Miles Davis - Spanish Key (Live at Isle of Wight 1970)

Great show, great band. Pissed a lot of people off when Miles plugged in, but this stuff is undeniable!

[@MarcoMartini73]

This is simply one of the most outstanding pieces of music ever; with a handful of notes Miles changes the tempo, leads this unbelievable band in a new direction and sets the framework for the next part of this gig. A true leader and visionary, he shows his comrades only a few sketches of the place he wants them to go to and then sits back and see them doing it their own way. Words do not this justice.

[@silvestrofassari2354]

You could not have phrased it in a better way!!

[@blackknight7017]

Well, put!

[@GjaP_242]

amazing and unbelievable 2:22

[@GjaP_242]

9:04! From the video presentation: "Great show, great band"

[@ShanevsDCsniperr]

still sounds hip 45 years later

[@heyhey5712]

now 50 years 😊

[@ShanevsDCsniperr]

evergreen

[@michaelmoraga2926]

🙏🏼

[@benkleschinsky]

Everything prog rock invented in the 70s, jazz had it two decades earlier.

[@ShanevsDCsniperr]

@@benkleschinsky also true of avant garde classical music of latter 20th century

[@horbergus]

Miles was such an amazing musician, imagine at that that time he was 44 years old and had already changed jazz once, and then he did it again.

[@benijager1372]

MD was the nightmare for elitists, going into rock when it was considered bad music, then going into hip hop when it was considered bad, what a chad

[@cocoluco54]

@@benijager1372 Real music's Chad indeed we'll be forever grateful!!

[@jedwing]

Actually three times: with Sketches in Spain and the "cool" jazz sound. Then with Kind of Blue modal sound with minimal changes. Then the band with Herbie, Tony, Ron Carter and Wayne Shorter, which had modal styles with elements of Ornette Coleman expanded approach to harmony. Then this stuff. What a man. I saw this version of the band with my dad. It ended all interest in being a doctor.

[@guywholovesmusic4611]

@@benijager1372 rock considered bad music? Whoever thinks that are a bunch of idiots, nothing better than some Pink Floyd or Hendrix

[@MrMrBeriger]

I was there !

[@Anthony-nd7ld]

You jocking right ?

[@GucciTheGlacier]

No you weren’t

[@agapericles]

If he Is about 80 Years old there Is probality

[@MrMrBeriger]

@@GucciTheGlacier I WAS THERE... fifteen years old. ;)

[@eddiemperor]

My absolute Idol. Miles. No one will ever reach the Mountains this man ever reached. He touched the cosmos.

[@freedomofexpression4916]

Your comment is the best ever Miles is V Creator playing music and spreading his energy to the other musicians who are his angels

[@dewaynejones8087]

That's Baltimore legend Gary Bartz on Sax. I can actually hear some local influences in his solo.

[@SuperJeff1225]

Super underrated!

[@maxis4343]

does everyone in baltimore just stick to blues licks

[@Mr.Bassman]

This is so raw, love that. Keith and Chick playing off one another and the band responding to Mile's cues, extremely tight. His trumpet clear as a bell, sharp and crisp. An entire band of incredibly bright, virtuosic and extraordinarily talented jazz musicians adapting to and playing rock in front of a huge rock audience, a real joy to watch and hear. This is the only part of his set that is remotely relatable for a straight forward rock audience. Anyone "experimenting" that day was likely sent over the top as this set developed.

[@snowfiresunwind]

I was there (17 years of ago). It was a late Sunday morning as I recall it and I hated it. But I love it now!

[@nmfl100]

This sh`t might just have been the climax of modern music. It's just chaotic perfection, f`*ing brilliant.

[@brookerothwell3881]

climax of modern music is exactly what bitches brew was. since then, the frequency has never been so transparent. you could build the pyramid in the time it takes to play that album. the vibrations could put together

[@FuzzbeeMorse]

Fantastic! I was there as a kid, it was mindblowing.

[@ljcfusion9503]

I'm glad I'm still alive!

[@sirqitous]

A band full of geniuses, under the direction of a mega-genius, at the height of his powers, in front of a couple hundred thousand, while the sun sets.

[@BrandonPetrucci]

God Damn I love Keith Jarret...

[@dbfables]

I love how Jack's cymbal stand is all messed up. He doesn't care...and just keeps hitting the other side of it to keep on....

[@arodbkny]

Miles just grabbed his brown leather bag & his red jacket and bounced! I’m done. I’m out! 🔥🔥🔥

[@jefftateii9403]

Boys may have consumed some chemical refreshment prior to this performance. Killer jam.

[@gideonartajo9666]

🤫🤫😊😀😃😄😅😂🤣🤣🤣

[@ricardomcvane2123]

Well yeah.High on acid. Look at Dave Bartz clarinete comments years laters.

[@cmillerphotos]

Jazz has always been my favorite music. "Head Hunters" was the first album I ever bought in 1976. I "liked" Miles but never really appreciated him until just recently. I'm not sure what changed to make me hear what he was "saying", but what I fool I was for not listening earlier.

[@loganslone9436]

The same thing just happened to me. Tried a couple albums a few years ago and didn’t get the hype. Figured I’d try In a Silent Way again this past week and now I’ve devoured five other Miles Davis albums on top of that one and I can’t get enough!! Something just clicked and changed my entire perception of music

[@canekzapata]

Love Electric Miles...

[@cr3333]

The second half of this is as good as music gets. Miles was the Picasso of the trumpet.

[@Pgcmoore]

steve mcqueen of jazz

[@Anorak1795]

Pgcmoore YEEEEEES DEAR LORD YES!

[@kevinbudjones6888]

@@Pgcmoore the Stravinsky of social music

[@bikerunner60]

FACTS 💯💯💯

[@Frank_Cohen]

Love the look of Keith Jarrett going out of his mind. Hid his notorious, background humming in deference to the great Miles 😁

[@limestone7799]

The sounds overwhelms me in the beginning since I was a child and now for eternity.

[@gordondavies7773]

I was there, up on the hill. A magical moment.

[@MrMusicbyMartin]

At 8:02, Miles ushers in the funkiest motif ever, which is a signal to the band - OK, let’s do it like Sly Stone. That moment sends a tingle up my spine and a groove into my soul, every single time!

[@jeffcampbell2400]

The drummer seems to be feeling the same way I am feeling listening to this sick groove or grooves. BAD ASS!!!

[@bikerunner60]

It will always sound hip no matter what,,,,miles Davis music was an still is that fresh breath of air ,, thank you MR.DAVIS ,,,RIP 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@vivasangabriele1608]

Miles Davis. His Majesty the Ethernal Genius.

[@AndyTracyLucyJune]

This is one of the greatest live performances I’ve ever seen and heard. They’re in such a moment and they realize how special it is and they go with it. Brilliant.

[@heyhey5712]

50 years pass......still so special

[@emontehernanz]

¡Cómo disfruta Holland!

[@doydivision3984]

Absolute Powerhouse of a Group! Wish John McLaughlin was on some of these early 70s Miles vids. That would’ve been awesome!

[@andressolo9722]

Esta es simplemente una de las piezas musicales más destacadas de la historia; con un puñado de notas, Miles cambia el ritmo, dirige esta increíble banda en una nueva dirección y establece el marco para la siguiente parte de este concierto. Un verdadero líder y visionario, muestra a sus compañeros solo algunos bocetos del lugar al que quiere que vayan y luego se sienta y los ve haciendo a su manera. Las palabras no le hacen justicia.

[@edwardkeyz6112]

Así mi amigo!! Por fin un comentario en español!! En verdad Miles Davis fue un revolucionador para si época, sabes quienes son los músicos?

[@ezequielafferrante]

@@edwardkeyz6112 Miles Davis en trompeta, Chick corea en los Teclados, Dave Holland en El Bajo, John Dejohnette en la batería, Airto Moreira percusión, Keith Jarrett piano eléctrico o segundo pianista, Gary Bratz saxofón soprano y tenor.

[@Songinor53]

Serious stuff

[@vintagevinylvets1187]

Still bad ass, still amazing after all these years.🙏🏻🎧🎺

[@paolo60333]

Incredible performance!!!!!

[@reedybloke]

I had a friend at college went, as a child, on a camping holiday with his mum and dad to the Isle of White one summer holiday. He says he heard this music one day in a field near the campsite. He climbed over a few gates and ended up at a music festival. He stayed all day and met some interesting people. He left to go back for tea at his caravan. His mum and dad wondered where he had been all day when he got back but he could not get them to understand where he had been, 'cos he didn't really know either. They thought he made it up. Some thing was shown on the telly years later about this thing called 'The Isle of White Festival' and the lad realised that was the place he had been.

[@johnulcer]

That's awesome.

[@myfourdedications5176]

dream team !

[@glenyseverest4112]

There are some great photos of Miles at the 19700 festival here, taken by my late Father-in-law Charles Everest

[@pranavananda]

Man what a trip... :S

[@johnkeegans4434]

Effing Legend! I think this lot might be top of the "who would you bring back for one gig" list for me.

[@dookxd9salem129]

Jdj was popping them drums .love this

[@universuale]

Fascinating chemistry in 1970*

[@muradaliyev9944]

This is my first time listening to Miles Davis...now I get why he is MILES DAVIS

[@polycrase]

As a musician, I have always said. "You don't play the music...the music plays you."

[@GjaP_242]

The presentation of this video is so impressive that we lost the internet signal for a short time. 3:55!

[@gregbieck8167]

love this, check out all the beautiful microphones. Looks like a pair of 67's on the trumpet maybe, or 87's. both slightly dented. Love it!!! killer

[@rampart6557]

Many thanks! As we say in Portugal, "Muito obrigado!"

[@jamesarline5664]

Always happy to hear him.

[@carlitobrigante2360]

Wonderful !

[@jahnathannerette]

Incredible!

[@guerra963]

This is truly high quality music! Thanks for post!

[@peggyroyster3759]

LOVE ❤️ IT! 🎺

[@morethanme]

Thank you!

[@emimx]

Master of the Universe!!!

[@claudiobreis]

Magistral !

[@albertoferraris8107]

Great concert

[@dantonini]

music at its best

[@fnbworld5177]

What a blast by Miles!!!

[@rickherefordwilliams1392]

to young to appreciate at the .one of my all time favorits now

[@lesliegprice6652]

Fantastic performance ❤️

[@davidii3895]

1970's...WOW.. Old electric piano The Jazz soul/rock beat! 1970!! WOW...

[@johnwynne143]

Wow dig the beat

[@skwaihee]

Those pianos always out of tune. You had to tune it after some playing.

[@scotty6124]

Has there every been more bad asses on one stage than this? Each guy is a legend by themselves. Just shows how Miles knew how to pick them.

[@IgnatiusChinaski]

Zappa 73-74, not more bad asses, same number of bad asses.

[@elisavieira737]

Miles... 🌹

[@ranabirgahir462]

Chilling,Was At this Concert

[@MickeySwiftman23]

This is the realest shit. Dave Holland’s vibe is immaculately joyful. Nice purse, Keith.

[@julian.castro18]

I wish this whole concert was available in HD. Picture quality is amazing.

[@ferox965]

It is on DVD...as far as I know, that's the best you can get. I have it.

[@Anthony-nd7ld]

Artistically speaking the level is phenomenal

[@GjaP_242]

8:08!

[@mitsushiro]

No words... Perfect...

[@GjaP_242]

"This presentation has the ability to promote the spiritual balance of a given imaginary community. 7:07 Amazing!"

[@TonySchopp]

This is some very leveling material...

[@lincolnsantos9423]

Caralho que som magnifico 🎺

[@jcastillox]

Pure fire !!!

[@GjaP_242]

a kind of shamanic ritual 2:52

[@rufski5108]

SO FUNKY SO FRESH

[@jcarp2322]

Wow!!!

[@paoloprovvedi7983]

🎉meraviglia , ❤❤ genio

[@danyelle8856]

troppo bella

[@annylalechua]

insane

[@dannwe123]

This is amazing but I just can't stop laughing at the name of this channel haha

[@dorengarcia5097]

The question of the night is "What is music? What is the essence of music? Is this music?"

[@deacontheseer4804]

You bettee believe it

[@Markus_Breuss]

😂😂😂

[@hootsmon]

Wonderful, dogknob01. The transition from the James Brown feel to off-kilter jazz impro with cues by Dave Holland on bass and then Miles and his inspired textures into the Spanish key of the title. I have not really had the pleasure of hearing his live work around this time, except through recordings of Bitches Brew, On The Corner etc. Have a great week, bro.

[@mindstormd]

Even the tambourine player is having a great time! Badass.

[@elyspivack7494]

Airto playing the pandeiro.

[@byrdland1956]

フィルモアのライヴもそうだけどこのバンドの要はリングモジュレータ変態音のチックのピアノで、当時はサークルやARCのフリージャズの彼が何故こんな事やってるのか不思議でした。ドラム叩いてるのはアッと驚く為五郎じゃなくてジャックディジョネットです。クリソツ！

[@13balthus1969]

vai estar sempre 20 anos a frente (he always will be 20 years ahead )

[@user-hr5uj1wq5q]

A genius

[@bipedal_earth_roamer]

tambourine man is fuckin killin it.

[@bmuhamad]

Funkmode...it's about the bass & drums...

[@cyrillevladimirov6972]

Great shot! If I recognized well the personnel are: Miles Davis: trumpet Gary Bartz: tenor saxe Dave Holland: el. bass Keith Jarrett: el. piano Chick Corea: el. piano Jack DeJohnette: drums Manolo Badrena: percussions

[@cyrillevladimirov6972]

@kenya 3613 , Yes you are right. This is Airto. Thanks

[@davidparrish2328]

totally agree.

[@iscottm]

crazy

[@fastandbulbis]

@mindstormd that's not just any tamourine player that's AIRTO! a fusion legend in his own right!

[@neebinmakwah349]

Not a tambourine...its a Pandero! Looks similar..way different and played different!

[@bowlingkingpin]

Why were a lot of people pissed off?! They should have considered themselves lucky to witness such a musical genius live!

[@tomvesely4008]

@lee hamlin I wonder if this music wasn't bad trip inducing, given the fact other acts were mostly more into the psychedelic/progressive rock with exception of Joni Mitchell. Miles' music is quite a different world, and for me personally it is a bit owerwhelming. I've never tried drugs so I don't know, it might've been cosmic experience, hearing Miles Davis on acid....

[@ferox965]

A lot the old jazz guys didn't get it and were offended that Miles wasn't playing standards like My Funny Valentine anymore.

[@samirlal4381]

@@tomvesely4008 some of my most interesting psychedelic experiences have been to the soundtrack of Miles...i think i've pretty much tripped to every one of his albums

[@EddieHazel74]

Those people don't seem pissed off....This is incredible

[@danilovgrad100]

nobody can better

[@mattiameis3300]

When the music's OVER !

[@ricardomcvane2123]

Yes Sir .51 years later.

[@borisblade564]

How to blow a crowd away in one move

[@browningautomatic2393]

GREAT VIDEO ! FRIDAY 4/7/23 APRIL 7, 2023

[@PaulGreen11]

I see it's all over the place but, somehow I can hear it clearly.

[@giordanobruno7943]

Goddamn this is good 🙏

[@anteconstitucional]

Very fucking song! Oh yeah!

[@joen3992]

...like driving nails into my hands. BANG ouch! BANG please stop!

[@mikefields4136]

Love that part in the interview....oh no, not again...not that! And they other guy laying on the floor and beating his fist....couldn't take it...now that's heavy

[@philipgardiner2003]

Fill in the blanks: Trumpet- Miles Davis Saxaphone- Gary Bartz Keyboards - Chick Corea and Keith Jarret Drums- Bass- Tamborine-

[@jazzphan74]

Fucking amazing. Thank you!

[@solinspired4428]

The fucking Genius Miles!