JIMI HENDRIX with MILES DAVIS? Purple Guitar, Kinda Blue Trumpet

People often say “If only Jimi and Miles had got around to recording together” so I wondered “What if they had? What might it sound like?”. This is my attempt to answer that question, although it uses new technology, because I'm sure Jimi and Miles would never have stood still.
For anyone interested in the technicalities, I used granular synthesis, vocoding, a little AI and a lot of luck to create this track.
Everything was played on keyboard. I took some phrases from improvisations by Jimi and Miles, then re-arranged the notes in different orders and rhythms to generate new riffs with a family likeness to ones the musicians might actually play.
I then created drum and bass parts using loops. Once I had a rough structure for the piece I processed these further with tempo modulation, phasing and filtering to get a restless, shifting groove, aiming to channel the feel of Mitch Mitchell and Tony Williams. Other sounds were mangled with distortion, gate/filter sequences and modulated echo. Gradually a narrative emerged for the words and I assembled a harmonic structure somewhere between modal jazz and blues - I hope! The hardest work was at the end during mixing, trying to get the different sounds and frequencies to sit together whilst hearing most of the words.
Hi, I'm Stephen Godsall and I'm a composer/multi instrumentalist from Dorset, England. Thanks for watching and please subscribe to help grow my channel.

[@samlewis7878]

Cool and great stuff-----Two of the ALL TIME greats in American music.

[@palitsalagivickers4588]

Miles was working with Jimi,teaching him Jazz and theory.He said that he picked up on it very quickly.Too bad it never went further cuz Jimi needed another scene outside of the hard rock world.

[@StephenGodsall]

Very true - it think they could have helped each other combine jazz and electronic music and that would have been dynamite!

[@marksmith842]

I agree that they would have fed of each other but to categorize Jimi as hard rock is misleading, his favorite works for me are Poly Gap, hey baby. My father played double bass and exposed to Jazz as a child in the UK

[@johnwattdotca]

You're making up your own narrative. The only association with Miles when Jimi was alive was Miles in music magazine interviews. For a year and a half, when Miles was asked who was on his turntable he said Jimi Hendrix.

[@kencutter1094]

This is wild I dig it It truly is like a jam session Jimi holding down; a anchor; with recognizable riffs And Miles riffing on top With Jimi philosophy about music 🎶 and his approach Peace ☮️ n serenity

[@StephenGodsall]

Bang on Ken - thanks!

[@jimichild]

This is an experience...I dig it

[@jimichild]

This is ridiculously creative my friend!!!!! Where did you get the isolated trumpet sounds??

[@StephenGodsall]

It took a lot of doing, hence the use of granular synthesis and vocoder - literally hundreds of sources!

[@johnbowman476]

Cool!

[@michaelbingham4505]

The most creative source of sounds,information,& understanding available. The Black minds.

[@theChrisCroft]

Amazing - the two coolest guys ever

[@StephenGodsall]

Thanks Chris, I thought you might like it!

[@tarotguitars]

"i didn't come here to eat" - miles davis

[@mikethompson848]

Sweet, Hard work. Nice.At least someone has ideas. Thanks

[@StephenGodsall]

Thanks Mike!

[@neilyatesjazz]

I like it!

[@BobSmith-o2h]

Beautiful

[@JoeBruyn-st1og]

my mom and dad saw miles davis on thier first date at the lighthouse wow the stories they told

[@StephenGodsall]

If that was wild, imagine if JH was also involved!!

[@janhogberg1303]

Fantastic, I like it, It sounds real too

[@PaulMansellukulele]

ha what a fun piece, very clever indeed

[@StephenGodsall]

Thanks Paul, it was fun to do - very tempting to continue with an extended mix......

[@LGBTQANONplus]

this was fkn awesome thank u

[@maru6771]

New Jack Johnson🎸🎺

[@jtkeen1852]

Right Off !!! ✨🎶🎸🎺🌚🌍🐉 ‘scuse us , as we kiss the sky 🤯🔥🎶👂🏽

[@DaveHogerty]

nice.

[@vincentrizzi4929]

If only........

[@jtkeen1852]

🎼🌊🎸🎺🌚🌍🪬😎 RIGHT OFF ! Now ‘scuse us as we kiss the sky 🎶🙀✨🗿🤯🫠

[@randy_highers]

Definitely avant-garde...but..would it sell ?

[@StephenGodsall]

Good point! But as Miles said "So what?"

[@andrewbrimmer1797]

Jimi was great with Lonny youngblood too

[@grahambird3257]

Miles was not teaching Jimi Jazz or theory. There is no evidence that he was.

[@johnwattdotca]

If I was trying to add some Jimi to some Miles, I'd pick "Doo-Bop", Miles last album.

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[@mcintoshkid]

this is so bad,,,thumps down,

[@Williamottelucas]

Don't thump your thumb!

[@seaman5705]

What's that ? Fusion electric church jazz-rock ? What a crap !

[@Xilla-posseLgendary]

not true, there is a jimi hendrix mile recording name ship passing trough