Miles Davis angry at Herbie Hancock colorized

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[@nikolasdiallo]

The fact Miles Davis had Ron Carter, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, all on the same band is fucking ridiculous. Man was playing an insane game. Ladies and gents, as honorably mentioned in comments the legend, Tony Williams.

[@Astrothunder_]

That’s an overpowered quartet.

[@CronoXpono]

You mean the Jazz Justice League? 😂 SO MUCH TALENT.

[@nikolasdiallo]

@@CronoXpono Literally assembled the A-Team.

[@nikolasdiallo]

@@Astrothunder_ Absolutely overpowered. They all stand on their own as pioneers of modern Jazz. And to think Miles Davis had them in his band at once is truly insane. Quincy Jones is another one. Honorable mention.

[@CronoXpono]

@@nikolasdiallo My wife asked me why didn’t listen to more jazz since I enjoy it. I told her there’s jazz that escapes my understanding. I should point this gaggle of geniuses out and point it out for her that THIS is a level I can’t hang with 😂

[@copaceticetal]

I do remember an incident a musician recalled where he played the "worst possible note" during a performance and Miles Davis covered it up by riffing on the same crappy note a few times before switching back. Afterward the musician approached Miles Davis to apologize and received a blank look. After reminding him about how he played "a bad note" Davis looked offended and told him that ''there are no bad notes! That could have been really good. You don't know until you try it out."

[@Checobeep]

That was Herbie.

[@scotty2tone]

And that musician was Albert Einstein

[@richieblondet2310]

Yes, as Checo wrote, that's a Herbie Hancock anecdote. Could this clip have been the anecdote captured "live?"

[@CFox.7]

Jazz is just an excuse to play wrong notes. There are indeed bad notes and to say otherwise.. thats being pretentious. Being famous doesnt make a bad note not bad.

[@bennyfairfax1]

@@CFox.7 nah, you just have a narrow view on music

[@eleveninfinityx]

as a jazz fan, i wish we could win at least 1 championship

[@KasHxJay]

💀

[@ricoricky98]

😂

[@okboomer1340]

Miles Davis was always pissed. Common Knowledge. Still a legend, but with flaws, like everyone.

[@katiescarlett5249]

I guess it was because Miles Davis was such a perfectionist. He demanded so much of himself and everyone else.

[@hirampopcock6626]

Yeah, he was one of those kinna, 'always' assholes. People like that are lucky if they have a balance of redeeming qualities to accompany their overall dicktitude.

[@omicroneridani7456]

That gig in Milan, back in '64, was bound to become eternal... especially for this very scene. The whole concert, by the by, is more than worth watching still nowadays, without a doubt.

[@timesupgr.8471]

Ivan just imagine what a pain Miles was to deal with. He was such a genius, he only cared about the music

[@nomnom112]

Who's ivan?

[@timesupgr.8471]

@@nomnom112 I can

[@sus-kupp]

​@@nomnom112 I can

[@rontomkins6727]

Apparently Herbie didn't only play the butter notes this time.

[@pillettadoinswartsh4974]

I'd be angry at Herbie being colorized too.

[@skipads5141]

He was since birth.

[@medwardn]

Ron Carter is just like "I do be here"

[@SSpecialDelivery]

Underrated comment ctfu

[@Cybothron]

Is it me? is it him? is it the instrument? omg am I out of tune? Oh he was looking at Herbie *phew*

[@daviddenison424]

thanks man, i was thinking wilt chamberlain used to jam with miles

[@Killenmachine05]

just a monster of a man playing barred chords on a fucking upright bass.

[@carstarsarstenstesenn]

Ron Carter be like "I do be everywhere"

[@kencur9690]

Lol, to us Herbie Hancock is a legend. To Miles Davis he was just another band member.

[@anthonybuck1044]

Forreal lol

[@MarsVee123]

Not even that. Just a very talented kid at that point

[@mackjigger6030]

A lot of Miles band members grew out to be legends...

[@masavoy0228]

I don't think Miles played with those

[@davido3109]

There's Ancestros first then You.... Miles was the Ancestor.. Sorry!!!

[@nuclearfrog306]

miles' attitude is like "no! I don't wanna play tennis with you, I just wanna play on the practice wall"

[@canalrandom7912]

What I love about this clip is the face Tony Williams makes, he be going like: "Oh no, that ain't good"

[@Euthyphro]

He’s trying to remember where the fire escapes are 😂

[@wyleeelpuppo4868]

*he be trying to

[@ci8552]

please leave the aave to black people. please

[@chrism9493]

@@ci8552 the huwhat now?

[@bre9328]

@@ci8552 Right, I saw someone else using it, and you can tell it ain't us speaking. I'm glad some of us are calling it out

[@CJCaldwell91]

He gave me that “Alright, one more f**kn time” look 😂😂😂

[@TheProdigyAccordion]

And herbie said “bet.” And gives it too him again lmao

[@ustheserfs]

tony williams and ron carter react the way children in the family not being punished typically do when one is.

[@kellycoleman715]

Miles actually pulled out a bazooka and fired it at Herbie the second time that happened.

[@SP35640SNAKE]

Apparently something was supposed to happen that didnt lol Tony's face is just like "ok"

[@wemakingmoves]

it's rather the contrary, im not a jazz pro but i think Herbie is riffing over Miles shit and miles needs a comp

[@ultraconceptmode]

I think he was just really into the performance tbh and trying to gauge what’s going on with the other players, a moment of intense focus on the music that made him seem angry at someone even though he wasn’t necessarily

[@metalheadnick555]

You're probably right, but that makes this video significantly less funny.

[@pricc-om]

@@metalheadnick555 honestly to me it makes it even funnier that he looks so fucking pissed and everyone thinks hes on edge but in reality he's just focused

[@wolfwilliams]

Watch the whole performance. He was angry. At one point, Miles walks off for a break, and he stops at the piano, plays some notes with some vigor, and lets Hancock know that Miles is not happy with Hancock.

[@ultraconceptmode]

@@wolfwilliams oh damn alright good to know

[@zaxmaxlax]

@@wolfwilliams Whats this concert called? Also, which year please.

[@nightmare5479]

No wonder Herbie was a legend. He did not get discouraged. God I love whiplash

[@jakep1979]

Miles Davis: "Not quite my tempo...."

[@wolfwilliams]

"Herbie... were you dragging or were you rushing!!??!!??"

[@Kaddywompous]

I hear tell Herbie is one of those ‘single tear’ guys.

[@quincyfromthecoronersoffic9251]

Hancock:"uh I uh um was playing it the way it's written" Miles:"Baaahahahaha..ahahahahaha..YOUR'E SERIOUS!

[@jakep1979]

@@quincyfromthecoronersoffic9251 wait that's already a spiderman reference 🤣 Herbie is gonna throw some dirt in his eye.

[@ramakambing7991]

C'mon Herbie ,it's only goddamn autumn leaves!

[@dr.umkit.444u]

Thanks for colourizing the video... unfortunately my phone is in black and white

[@misiswhiskers1410]

Wasn't Miles Davis just angry at everybody all the time?

[@octaviof.g.7316]

yah

[@jamestierney2531]

Seems that way. Thought he was better than anybody else. F him for being able to blow air through a metal tube. Acts as if he invented a cure for cancer.

[@sandman93449dm]

Seems so yes!

[@truth135]

Yea dude was a piece of 💩

[@jamestierney2531]

@Jazz Gal When you are a “living legend,” the rules don’t apply to you.

[@owenatkinson4251]

He’s mad cause he knew some day Herbie would play Bonnaroo and he wouldn’t

[@mattvanyguitar]

When you get all of your worth from the stage, any mistake even on the part of others is crushing.

[@michaellopez2070]

This has nothing to so with his feeling of worth off the stage. He had a vision and 1 fleeting moment to complete it, and Herbie threw it off after likely being instructed what to do. It’s simply sound management to correct a subordinate’s mistake from the proper course of action, and, make no mistake, at that time, Herbie was defintely the subordinate.

[@mattvanyguitar]

@@michaellopez2070 Well, to each his own. I wouldn't "manage" anyone that way but that’s just me. Reminds me of Dwight Schrute.

[@erwinwoodedge4885]

Clearly he's annoyed, but not by Herbie's notes.

[@gillhewerfamily6550]

I mean, he was always dissatisfied, by the music, by life, by everything. Often he fidgets and moves on the stage, and most of all just looks bored. He was always chasing the horizon right to the end.

[@metaphor5533]

Look at the drummer's face XD

[@chaseryder]

That’s not just a drummers face; it’s Tony Williams. Check out his playing - real Deal

[@bobphigglebottom2839]

Yea Tony Williams a legend He does look funny in this video tho

[@ash8889]

'The drummer'...

[@EthanDyTioco]

@@ash8889 hey, maybe he didn't know the drummer's name. i certainly didn't, and i would have typed the same thing i'm glad someone mentioned his name, but you don't have to be snooty about it

[@thomasc.4637]

@@EthanDyTioco Hop on Valorant with me, cutie pie

[@joecrowaz]

I saw him at Celebrity Theater in PHX, walk over to Marcus Miller in the middle of a Bass solo and growled... TURN THAT SHIT DOWN!

[@blackporscheroadster6415]

Wow.....you must be OLD.

[@evflorybarnes]

The idea Herbie played back was too much of a mimic of Miles' idea, not an original one. It is fine to carry an idea in transition from a solo but not during one per se. Miles' intention for this band was to break away from the cliches and to bring a more free approach to his classic repertoire from the First Classic Quintet.

[@elliottclark1340]

That look was just pure anger

[@thelonelyshaman4]

Im sure he was a real treat to work with.

[@rsolsjo]

"It go down" "It don't"

[@jessejordan8116]

“Can we try it once more but with less trumpet”

[@skeezix8156]

Distracted, Herbie was composing Rock It in his mind at that moment

[@JumpDiffusion]

Mr. Carter just doing his thing like a boss 😏

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

Is that Carter on bass?

[@robpagliuca4516]

Earl Sweatshirt on the kit!!

[@bowserh2012345]

Colorized or not, I wouldn't want to be at the end of that look.

[@cambiohome]

Miles en sus memorias dice que Herbie era el mejor pianista de jazz de todos los tiempos.

[@pjs777s.8]

If you get a chance to read his autobiography, it’s well worth it. His and Salvador Dali’s are the best I e ever read.

[@aplus1080]

Drummer doing some Office shit.

[@johnf.cawkwell9840]

I have nothing funny to respond with.

[@pingusosaba6642]

E D C B A G# A C A F D B A G F# E A G# A E G F# E F G A C B D C# B C A

[@orbitalbutt6757]

you can say one of the Funny Numbers, like 69 or the weed number or the Hitler Number

[@GreyJedi73]

@@orbitalbutt6757 what is the "Hitler number" ?

[@orbitalbutt6757]

@@GreyJedi73 the Hitler Number is 88, used in neonazi circles to represent HH or Heil Hitler. H is the 8th letter of the alphabet. It’s often used in the combination “1488” or “14/88” which is the “14 words” ("We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children") with 88 (Heil Hitler). It’s a bunch of psycho neonazi shit so if you see 88 in someone’s screen name, and they weren’t born in 1988? Well, lol.

[@ziapsp4167]

so intense and loose at the same time. Had to listen 10 x to pick up what I think Miles was upset about. How he plays off the piano is so cool, just with a few notes.

[@jdhrap]

How do we know he was angry with Herbie???

[@metalheadnick555]

According to Herbie Hancock, he actually wasn't angry, but actually rather trying to think of a way to answer the "wrong" chord to turn it into something new

[@Shockzone1495]

He really did the: Boy do it again and see what happens 😡 Look.

[@smellslikeus]

They didnt have to make this about color

[@axlegrind4212]

the two other artists look like they just side-eyed a murder

[@mr.c8033]

LOL!!!

[@cbwavy]

There is a video on KZbin of Herbie Hancock talking about this moment

[@gerardovenegas4610]

Hahahaha Hancock is out of this world... Imagine the band when someone as powerful as Hancock gets to annoy the boss hahahaha

[@secretsofthedeep20k]

It's jazz. We all get frustrated. Just take the ball and run with it.

[@irritadad1848]

Most people don't know that this was the inspiration for peeing one's pants in public.

[@mark6302]

ha!

[@1800s]

Got pissed cuz he answered his call lol

[@spazzdineveryway]

Miles is a creation you just have to accept. Gifted people are rare and quite…different

[@spazzdineveryway]

@Andrea Smith Lady, worry about the fucked up people in your own family, okay?

[@MeteoXavier]

Gifted people are assholes, we don't have to accept their difficult bullshit just because they're wizards in a very narrow field of skills.

[@Thouveninpascal]

I didn't never find that Hancock was best accompanying pianist of the world. One of the best pianist of the world, as a leader, that's sure.

[@bubberz]

Don't try to act like this comment wasn't a quote that was ripped straight out of the pages of, "Accompanying Pianist Monthly" Feb 94

[@Thouveninpascal]

@@bubberz I don't know "Accompanying Pianist Monthly".

[@bubberz]

@@Thouveninpascal I would hope not. That would be the most absurd publication to make at all, let alone, monthly. I was hoping the ridiculous concept would have made it obvious that it was a joke. 😬👍🏽

[@axlegrind4212]

miles... must i say, you don't play objectively to the subjective. you play subjectively to the objective.'

[@georgev5766]

This is the exact situation between key and peele. Hahahhaha

[@marinersfan420]

Damn butter notes!

[@jayclarke5466]

Man …Watch a lot a lot of vids of this incredible group. 1)Herbie had to tread REAL lightly, even in his comping…sometimes go tacit 2) Miles would often cut short a brilliant Herbie solo 3)miles wouldn’t hide his displeasure 4)Tony Williams could do no wrong…he was 2nd coming of Philly Joe for Miles

[@L00ww]

Before the colouring it was just black and black

[@baronvoncrags771]

Starring Vince Vaughn as Miles Davis

[@thomashumphrey7395]

Miles wasn't happy about something. The funny thing about jazz is that 99.99% have no idea that there may have been a "mistake" or known anything was up.

[@LeoTraeger]

Looks like their having fun

[@ptose]

dude, I would be angry too if Herbie was colorized

[@gerbenbuijze]

This seems empty without some other meme music inserted

[@SCRIABINIST]

RICK ROLL

[@mr.c8033]

Rhythm section is on pins and needles, man.

[@LIONTAMER3D]

looking like he was about to stab a man with a trumpet lol

[@BiscuitAWitch]

he was ready to fight right then and there

[@trevor663]

woah you made them colored

[@ettmargarin]

Not realistic, angry people become red

[@allenyates3469]

This is like dropping a lure made of fish repellent.

[@ireallydontknow8616]

Can some explain to me what is happening. I'm so in awe and uneducated on jazz sadly that I can't grasp what's happening. Please and thanks

[@elkston]

@ireallydontknow8616 - Miles plays an ascending musical phrase on his trumpet. Herbie follows this up with a similar sounding phrase on the piano. At this moment, Miles didn't want a "dialog" with the piano. He would have preferred if Herbie just stayed silent -- or had played some subtle, supporting chord that harmonized with his meldoy -- rather than playing a melodic line that mirrored his melody.

[@ireallydontknow8616]

@@elkston thanks!!

[@viniciusqueiroz425]

Which year?

[@onesimpletrick]

Wilt Chamberlin on bass

[@fede018]

Has Herbie commented on it?

[@cyrilbrocard]

Yes. You can even find his comments somewhere on YT. He says he'd played a chord that was completely wrong, and that he thought he'd ruined the evening and was frightened about Miles' reaction. Then, after glancing at him for two seconds, Miles just played something that made his chord sound right. Herbie says Miles taught him a lesson that night, and not just about jazz: instead of wasting your time grumbling about what should be and isn't, just embrace what's here and act accordingly. You might as well end up turning something wrong into something good. (Sorry, Herbie says that way better than me.)

[@FallWarrior-si5eu]

What's he mad about??

[@kenclarke5966]

this

[@jeanvian3935]

1- wrong chord (H.H said) 2- lazy and unoriginal response to his solo (some comments) 3- Miles has a big ego and mistreat his musicians (some dudes in the comments)

[@milestitor5009]

ゴゴゴゴ

[@jengasias]

WHOS NEXT!!

[@ownagepwnagemaster]

wilt the stilts avging 50 in the bass era

[@poopoofuhqueue2389]

Is only song, why u hef to b med?

[@bikibaws]

Wilt the Stilt on bass

[@niriop]

Could’ve been worse for Hancock; if it had been Mingus he would’ve got a punch square in the maw.

[@SoundScientist1]

Context?

[@mikewilson9236]

Kilroy im here

[@thomaswolf2233]

What a horrid shrill sound that daft trumpets

[@prim4681]

"jazz music stops"

[@nepdisc3722]

why did you color them black though..?

[@XFS540]

“Hehehe, John Hancock… it’s *Herbie* Hancock. Yeeeee.”

[@juliansandoval8022]

So what?

[@3RacoonsInATrenchCoat]

DON'T PLAY THE BUTTER NOTES

[@Omsehnji]

i always wondered though, why was he mad?

[@toshiroyamada2443]

Only disliked because you put ads on a 18 second video ffs. Ads were quite literally longer than the damn video.

[@skipads5141]

Miles Davis was mad at life.

[@MegaRudeBoy69]

Apparently he got mad because Herbie answered his riff. Some of the greatest artists have major ego issues. He gathered the best talent around, but gets mad because they are individuals and can't read his drug addled mind.

[@maybebasssing3291]

Being great musicians they should be able to "read his mind" through his music

[@MegaRudeBoy69]

@@maybebasssing3291 Only he, if anyone, knew what he was going for.

[@earldarnell5221]

According to Herbie, he played a wrong chord.

[@MegaRudeBoy69]

@@earldarnell5221 It wasn't wrong, it was more of a trope and Miles wanted to break that.

[@alexbonahue3322]

You are on something else bro. This was the miles Davis band which had been established for 15 years at this point. Davis was undeniably the band LEADER, he decides who’s going to fill each instrument in his band on strict invite only and you’d be insane to turn down the opportunity in the Jazz world in the 60s and 70s and 50s. Hancock Carter and Williams have monumental respect for miles and in this moment miles wasn’t feeling the way Hancock was playing with him, but a few seconds later he’s back in the song. It’s Miles solo that Herbie is comping to and to not add onto a melodically, rhythmically, and dynamically exciting run played by the soloist probably left Mile’s unexcited and a little unimpressed by Herbie in that moment

[@philiplight226]

Herbie played the butter notes.

[@PapaEli-pz8ff]

Quite possibly 😀

[@alanfurlong-drummer4419]

I thought he looked happy

[@arturobandini4078]

Man literally just pressed the buttons in the trumpet from low to high and looked pissed off at his band mate for somehow ruining the song 😅😅

[@billbellinger6866]

You can refer to them as finger buttons, but we only call them that when we need to replace that particular part as they can get loose, unscrew off, and get lost. Uncomfortable to play that way but not impossible. However, in the process depressing them while playing, we generally just call them valves. I.e. the note "D" would be played by depressing the 1st and 3rd valves together, and the octave only the 1st valve.

[@Samcomply]

I really had the idea that this video was gonna start in black and white then become colored, not disappointed though

[@csmithreal]

1 word. 3 syllables. Heroin.

[@mavenfrankeus7287]

Oh, he was angry and it was in color. I thought he was angry because Herbie Hancock was colorized...

[@say1716]

It's JOHN Hancock, not HERBIE Hancock!

[@playonkorg]

Explain?

[@sushimamba4281]

Cosmo Kramer on bass

[@claytonkeever2992]

so wait...to "COLORIZE" this...did they add black face?

[@emsauce75]

Well quit hitting the butter notes and I won't look at you like that, man!