297]

This is spiritual it’s beyond music. It’s perfection. Kind of Blue is possibly the most powerful important album in existence.

[@revo1336]

The most times re-released jazz album

[@darrylbennett4297]

@@revo1336 Darkside of the moon is right up there 😆

[@toddgersh]

@@darrylbennett4297Richard Wrights keyboard work on Dark Side was heavily influenced by this album.

[@BV-nx6vq]

Mlles & his spectacular band in their prime ...incomparable 👍

[@troubleondemand7703]

It was the 80's. I was turning 15, and my best friend went to a record store to get me a present. He grabbed a salesperson and said "It's my friends birthday and I think he would like jazz. I don't know anything about jazz music. What should I get him?" He sold him Time Out by Brubeck, Ah Um by Mingus and Kind of Blue by Miles. It opened up a whole new world of music for me. I was still listening to all the great music the 80's had to offer, but man did I wear out the vinyl on all 3 of those albums. I still listen to a bit of everything, but jazz and funk are my main go to's these days and a lot of that I believe is from listening to Kind of Blue thousands of times at a young age.

[@philbell5774]

Miles was a collosus of twentieth century music.

[@netzahuacoyotl]

I thought that was Sonny Rollins, oh, wait… he was just a saxophone colossus.

[@dalerestau4986]

As a teen in the 80’s listening to Zeppelin, Rush, Van Halen, and The Who,… I spied the cassette in a friends car and couldn’t wait to play the Kind of Blue album. What a new world of music opened up for me! Great choice gentleman.

[@cre8tivone]

Arguably the best “Jazz” ensemble ever! The very definition of cool!

[@rewquioprewquiop]

One of the great things about watching Miles Davis is you can see him listen... He follows the rest of the band so well that it really becomes a true group. He sets the stage and mood for everyone...

[@markthomas2577]

I didn't discover Jazz until I was in my 60s .... I think me and my friends would have loved Miles Davis's electro-jazz-funk in the 1970s if we'd known it existed but we didn't (in the UK)

[@324cmac]

Isn't that often the way. That's also when it became attractive to me.

[@philipmccarthy6175]

You must have been living under a rock , I'm in my 60's and grew up in the UK and I was listening to Bitches Brew , In a silent way etc in my teens. All that great music was out there if you wanted it.

[@324cmac]

@@philipmccarthy6175 I didn't say I didn't know it existed. I was into Motown. I don't like the Bitches Brew type of jazz anyway. I like the Birth of the Cool style.

[@Jude_196]

OHHHH - YAAAASSSSSSSS!!! LOVE THIS JAM!!! Love the way he casually goes over and has a lil' chat and a smoke, on the side, while everyone's JAMMIN'!!! :) Miles was SO GREAT: and, COLTRANE and EVANS!!!! Oh, MY!!!! ENJOY, YOU-GUYS - ya'll are REALLY HITTIN' IT, TODAY!!!!

[@darkmagus64]

Miles Davis is the man. I was fortunate enough to see him live in concert twice. And that was Miles' first great quintet

[@mtnvalley9298]

Grant Park in Atlanta for a free show. An absolutely amazingly cool man. Like no one else I've ever been near.

[@tektoniks_architects]

Miles is a giant in music. I was very lucky to see him perform live at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in the '80's....just brilliant.

[@darkmagus64]

Miles Davis is the man. I was fortunate enough to see him live in concert twice.

[@mtnvalley9298]

Grant Park in Atlanta in the summer of '89 for me

[@Jude_196]

SO ENVIOUS!!!

[@GrimrDirge]

Pianist and bass are so subtle, but they keep that train rolling so beautifully.

[@VereinPlatzhirschamHirschenpla]

You have to listend to the whole album Kind Of Blue! It's one of the best albums ever made.

[@324cmac]

And the biggest selling jazz album of all time.

[@BrixtonTone]

At Last ! we've got some jazz ! thanks fella's . Looking forward to more jazz legends like Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell, Wes Montgomery, Lou Donaldson and a host of others presented by you guy's. p.s Let's not forget the amazing vocalists like Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday

[@netzahuacoyotl]

Add Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Hank Mobley, Charles Mingus, Thelonius Monk, Eric Dolphy, and some Louis Armstrong, of course.

[@davidjudd951]

This is what great jazz is about. As pure and beautiful as it gets. Subtle drums, subtle bass. Astounding! Thank you.

[@mr.snicker-doodles7081]

Ooohhhhhhh Nice!! Miles rules...oh this is from Kinda Blue!! Excellent choice...I love that you boys move to the beat of your own drum!

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

Very cool! Legends. I'll bet your grandpa had old '78 blues records. '78's were phased our in 1959, but for years they were a great source of American blues and folk music.

[@KenBlair-jp5nz]

I was 8yrs old when my older brother purchased in the early 60s the Davis Kind of Blue album and this song was on it and I was hooked. I didn't understand the music but to me it sounded so neat . I now own every record the Miles Davis released . So I have been listening to him for 62 years

[@billwilson2025]

There is some serious talent up there. The best!

[@mararundell2500]

Thank you guys for this remarkable video!!

[@alanFconrad]

Kinda Blue is so awesome........Ive listened to it HUNDREDS of times

[@amileoj9043]

"Everyone up there is cool." You said it. In the whole history of cool, I doubt there was ever so much cool assembled on one stage at one time in front of some TV cameras. The instant-classic composition, the all-star players (both front line and rhythm section), the gorgeous solos, the studio setting, the sheer swag from everyone (especially of course Miles, setting the tone), hell even the damn clothes. A mountain top experience in the history of cool. Thank God it was preserved.

[@dsk333]

i could loop this song for the rest of my days and be happy

[@jml-rj5re]

So What is one of the greatest recordings in the annals of jazz. From Kind of Blue - an all time great. Some argue the GOAT. or jazz and all music.

[@324cmac]

So What, and the entire Kind of Blue album, made jazz accessible to everyone, including people who previously thought they didn't like jazz, without diminishing the authenticity of the music.

[@randyallaben9900]

I love how you guys were exposed to a different variety of music growing up with your parents and your grandfather. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve broadened my horizons and I have learned all sorts of different music. Jazz is one that I have grown to appreciate big-time! One of the things that makes you guys the best in the business!

[@charsibaba6960]

Wynton Kelly piano , Paul chambers bass , Jimmy Cobb drums .

[@jml-rj5re]

Yep - this is the lineup here.

[@magicbrownie1357]

Iconic Miles Davis joint. Love this tune. The definition of cool.

[@3generboiler]

My first time hearing .. just beautiful

[@janicez2630]

Amazing. Such great musicians.

[@quentenjones3626]

Back in the days of 1959, television was still an evolving medium. The information wasn't 24/7, and the selections to choose from were quite limited. However, in the market I grew up in, there was always some interesting fare on Sunday mornings before 8am. I was either just shy of or had just turned 9 when I saw this performance on one of those Sundays. Even as a young boy, I was mesmerized. I still am. It was one of those turning points in life. I have loved jazz ever since, and as a result have come to love almost all genres of music. This performance at the Robert Herridge Theater in Manhattan was special, and I am so grateful it was done.

[@ok-qt4kr]

Sheer brilliance . What a legacy he left ...so many of the finest Jazz Fusion artists were in his orbit .

[@danmayberry1185]

A magnificent choice.

[@stevenwbrubaker]

I've seen you guys react to the Allman Brothers before. One of the All man drummers, a cat named Jaimo, was actually a jazz drummer. He turned the Allmans onto Miles and Trane. So not only was this quintet influential in jazz circles, they also crossed genres, influencing several generations of rock and roll players. As it should be. Time travelers changing the world. Thanks for playing this.

[@gavinschwier8242]

My dad was born and raised in St Louis and moved to Canada, when I was a teenager I always wondered why his record collection was mostly Jazz and not as much pop and rock, then he gave me a copy of this and said listen. Kind of Blue was the record, and every time I want to connect to him I just put this on. Smooth AF. ❤

[@subversivelysurreal3645]

I almost died…and it’s fun finding you guys again. Thanks and FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸

[@paulniemiec3165]

You guys are the best! Thanks for taking the time to share your reactions 🔥

[@handsomestik]

Just was driving with this playing few days ago

[@magicbrownie1357]

Me too.

[@robertwhitmer2712]

Miles tells a complete story with just a few perfectly placed notes. Then Trane takes it up a notch(or more!). I love the expressions of excitement on your faces as Trane begins to blow!! I'm right there with you! He changed everything. I recommend "Afro Blue Impressions" with his classic quartet. In this video, It's Wynton Kelly on piano & Jimmy Cobb on drums. I saw Jimmy maybe 6 years ago before he died. Still played, great, a time machine. Paul Chambers, MR. PC on bass! Bill Evans played piano on original from the record-"Kinda Blue", Wynton was on 1 track, check it out. To a large degree, the album was a collaboration between Miles & Bill. & btw- Wynton Kelly was a cousin of bass guitar legend Marcus Miller, who began his career in with Miles many years later. Miles always had legends in his bands. Dig that!

[@324cmac]

There's a great documentary about Marcus Miller.

[@robertwhitmer2712]

@@324cmac I'll check it out, thanks.

[@scottsnyder2726]

Was lucky enough to see Miles in Philly back in the early 1980s. Kind of Blue is one of the best albums ever recorded imho. Miles was masterful in his tonal perfection. And Coltrane just otherworldly

[@jeremiahallender1919]

Top shelf musician today 👏😎..legendary dudes ..coltrain 🫡 👑 spiritual mystical dude ! Levels ❤

[@Scarlet3241]

I first heard Miles in the late 1960s when a friend played me the album “the birth of cool“. That experience got me hooked on jazz and bebop. 🕊❤️🎼

[@aloysha38]

Pure Genius! Kind of Blue is a masterpiece from the first note to the last. Check out "Blue in Green" That first trumpet note is amazing!

[@SamuelGriffin]

Guys , I cannot believe you played this… I feel like I know you guys now. This album changed my life. I’m a white drummer who plays mostly jazz. Been watching you guys almost every day for a year . I suggested Radiohead a while back . Can’t wait until you go down that rabbit hole . Try ok computer album!

[@RonaldWilliams-lp3bg]

Wow I'm just now finding out they had a video for this I didn't know that I'm going to have to download this I have this on the album I play it quite often kind of blue is one of Miles Davis best albums ever !👍💯 A Love supreme that's another classic from the late great John Coltrane ! Oh I almost forgot in case you guys didn't know that's Bill Evans on the piano great piano player

[@brandonjones1349]

Omg.....best f n reaction ive seen in months. Ty cats! 🙏

[@324cmac]

That was a TV show in 1959 (when a TV set was relatively new for the average person). That's what those titles in the beginning were for. This was definitely Miles' band for quite a while. Then Coltrane left. I'd say they were playing improv within structure and Miles was definitely in charge of how it was going to go. I just love this!

[@cptight88]

There is definitely structure here.

[@324cmac]

@@cptight88 They certainly are making smooth transitions. They are on TV so they probably had to be more structured than they would be for a concert given the time constraints.

[@annbeguity5932]

@@cptight88 Right: traditionally, jazz tunes had a written “head” (name for the opening section -maybe 16 or 24 bars? -which establishes the main theme), then the improv section(s) where the soloists “blow” over the changes (and/or fly into different changes altogether!). Transitions between soloists sometimes marked by written short band sections. Then approaching the end, often another written (or arranged) whole-combo chunk that returns to some version of the head. Trad jazz all about taking a “simple” theme, then blowing/improv on the theme. Good tutorial for beginners on how this works: Coltrane “My Favorite Things”.

[@JamesRichardson-u3i]

RIP 🪦 Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers Jr. April 22, 1935 - January 4, 1969 at age 33. His cousin is Bassist Doug Watkins ( March 2, 1934- February 5, 1962 ), he was 27 years old, played with Jazz Messages etc. . Two Jazz brilliant stars, gone!! It was a tragedy.

[@scenicrouteart]

Love hearing about what your family listened to.

[@throwabrick]

It is magical seeing them live with the super-low-tech video production of the time. Feels like you are right there. Love the way the video blooms off the brass reflections!

[@Clemmy54]

Great seeing Miles and The Train!

[@chrissiler6075]

When Miles came back in "his trumpet is saying Say What"

[@peterbarelli6104]

Smooth jazz is the best for me had a stroke can't deal with the ups and downs for me this is cool thanks for playing it 8 years ago couldn't listen to anything God bless you and your family 🙏🙏😎

[@Jan-xn3kz]

I just want to kick back and be there, it’s such an evocative sound.

[@paulkossak7761]

I was 16 when i heard Charlie Parker for the first time and have been a lover of jazz ever since. Miles actually played with Parker when was much younger.

[@tiluriso]

I think it was recored in a TV Studio/soundstage , I don't think there was a crowd, just the show's production, filming and audio personnel. Pianist is Wynton Kelly. Him, along Bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Jimmy Cobb broke off into a great Trio and also formed a killin' quartet w/ guitarist Wes Montgomery.

[@owlnswan4016]

When they did this for television, it had only been recorded for KIND OF BLUE a month earlier. They hadn't even finished the album, which had another recording session to follow, and didn't come out until 4 1/2 months later. So people watching this in the audience were hearing a new song they couldn't even buy the recording of yet. The other horn players who come in near the end were not used on the studio version, but were part of Gil (not Bill) Evans group. Gil was part of four different albums he worked on with Miles. SKETCHES OF SPAIN is the third, and possibly Miles' best album, period. Miles thought so. I agree with him. The KIND OF BLUE album "So What" came from is something you both must have. It was impeccably recorded at Columbia's "30th Street" Studio C on March 2, 1959 and April 22, 1959.

[@rollingstoneworks3183]

Follow this with Charley Parker and Dizzy Gillespie playing “Salt Peanuts”- as chaotic and soaring as this is transcendent and smooth. Miles started playing with Charley Parker as a teenager- Parker and Dizzy are the only duo to match Miles and ‘Trane. Be-bop, my boys…cheers…

[@tonic8945]

Miles was a gamechanger ❤

[@davidburton9136]

Kudos for checking out such an important work and such a departure from the also great music you currently cover!

[@hanoverfist07]

Love it. Miles- Tutu

[@324cmac]

The FOR YOU section of this channel's home page now shows: Stephanie Mills & Teddy Pendergrass, Aretha Franklin, Miles Davis, and Marvin Gaye. I'm in heaven! LOL Thank you La & Che for these great reactions!

[@AirplayBeats]

Thank you my friend!!

[@josheldridge8546]

This was an episode of an anthology series, "The Robert Herridge Theatre," and Robert was the man introducing Miles. "There are many ways of telling a story. What you are hearing now is one of the ways by the music of one man, Miles Davis. My name is Robert Herridge, and this is studio 61 in New York, a theatre for a story..." If you can find the whole ep, it's a stellar half-hour concert. Robert did another concert-performance-as-theatre with an ep titled "the sound of jazz." Also, if you ever wanna do a deep, deep dive, you can find the BBC series "Jazz 625" on the random corner of KZbin.

[@gregangus9961]

The subtle changes are EVERYthing. Listen to what James Cobb does on drums at 6:50 when Miles comes in with the deee-dot riff during that piano solo… just a switch to the quiet rim shot tap. Boom. That’s good listening in a tight band. So much going on, and they are all dialled in at 100%. Loving this channel… thanks from Australia.

[@Linda-y9h]

I grew up in the 60's. Dad ALWAYS had his jazz station on the radio. Thank you for this delightful treat. Love Miles. ❤😊

[@douglasennis7291]

So great 💥💥💥🔥🔥🔥

[@TBonzzz]

It just don’t get much better than this! 🎺 🎷

[@NateStrong-gn3ne]

I’ve been marathoning y’all’s reaction you guys listen to the real shit appreciate it!

[@wanderer0617]

Oh! 1st song on Kind of Blue! 🩵 Thanks for reacting to this live version. A gift!

[@longago-igo]

I began exploring Jazz back in my college days in the early 70s and saw Miles when he was performing Bitches Brew. His earlier work came later for me, which makes me wish I’d been born earlier and could have seen him during this period.

[@ericcohen4613]

What a great live performance. Looked up the band on this, three of the five musicians died by the time they were 40. It was a tough life for jazz musicians.

[@billhealey2060]

epic beyond words. thanks for reminding me how good these guys were.

[@kevinhennessey3189]

Heard the Album "Kind of Blue" when I was 10 on WBRU the FM station run by Brown university changed what I thought about Music. Miles brought so many great musicians to the fore. The ALbum version is very different because of Cannonball adderly on Sax in addition to Coltrane. THere were many members of Milesd Bands over the years. A year or two after this Herbie Hancock was on the piano.

[@redevil7081]

I saw Miles Davis at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago in 1974. The music you just reviewed sounded great in a real music hall. My dad, his brother and wife spent half a day site seeing (my uncle lived there), Navy Pier, before we went to the venue at around 9pm. I was 21 then. Thanks for that memory. My dad had a military reunion that week; 10th Combat Engineer Brigade, 3rd INF DiV. I heard a lot of stories about N Africa, Sicily, Italy, S France, Central Europe and Germany, stuff I had no idea my father had done during WW2.

[@buckeyelax9567]

I am a huge jazz head. Loved this version. Fabulous

[@metaphoria3]

One of my fav songs / vids

[@jml-rj5re]

I think that's Wynton Kelly on piano on this live recording.

[@williamlovett619]

Miles and miles

[@jml-rj5re]

Giants upon giants of musicians on Kind of Blue: Miles Davis - trumpet; Julian "Cannonball" Adderley - alto saxophone except on "Blue in Green" and bonus disc track "So What"; John Coltrane - tenor saxophone; Bill Evans - piano except on "Freddie Freeloader" and bonus disc track "So What"; Wynton Kelly - piano on "Freddie Freeloader" and bonus disc track "So What"; Paul Chambers - double bass; Jimmy Cobb - drums

[@jml-rj5re]

This was Miles' Davis' band. The second quintet. Miles just kept reinventing music. Cool jazz, fusion in the 1960s, jazz-funk in the 70s.

[@christianman73]

Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Sly and the Family Stone, and the jazzy side of Frank Sinatra, all *blew my mind* when I got into them, as a teenage hard rock, metal, and punk fan, in the early '90s. Those artists expanded my musical world so much. In particular, "Kind of Blue," "My Favorite Things," and "There's A Riot Goin' On" redefined my thinking on what music could do. I'm still amazed by them!

[@jedflorex]

Now check out the rythmic 1992 'Acid Jazz' version of "So What" by British 'urban jazz' guitarist Ronnie Jordan. Totally different vibe, but you'll love it...😏

[@mrmiscast]

Some sort of Miles Davis plays each and every day at my house...

[@curtisduncanmusic7645]

Okay, guys; now you have to react to Diana Krall (if you haven't already). "The Look of Love" is great. So is "East of the Sun, West of the Moon" or "Walk On By" - all from her "Live in Paris" videos. She is a massive talent.

[@Wordsmyth8]

I LOVE this song. The whole Kind of Blue album is great. I was introduced to this kind of music by the Ken Burns “Jazz” series when I was probably in my 40s. I took a chance and bought this album and Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” and I was stunned. I never thought I would like jazz, but I found myself loving it.

[@dmCurator]

Gobs and gobs of talent

[@itsmedrooms6071]

Wow! That’s John Coltrane on Sax. How cool is that! Kind of Blue… one of his best.

[@geoffwells5633]

Great stuff guys. These sessions have some great players Studio 58 I think. There is a great session with Billie Holiday with some of the greatest sax players ever. Coleman Hawkins Lester Young Johnny Hodges and Gerry Mulligan all paying homage to Lady Dat

[@brianfiori4086]

Great shit. Glad to see people spreading the word.

[@LynneConnolly]

Genius.

[@ricobonifacio1095]

Love me some Miles Davis. Rest in Peace to Miles and John Coltrane who was gone way to soon.

[@JimiBurleigh]

Miles Davis is #5 on my personal list of the most important American musicians who have ever lived. I believe the piano is Bill Evans, btw😊 Here are my top 5 #1 Louis Armstrong #2 Jimi Hendrix #3 Duke Ellington #4 Count Basie #5 Miles Davis Miles played with Bird, Dizzy, Max Roach and a host of literal legends of American music. Not to mention the bit about Miles Davis being the creator of Cool Jazz and a co-creator of Be-Bop. Yup, to my mind he's that important to American music. Lovin'your reactions to the music 🎶 that has been the soundtrack to my life and times 🤘 Tioraidh an-drasta 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@bjwnashe5589]

A pinnacle of 20th century music.

[@billwoods9302]

A sound so unmistakable, it's now iconic. This is the music that audiophile daydreams are made of. And why some people spend more money buying their stereo equipment than their car.

[@rick063092]

Took the Allman Brothers and The Grateful Dead to unlock Miles & Coltrane for me, and it’s been a great musical ride since .. lucky enough to have seen Ron Carter live 3x by him playing with Bob Weir ..

[@metaphoria3]

Their solos cross so seamless 2:50

[@linngrinch8471]

New subscriber. Thanks for the content. I'm still trying to play catch up on your journey. You two have a great chemistry together. Have to say that I'm suprised that with your love of Stevie Ray Vaughn, you have reacted to any Jeff Healy. Jeff is a blind musician that was discovered by Stevie in Toronto in 1983. Jeff Healy- See The Light (Night Music 1988), live performance