Miles Davis - All Blues 1964 Milan, Italy

Miles Davis Quintet
Teatro dell'Arte, Milan, Italy
October 11 1964
Personnel:
Miles Davis: trumpet
Wayne Shorter: tenor sax
Herbie Hancock: piano
Ron Carter: bass
Tony Williams: drums

[@GeneTrujillo]

Wow, another of those videos that makes me glad to live in an age where we can fire up a laptop, go on KZbin, and see this sort of thing.

[@JamesVibe]

Yes indeed. And we can “fire up” other things now too that these guys went to jail for……. Amazing time in history 2021

[@GeneTrujillo]

@@JamesVibe In the super cool live B&W TV vid of Miles playing "So What" that can also be found on KZbin the musicians can be seen blazing up in the background during the extended solos.

[@TheRobWay1]

Yes and no

[@Alpha-Andromeda]

Indeed!!! Much better than actually living in an age when we could go see it live.

[@RonCarterBassist]

It's amazing to see so much of the past preserved online for the future...

[@OG-19]

This is probably the best quintet ever.

[@randymiller899]

I don't think there is any PROBABLY to it and I don't think anyone else who has ever had quintet would disagree.

[@rufusthompson3055]

I am NOT going to argue with you! Miles himself said he had to push himself to keep up with "those young cats"...

[@PrestonStClair]

It is.. hard to beat that.. Ron ,Tony and Herbie..blew my mind !!!

[@Daniel-ox1sb]

I love how back then every live version was significantly different -- they plaid true jazz, always evolving and trying out different changes.

[@Unmoved12345]

One of the greatest bands of all time playing at top form.

[@RonCarterBassist]

Now this brings back memories... Thank you for sharing :)

[@Crowdpleaser84]

The genius himself!!!!!! The very bassist on this vid!!!! Sir it is a pleasure watching you work here.

[@chrishoey9158]

Thank you, Mr. Carter!

[@lydiapercy3695]

❤Quintessential instrumentalist...absolutely beautiful 😍 ❤

[@tormidasoloacoustic]

I was in Milan for this one... but I was only 6 months old...and they card:)

[@jamesratner7889]

Wayne's solo is really something. His playing is really inside, meaning logical, but it sounds outside because it's all so unpredictable.

[@OdinLimaye]

Wayne Shorter's solo is fucking insane; so skillful and beautiful!

[@samdtall]

I love how Shorter just lets it rip between 7:00 and 8:00. I personally tend to gravitate much more toward hyper-melodic solos, but there's no defeating right out expression through such an extension of self. And Hancock, as always, moves freely around the changes as he decides is necessary. So fortunate to still have them both around.

[@kbeeistley]

And Ron Carter!

[@bobhermsen3852]

until now. Rest in peace

[@isaiahangelo]

Tony Williams the only drummer I've seen make Miles Davis groove dance while soloing

[@cali22boi]

Al Foster and Ricky Wellman made Miles dance on stage as well

[@megaanderson97]

When you start to notice the communications they have with each other while playing jazz becomes a different form of entertainment all together. This seems so fun.

[@BREN248]

Bruh! But I am dead at miles when he plays the piano at 12:24! LOL! Herbie crushes it!

[@catwithabeard]

Once it happened to me that I used to sleep under a couch where Miles Davis was relaxing and playing his trumpet - what a cool cat!

[@jorgegonzalezpolak5982]

I think... is the best quintet, no doubt!!

[@francoisthomas3374]

extraordinaire, la meilleure version de cette époque! Herbie a 24 ans à ce moment là

[@robertsuliga9909]

my favorite version of "All Blues" thanks

[@KarlozWatson]

Why isn't jazz like this anymore???

[@МАРКОВ-ы8в]

different times

[@catwithabeard]

I keep asking me this the same over and over …

[@jan_Travis]

Cause it's evolved? Different eras are gonna provide different grooves and textures. Simple as that.

[@tomasvanecek8626]

They were never better than here. Miles wrote in his biography he always stood close to Ron, to hear him playing, and you can see it here...

[@Montanacellist]

I didn't want this to end!

[@desmondnazombe5922]

Frank Nevins, Live at the Plugeed Nickel was out of this world brother. Four and More was also great. Herbie was introduced to Miles by Donald Byrd and the rest is history

[@331paradiddle]

Tony Williams was put on this earth to show us how to play jazz drums. What an amazing musician. To be that young and have that kind of musicality is beyond comprehension. It is truly a gift that he took full advantage of. If you compare what he was doing to the other players at the time he was so unique. RIP Tony. Your spirit lives on in all of us.

[@terce8120]

That small interaction at 12:19…he just knows how great the band is

[@franknevins9118]

Wayne Shorter at this time thought he had to fill Coltrane's shoesHe killed the solo...... like, it sort of died midstream. One can kill it good or kill it bad. This wasn't his true self playingI believe over time Herbie straightened him out. Wayne Shorter is one of my all-time favorite composers. He later got the "less can sometimes be more" thing.The REAL DEAL here is the communication between Herbie and Anthony, especially during Herbie's "let's straighten this thing out again" solo.Of course, Ron carter was right there the entire time.In case anyone reading this cares, I have been listening to these guys... THIS EXACT COLLECTION OF GUYS TOGETHER AS A UNIT for 35 years, almost everyday. I consider this collection of geniuses to be the best group of musicians that ever existed. The pinnacle/ethos if you will of musicianship. I just wantedto hip everyone to the fact that Wayne probably was nervous as hell, drank too much coffee before getting on stage and was "possessed" , if you will, by the fantom of his idol................Coltrane.Other than that, who couldn't love anything these guys ever did. Check out Live at the Plugged Nickel...........maybe best ever !Thanks for reading.

[@samferguson9171]

I feel you on that! But I actually love Shorter's attempts to emulate the Coltrane sheets of sound thing. It's especially successful in his work with Blakey, particularly Free For All!!!

[@kleinequietboykleinequietb7126]

I am with you. I like hearing Waynes's take on Trane, for sure more than Brecker or Liebman doing it. As Frank is probably aware, if you are listening to a player constantly, that player's phrasing and ideas will show in your playing. consciously and unconsciously. how could Wayne Shorter not have been listening to Trane constantly over the previous 8 years and trying, like Brecker to figure out how he got that sound? I think he becomes aware at points that he is simply Blowing Trane licks and flurries, and pulls back and says, okay this is some blues, this is me. Or maybe Miles told him "play like Trane That's what the people want to hear". He did tell musicians what and how to play. He used to tell Garland to play the big money lick octaves and block chords, at times when Red would rather have played his beautiful, long bouncy, crystal clear lyrical single lines.

[@paxwallacejazz]

His solo was fine especially the juju quote. Dude This was a fragile period for the quality of Miles' trumpet playing. The consistency of the 50s is ebbing away while at the same time there are super creative spikes like "The hallucinogenic My Funny Valentine" just recorded this same year at the opening of Lincoln Center. Miles was stumbling over a hyper intuition that served to help create the entire aesthetic vision for the Quintet. But even hyper intuitive improvisation and telepathic group dynamics are still served by disciplined practice. Just goes to show never stop practicing just an opinion. The brilliant Wayne Shorter composed moments of "Iris" "Fall" Neffertiti etc. Are just around the bend.

[@lilakmonoke982]

you are absolutely right, this is one of the most radical combo of forward thinking musicians of all time. in the mid 60s jazz was as experimental as electronic music is now and these guys were at the front line of it.

[@wids]

Yo Frank I know this post is 2 years old but if youre still active id love to talk about THE quintet with you

[@themusiccovenant]

Gods of jazz

[@msaintpc]

Sublime music by sublime musicians! Herbie's still with us. The rest of these musical angels, thank you for blessing us with this heavenly gift, you have done His work wondrously, and may you all forever rest in peace! SMIB

[@msaintpc]

Thank the stars for that. I'm 69 yrs. old and staring my own demise in the face, and can't quite keep up with who's around or not anymore, but thanks for pulling my coat tail to that info.

[@kevinwilliams6103]

m. saint Wayne Shorter is still with us as well. Saw Herbie about a month ago at Carnegie hall with Chick Corea - he is remarkable...better than ever.

[@kevinwilliams6103]

Kevin Williams As is Ron Carter... so three out of the five are not yet angels

[@skillet6870]

Hey, whose those cats playing with Mr. Tony Williams?

[@wilgreenstreet]

So great!!!

[@fulvio90roma]

Amazing Hancock solo!

[@tonyperry5727]

This is music

[@antonr.2101]

Frank, that was an AWESOME commentary. loved the insight of the band dynamic. True titans of musical discovery...

[@johnjoachim9886]

Wow, and it seemed like just yesterday you were waxing on The Who's 'Love, Reign, O'er Me' (which, now I don't mind saying is a tune I never cared for that much). Bravo, Man, Bravo. And thank you.

[@Yapostadodat]

Great angle on Herbie, you can really see what his hands are doing.

[@darioferni6566]

Herbie always surprising !

[@franknemeth7430]

Thank you. Like silk. So smooth.

[@L33M_0]

2:50 god I’ve always thought that was so smooth how the changes the feel 🔥

[@eleanorsopwith9806]

John ‘I can’t stop playing’ Coltrane: He was such a compulsive practiser, like he wanted to practise all the time…When you start doing that you get a connection to the instrument… It starts to feel like an extension of yourself.’ Kamasi Washington

[@ramiroveron765]

love those two first notes in miles solo

[@fetengineer9151]

Wow magnificent playing by all of them... wish, I could have seen them live... unfortunately, I was born in March 1965.

[@TheRobWay1]

All virtuosos !

[@tonyperry5727]

Wayne is making that tenor sing

[@HughMorristheJoker]

Popular music is now made by machines. Similar bpms. No key changes. Formulaic chord progressions. 4 or 5 producers write for most of the top acts.

[@USBP464]

Otherworldly!

[@Fjordavy]

Happy birthday, Hancock

[@DoartYT]

Crazy to think that this was only 12 years ago………………….. 😏

[@archibaldelkin6541]

When they go to 4/4 swing at 2:49 is that improvised or rehearsed? If it's improv did Miles lead them to swing or Tony? I ask because I'm trying to learn this stuff. Amazing performance. Sucks you in from beginning to end.

[@rafaeltrindade7009]

+Chad Livingston The change to 4/4 swing is simply genius stuff, this is my all-time favorite version of All Blues. I think it was improv, but I know it was Tony Williams who led up to that. Such an impeccable, mind-blowing drummer.

[@archibaldelkin6541]

Thanks Rafael. I assumed it was Mr. Williams leading that change. Such a great version of this song.

[@rafaeltrindade7009]

You're welcome! My favorite version of "All Blues", indeed. Such a magnificent quintet this was.

[@MarkTarmannPianoCheck_it_out]

Ron Carter said (paraphrased) "people assume the leading impetus for innovation came from the piano and horn players, but it often came from the rhythm section" Since the bass is the ultimate boss when it comes to pulse, I am going to assume that Carter started playing 4/4 and Williams heard it in a nano second and followed him. Ron thinking "i am so tired of this same old 3/4 riff, let's see what they do with THIS". Williams set it up here, but they may have done it previous to this performance, and who knows who came up with it first?

[@2001ido]

About the 4/4 feel- it’s stays at 3/4 but the pulses are dotted quarter notes so you think it is 4/4 but they still in 3/4

[@silvestrofassari2354]

Quite different from the original studio version!!

[@AlSternFlorida]

Fantastic; there is no other word for it.

[@victoreremita7474]

Among other causes of wonder in this MIlanese set, the duo Williams-Hancock is amazing.

[@bassturkey]

Well Frank, I'm a huge Wayne Shorter fan myself. You're observations nailed it, but for me as a bassist, Ron Carter and Tony Williams are over the top here. Ron Carter was incredibly fluid and musical. Williams ever so refined. They were a rhythm section sent from heaven. Sorry if my comments fall short.

[@bezuglich]

The jazz/standards canon shot into the heavens like fireworks!

[@pj2614]

All I can say is,,,,,,,,,,I’m happy.

[@trignoriver1]

Who is that on piano? Love him. And how tall is that dude on bass?

[@moinjay3274]

Taller than the sax player

[@DavidWilliams-sp8gv]

Miles rippin layin' it down thick and saucy! '

[@GerardOHemmerle]

Herbie's birthday today . . . Happy BDay!

[@jimhutchison]

this is herbie hancock

[@twigsupreme]

I'm thinking it is

[@stephentmw]

2:49 flawless modulation

[@gblewz]

Great Ron Carter composition that has become a standard over the years. Never noticed before how tall Carter is. Wayne Shorter is my all time fav tenor player after Trane. Funny, Miles had the guys looking like the Fruit of Islam with those bow ties. 😂

[@jcronanj71]

The words to respond properly haven't been invented yet.

[@331paradiddle]

These guys paved the way for everything that has gone on in modern jazz since then in my humble opinion.

[@Incog2k6]

331paradiddle You are almost right. It was the Miles Davis group, but not this line-up which paved everything. It was the legendary version of the group recorded the "Kind of Blue", which had Coltrane, Evans, Aderley, Chambers and Cobb. Coltrane and Evans in particular are fan favorites. They had so many copycats afterwards, it's not even funny.

[@331paradiddle]

Incog2k6 that's your opinion

[@MarkTarmannPianoCheck_it_out]

"that's just, like, your opinion man".......the big Lebowski

[@ze_chooch]

They move from texture to texture seamlessly.

[@dawudabdullaah6977]

Damn, Jimmy Cobb is on the drums. WOW

[@bdup680]

Jimmy Cobb was on the drums, in the original 1959 version of "All Blues." Tony Williams is playing the drums on this 1964 version of "All Blues."

[@cronos1rscrew]

Amo questo pezzo

[@rockyoumentally]

Great... I had to watch to the end.

[@franciscochico7075]

Thnxs for uploading!

[@tucomorales5109]

💫💫💫💫💫

[@keniwashington672]

Tony Williams (RIP) and I are exactly the same age. Here, he is at 18 yrs old actually DRIVING the rhythm and time of this legendary Miles Davis' band. Tony, along with Sonny Payne, Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Pappa Joe Jones, Chick Webb - maybe a few others - and LARRY CLARK (Indianapolis based/ not an international star but fabulous) are the most >lyrical drummers< in the entire history of Jazz percussion.

[@jiyujizai]

🌱😀🥀💙

[@arjhendrix]

thank you for sharing best wishes

[@felixbloxsom]

AKG D12 microphones on everything!

[@rydermendelson7506]

7:30 saxophone sweep picking.

[@MrPulkato]

3/4 4/4 3/4 4/4, yea!!!

[@Ledprostate]

I've listened to Kind of Blue more times than I can count. Sheer perfection. I'd like to see live renditions of "Blue in Green" and, my favorite, "Flamenco Sketches." Need Coltrane for that.

[@ilovetomorrow]

👍

[@brwnhornet59]

Awesome!!!

[@Chris-cb4ig]

Que de talents autour de Miles !! Jeunes , motivés , fantastiques.. J ai eu l occasion d ecouter Wayne , 2 years ago, c est plus tout a fait ca ... Alors qu Hancock demenage furieusement encore ... Merci de me afire decouvrir cette merveile de Live !!

[@wroney16]

7:29 Wayne Sorter is ridiculous.

[@drumtwo4seven]

6:49 juju 👍

[@jiyujizai]

💙🙄🌼🌱

[@nalunoa]

exactly right! good ear, sir or madame!

[@Machautty]

JUJU! 6:45ish

[@rogerjonesII]

Right!!!

[@adampodlesny3505]

Ron Carter cool ;)

[@2330Silk]

Who are the members of this particular quintet?

[@JCR1992]

Miles, Wayne Shorter- Tenor Sax, Herbie Hancock- Piano, Ron Carter- Bass, Tony Williams- Drums

[@contactkeithstack]

can someone describe what scale or concepts being used around 6:30 if anything particular?

[@lewisnelken1966]

contactkeithstack I think he's just running starting on a note other than the tonic. Looks like his C scale (concert Bb) which is over the the song in G which is basically just playing the relative minor over a major chord... But I could also be totally incorrect haha

[@RicoJazz]

2:48 Start the 4/4 swing!

[@erickmatthewlynch2058]

how old were tony and herbie during this video? couldnt be over 21, right?

[@JCR1992]

Tony was 18 and Herbie was 24

[@jhm668]

Tony Williams, right?

[@rama_parwata]

Phil Rensen You're very wrong. This is Tony.

[@iwrotesham]

THE MASTER.

[@ishaq24722]

Believe it or not, Miles forbade this group from practicing at home so the music could be fresh. Actually paid them not to!

[@MARCO-ej4jl]

All the Best!

[@MNanko]

Juju 6:48!

[@frostytoes686]

Herbie!

[@22Burnette]

Cool!

[@DJDDT]

My kinda joint!

[@desmondnazombe5922]

The Second Greatest Miles Quintet The First Quintet.....

[@MrGordeuk5150]

2:55- swinging so fucking hard.

[@SAXDAVEBOY]

4 dislikes, WOWWWWW, must be deaf. Perfection

[@nicolegibert7290]

le plus grand !!!

[@MuzoSTEIN]

The Ethics of Jazz | Mahindra Humanities Center: Harvard University - I shouldn't have been surprised in the discovery that Herbie's musical genius could cross over perfectly to a humanitarian, ambassador & spokesperson - A MASTER STORY-TELLER!

[@drumtwo4seven]

5:50 start 👍