At 65, Miles Davis's Son Confirms The Rumors

[@wigstretch]

Went to see him at the Village Gate in New York in the very early 70's. Loved his set but Miles basically had contempt for the audience, scowling at us, clearing his spit valve practically in our faces as we were seating below the elevated stage, and walking behind the stage curtain when he finished his solo. In Contrast Eddie Harris' set was fun, upbeat and he appeared happy to be performing for us. Miles was one of the most innovative musicians in my time and many of his sidemen became band leaders afterwards. He deserves a lot of credit.

[@mangalarobertwatling9168]

Yeah. Miles was Miles. When he came back in the early 80's he seemed a little more mellow. I saw him in the Kool Jazz Festival in 83, 84 and 85. I wasn't close enough to interact with him, but he did seem to be playing to the audience. 83 was my favorite set, with Mike Stern and John Scofield on guitars. Fond memories.

[@michael-ph3jn]

Bill Evans venue there was epic

[@constancevandiver8649]

❤❤❤❤❤ I loved his music. I will always cherish the two concerts that I saw up close enough to look right in his face. I saw him smile.

[@MisAnnThorpe]

Are you certain it wasn't a grimace?!

[@RonaldWilliams-lp3bg]

Absolutely love Miles Davis but I would love to see you do one on Lee Morgan that is my favorite trumpet player

[@Semprini537]

LEE MORGAN was great. So was CHET BAKER too

[@jerrychetty2524]

Lee Morgan was the best for me personally

[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

There is an award-winning documentary available on Lee Morgan that’s worth buying. “I Called Him Morgan” (2016)

[@lauraveney1412]

Miles said in his book he was scared of Lee

[@JL-bu8bz]

The best

[@laurinadaley26]

In terms of breaking barriers, setting new trends innovative composition he was the greatest

[@dr.brianjudedelimaphd743]

Greatest trumpeter of ALL time ?? Fats Navarro, Gillespie, Clifford Brown, Louis Armstrong- yes

[@korhanarguden1062]

What about Bill Dixon, Ted Curson, Lester Bowie ??

[@dr.brianjudedelimaphd743]

@@korhanarguden1062 they are also great

[@evelynap9728]

Freddie Hubbard

[@c.wilson6723]

Heard him in Toronto at the Colonial Tavern on Yonge Street … a unique musician and fascinating person to watch. Incredibke memorable! 🎼🎼🎼

[@richardhiggins1255]

The man won 8 Grammys' and put out over 100 records and toured! He died with a net worth of $1M? I know he had his issues but, I also blame the record companies for screwing him over! I think Hendrix died broke!

[@joycevaneekhout4992]

The song "STELLA by starlight " was his best. I love Chet Baker the most

[@halwarner3326]

Chet Baker is my favorite as well. Miles is also wonderful.

[@marshalmcdonald7476]

Clark Terry is mine, but yeah Chet was truly great.

[@davidhunternyc1]

I agree. I love Chet Baker over everyone else. His album, Chet Baker Chet is better than Miles Davis Kind of Blue.

[@fryelee11]

​@@davidhunternyc1Kind Of Blue is my favorite, tomorrow I will listen to your album by Chet Baker.

[@effsixteenblock50]

Stella wasn't his song, nor did he ever claim it was his.

[@pnojazz]

That’s alright Miles, I’ll be riding with you until my time comes!❤

[@TheRealG2024]

Until THE WHEELS COME OFF!!! ❤❤❤

[@adamodimattia]

Terribly presented material.

[@hshlom]

Interesting video. But you should keep the videos in the same timeline as the commentary. If you tell about the bands he played in in the 1940s, don't show pics from 1980.

[@SPQR748]

Miles was the greatest. I saw him in Cleveland when I was 16. I got to go backstage during an intermission to ask him for his autograph. He was sitting on some stairs fiddling with his horn. When the adult that accompanied me backstage asked him if I could get his autograph he just looked at us for a second and went back to fiddling with his horn so we returned to our seats. It didn’t bother us because we were warned. We considered it Miles being Miles. 😎

[@a.nobodys.nobody]

Where at? I'm from Cleveland myself

[@SPQR748]

@@a.nobodys.nobody Well it was back the 60s so I think it may have been at convention center downtown or possibly the Masonic auditorium on Euclid Avenue also downtown.

[@MarkLPriest]

The Miles Davis Autobiography, with Quincy Troupe, is an excellent (and often hilarious) read. Highly recommended.

[@SergioOctavioFiorito]

Dizzy Gillespie...Clifford Brown... Chet Baker... Art Farmer... Shorty Rogers... Carmell Jones...

[@EdwardJackson-u9z]

These were better

[@DavidGB215]

Bix lives.

[@williemakeit2346]

Miles was one of the greatest along with all the names mentioned. None were better than the other. They all had their own thing that none of the others had.

[@shermanyoung8185]

@SergioOctavioFiorito,Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Donald Byrd,Jon Faddish,Wynton Marsalis, Eddie Henderson ,Booker Little, Blue Mitchell 😂😂😂😂

[@DavidGB215]

@@williemakeit2346 Wise post 👍

[@TheRealLordTakim]

I just came to see what his son is going to say, because I always thought he looked kind of scary

[@dbadagna]

What did his son say?

[@fredbrooks2939]

I always loved rock and blues so when I watched Miles the first time I wasn’t expecting what I saw and heard OMFG yes!

[@pangeaproxima3681]

ok, ok...

[@anthonygibes1411]

“…the greatest trumpet player of all time.”??? Quite an introductory statement…

[@jbuk4369]

I switched off shorty after that, esp. after seeing the images randomly non-contemporary, public-access sources. Nasty and amateurish

[@steven8417]

Miles and Herbie practically invented fusion - that is HUGE

[@ivancotton1954]

Eddie Harris invented jazz fusion

[@gregrobel]

Larry Coryell invented fusion! He had the first fusion band, the "Free Spirits"! This was in 1965, if memory serves.

[@jeannetteduette6704]

Louis Armstrong was the greatest Trumpeter of all time!

[@Appdbxjishevvdbncjjfikrkrbxbbn]

Nah

[@wendellboyd8073]

Debatable!

[@markv.5962]

al hirt

[@Semprini537]

Well, one of the greatest

[@DavidGB215]

AMEN 👍

[@paulstewart5993]

Somday my Prince will come porky and bess w/trane-sick solos Best solos ever

[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

You’ve got to separate the man from the art. At least that’s what people keep telling me.

[@danyelle8856]

verissimo !!!!

[@oliverkarbus4503]

Kind of Blue. Greatest Jazz Album of all times.

[@slimyelow]

Köln Concert

[@Birdlives247]

Louis Armstrong was the greatest jazz musician. Miles would have agreed.

[@johnmills2274]

Nah. Ellington , Tatum & Parker

[@brucescott4261]

@Birdlives247 ...Pops was one of the greatest!

[@damali-karlawhittaker6462]

Loved Miles Davis, to me, the greatest trumpeter!

[@chrisfitzmaurice7484]

He wasn't the greatest trumpeter of all time. He was the most important jazz theoretician of all time.

[@ivoryconsort]

Ridiculous statement

[@chrisfitzmaurice7484]

@@ivoryconsort How so?

[@johnmcilroy6874]

Miles favourite trumpet player was Harry James.

[@maryblevins4285]

Don’t hate the player Hate the game been a star have demons😈💩💩

[@huansitoaguilar9405]

Respect , Peace Be Upon Him

[@jaymo8206]

I named my son Miles.🎺😎

[@sarakurtz228]

@@jaymo8206 Does he spit at you ?😂

[@delmanglar]

I love “Spanish Key” from the Bitches Brew album

[@sarakurtz228]

SO WHAT!- Genius- Blue Note’s favorite child ❤😢

[@yourdogsnews]

Except he mostly recorded for columbia. I think he recorded with prestige more than he ever did blue note.

[@marestamenkovska1583]

Cliford Brown is GOAT

[@doc1007]

Greatest trumpeter of all times??

[@oliverkarbus4503]

Love Miles ❤❤❤

[@JonLettsGuitars]

Smiles Davis.

[@MisAnnThorpe]

Miles smiles.

[@danyelle8856]

il piu' grande musicista del ventesimo secolo , nonche' il mio preferito . Immenso ,ineguagliabile !!!!!!!!!!!

[@sirjer73]

I agree I think Miles was the definitive musical artist of the 20th century!!!

[@olafsrensen9578]

Miles learnd me how to youse the pause between notes in a very subtile way .

[@shannyb1671]

He looks mean

[@saranagh7097]

He WAS . (Homely as homemade sin, too .)

[@brucescott4261]

@shannyb1671 ...He was mean!

[@raefblack7906]

So does your Mammy

[@MrMaxismybaby]

He used to beat Cicely Tyson, when they were together.

[@chrisfurtson]

​@@saranagh7097so what about you? What level are you with God?

[@badlourising]

Chet Baker baked Miles

[@marcoevans2155]

Great bio. Another troubled icon that brought enjoyment to many.

[@SveinKjenner]

I love Miles Davis, Brilliant. I saw him with Prince. 2xbrilliant. Other than that, who is the commentator in this documentary.

[@laraoneal7284]

He was a very angry man.

[@philb9373]

Enjoyed watching this, I always admired his talent and loved listening to his horn.

[@markryan2109]

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

[@TheMisterGriswold]

Was easily irritated.

[@jamorains]

@@markryan2109 read his autobiography

[@jamespollock11]

Plenty of eyewitness reports.​@@markryan2109

[@johnspelic9861]

I love how all these documentaries on Miles totally skim over the 70s when he was literally a pimp.

[@hamiltongomesdasilva9561]

Miles is Miles.

[@savoyaepps646]

Period.

[@kyantaylor87]

He was beautiful

[@terryrobinson9354]

Live at the Blackhawk.

[@AugustJohnMusic]

“He got an aneurism from and anger outburst then died” LMAOOOOOOOOO

[@JulieCarey-y1n]

😂😂😂 honestly I can imagine that happening to me…you gotta’ laugh.

[@carlinwoods245]

we will all reap what we sow...

[@billsmith4153]

Miles understood alot

[@maitreya1906]

What?! Thats the first I've heard that he was on anti retroviral meds insinuating he had HIV??

[@jwalker7277]

Yes and he caught pneumonia...I heard it before too but the media hushed it.

[@JusNBL2000]

@@jwalker7277 he died because of Sickle cell he had it since the early 60’s and when he got mad at the doctor he had a stroke then died

[@stevemullins2187]

Because of his utter contempt for everybody, especially his audience, he does not deserve to be called the greatest. There are others that are and were much more technically appealing and much more deserving of being called the greatest than Davis.

[@ronniecozzi8385]

He beat up Cicley Tyson.

[@Tony-mn7vo]

Kinda Blue is the greatest album ever made.

[@4980cbs]

As…le.

[@paulgordon6949]

Its definitely up there

[@scarlettjoehandsome6130]

Surely in contention

[@FretboardMaestro]

100%

[@griffini19]

‘Kinda’ Blue!? 🙈🙈🙈

[@Paladin-zw7ek]

Most inspired playing . . .Jack Johnson

[@horaceball5418]

I've been to East St. Louis, it was nice!

[@drjukebox]

Miles was an a-hole. End of story.

[@xeropunt5749]

Donald Byrd was the _funkiest_ trumpeter, then Eddie Henderson & Tom Browne.

[@matts9064]

The biggest secret going around was that he died from complications brought on by AIDS.

[@JusNBL2000]

Sickle Cell*

[@johnspelic9861]

Miles was on all the AIDS and HIV drugs at the time. He was after all literally a pimp for a decade or more in the 70a

[@Paladin-zw7ek]

Cicely Tyson at :59

[@100thmegapixel]

His eyes are scary as f.

[@reliableandrew]

You just scare easily.

[@MsReddVelvet4207]

HE ALWAYS LOOKED MEAN😐

[@a.nobodys.nobody]

And now this channel is 100% dedicated to damning diddy 😂

[@Foodhygienist]

🙌🏿 The COOLEST MON WALKING ON THE EARTH 💯

[@drinkingpoolwater]

1:02 is that Steve Stoute?

[@ach2lieber]

Greatest trumpeter of all time? Have you heard the playing of Rolf Smedvig?

[@thomastimlin1724]

Or Wynton Marcellus?

[@MisAnnThorpe]

@@thomastimlin1724 Marsalis

[@kencory2476]

Too handsome for his own good.

[@Vibeagain]

Bwa!

[@JeanCaze]

Greatest trumpet player of all time? 😂

[@EdwardJackson-u9z]

Fats Navarro was better

[@JeanCaze]

@@EdwardJackson-u9z well it’s debatable who is the greatest of all time truly is. But to plainly make that statement about any trumpeter is laughable

[@DavidGB215]

Maynard Ferguson

[@OGStazzy]

Everything comes from them. They were lucky to be alive when they were is suppose but yes the greatest. There’s level to it

[@Xbangsplot]

Dizzy Gillespie.

[@Kehindebhart]

2:13. Is that an earring?

[@perpetualmotion357]

Miles best album is Crypt Keeper Hairdo lol

[@adityatyagi4009]

His estate was only worth $1 million at the time of his death? Wow. I thought it would be much more.

[@mah38900]

most musicians are far less wealthy than people imagine. and jazz musicians even less so.

[@Acemechanicalservices]

What a shocker, a longtime drug addict didn’t accumulate wealth.

[@oluwolea1]

Miles had swag; Louis was probably the greatest trumpeter of the 20th century! Followed closely by Miles mentor Dizzy!

[@raoulmarlin2042]

He was good as well

[@janiebankston2003]

❤love the song so what , my favorite 😊

[@MrGuto]

So what?

[@rashayzaire9024]

Miles is a legend.. bottom line

[@billsmith4153]

I dare any of you to live his life

[@effsixteenblock50]

Exactly. People want to criticise but imagine headlining a gig at a prestigeous nightclub, only to get a beat-down by the cops when you step outside for a breath of air during intermission - and that's just one incident.

[@mauriziacanale7212]

Chi ha causato la crisi ne sopporti le conseguenze

[@virgil_kane]

I liked ' Kinda Blue ' . I didn't like ' Bitches Brew ' .

[@Jazz313]

Crazy ❤

[@ajdrums8075]

James Morrison is my favourite

[@UttaraMimamsa]

ok, ok...

[@1Tonari]

Sketches in Spain is my favorite

[@Abdullah-h1v1p]

Loved Miles

[@davidgardner3148]

As great as Miles was, he wasn’t the greatest. He evolved many styles but there were and there are greater trumpeters than he.

[@grawakendream8980]

like who

[@arguellescisnerosmovies2442]

Him mentoring people as Coltrane, mc laughlin, deFrancesco..make him the greatest

[@MisAnnThorpe]

@@arguellescisnerosmovies2442 That's something completely separate from him being the greatest Trump Peter of all time.

[@yourdogsnews]

@@grawakendream8980 Freddy Hubbard, Ruby Braff, Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan, just to name a few.

[@myrstika]

AZT?

[@mikesuniverse1789]

Whoever put him on azt killed him. He could have live to his 90s

[@Kent-qo6xp]

Harry James could outplay them in their sleep.

[@247hdjazz]

he was very far from "the best trumperter ever"........

[@barflytom3273]

the best trumpeter ever was Dizzy. Miles was the best innovator and the best ballad player.

[@4980cbs]

The greater trumpeter???

[@danyelle8856]

proprio si' , e il musicista in senso ampio piu' grande del secolo....

[@247hdjazz]

HE WAS FAR FROM THE BEST TRUMPET PLAYER IN THE WORLD! HE WASN'T EVEN #10!

[@flinkband]

define best

[@senmarc227]

Miles was an artist

[@effsixteenblock50]

Miles would bring people to tears when he played a ballad.

[@angelawatkins3406]

I use to listen to his music. I never hear it now?

[@juliefreeman7676]

Nope. Wynton Marsalis is the greatest trumpeter of all time.

[@pangeaproxima3681]

Nope. Arturo Sandoval is.

[@jerzy1306]

he has been overated,also by myself!

[@peggyjaeger9280]

Paris had horse and carriage in 1949? LOL

[@jamielunes1841]

His girlfriend name was coffen? Say what?😊

[@bloodyorphan]

Slowest dialogue and only 2 seconds of Miles actually playing ? Have you added all the actors / musicians in the credits ? You cats should be banned 🙂 Did his family get any APPRAA credit ???

[@BrianAdamkowski]

❤

[@jamesgerrardbrown5169]

Pig farming ( pig killers) isn't exactly kosher.... capisce amigos? Forget about it

[@rp9674]

Vibrato and tremolo is so overdone

[@Chesterton7]

😆

[@jimdemetri8168]

Most overrated musician ever

[@michaelgpartridge2384]

What are you smoking

[@pangeaproxima3681]

_What?_ _What?_ _What?_

[@ISuperTed]

As a fellow Trumpet player, you can certainly say overrated in that respect, but as a musician? One of the most influential musicians ever born.

[@pangeaproxima3681]

@@ISuperTed _what?_

[@michaelbey5331]

Miles was damn good but he was hardly the best.

[@FRED-sr4me]

I thought Miles Davis play drums

[@badlourising]

Miles was way overrrated

[@badlourising]

Yes very over rated. Chet Baker was so much more a beautiful touching player