My Story of Miles Davis - Darryl Jones

[@daveking-sandbox9263]

I played bass on Jimmy Smith’s last Quartet tour of Europe with Phil Upchurch on Guitar and Jimmy June Bug Jackson on Drums. That was about 20 years ago and it was a lot of fun!

[@carterpaul2688]

Amazing sir. Respect

[@lanceash]

The funny thing about listening to a wide range of music is that your musical world just gets bigger and bigger. Example: I found out about Jimmy Smith years ago through the Beastie Boys. I can't remember exactly what it was they said or referenced, but it led me into Groove Holmes and Jimmy Smith and from them into Jimmy McGriff and from him on and on. It's a mistake to limit what you listen to. Just last night my son was playing some They Might Be Giants stuff for me that I'd never heard before. Bigger and bigger world.

[@kellythompson3865]

@@daveking-sandbox9263 envy ya brother, yer one of em! Thanks !

[@truenorth2615]

Dom Famularo (RIP) is a great interviewer. Darryl is a hell of a player, awesome to hear his story!

[@gapman565]

"The truth is I was very proud of my parents". Well said.

[@iangajadhar]

Saw Daryl live with Steps Ahead in the Bottom Line...somewhere in the 80s. Brilliant!

[@lanceash]

Steps Ahead! Are they still around? My god, I've got an LP by them from 1983 that I transferred to CD.

[@Joseph-nk8se]

Mr. Jones if you’re reading this, I had the good fortune of seeing you with the Davis band in Fukuoka Japan the summer of 1987. I’d only seen you once prior, on the Sting video of Let them free. I was blown away!!!!!!!!

[@tomhurstdrums]

I saw that same tour in Orlando Florida at the Orlando Jazz Fest. Darryl, you were fantastic. (I believe it was Ricky Wellman on drums maybe?)

[@Joseph-nk8se]

@@tomhurstdrums Yes Wellman, Foley Mccreary and Kenny Garrett

[@williamclementsonbass1795]

Couple good dudes👍❗

[@BlackRootsAcademyOfSoul]

Darryl is such a cool Cat, great Bassist 😎👌🏿 Can you please interview Anthony Jackson? 🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@billhilson8320]

Darryl, great seeing you and hearing your stories! Keep it funky!

[@martinlawrence8427]

Amazing musician, impressive person, cool as fxxk!

[@simonhodgetts6530]

I loved Miles’ late career music - especially You’re Under Arrest and Decoy - on which Darryl played - his band was always tight, the arrangements fresh, and the material challenging.

[@lanceash]

Decoy was really good.

[@erikvanzadel]

Decoy changed my vision on music. It sounded (and still sounds) so fresh and unique.

[@kellythompson3865]

Mr. Jones aint no slouch! Thank ya!

[@MG-td4hr]

Being a bassist this is a fantastic and inspiring interview. Thank you for this.

[@TheSessionsPanel]

Glad you enjoyed it! Be sure to subscribe to our channel to see more interviews and also Darryl's full interviews & 100's of others!

[@warehausrecordingstudiollc6648]

@Danielsobotta.. Yes he was, they did the Sting album Dream of the Blue Turtles with friend of mine Omar Hakim on drums, Darryl (bass), Branford Marsalis (sax, etc.) & Kenny Kirkland (keyboards)..I saw Kenny Kirkland many years ago at the Panasonic Jazz Festival in NYC playing for Kenny Garrett with Jeff "Tain" Watts on drums of which whom I met. Sadly not long after that show Kenny Kirkland passed away in his hotel room. R.I.P Mr. Kirkland..you will always be missed.

[@elbibwen3019]

Kenny Kirkland did more than amazing solo on When the World is Running Down live - R.I.P Mr. Kirkland

[@Danielsobotta]

wasn't he in Stings Bring on the Night Band?

[@lemontwist2970]

Yes

[@barflytom3273]

@@lemontwist2970 Sting took him from Miles.

[@marcservais8314]

yes he was, you do have here a documentary called Bring on the night... with funny rehearsal in France with Omar Hakim...

[@Danielsobotta]

@@marcservais8314 yes i know it... had it as vhs when i was a kid. was addicted to that video for a while...

[@marcservais8314]

@@Danielsobotta 👌I have seen first Sting gigs as a solo artist in 1985 in Paris Theater Mogador...nice memories

[@braddarr8478]

And powerful

[@seanhennessey9869]

Darryl very articulate and cool...weird the interviewer didnt know Miles nephew Vincent played drums

[@fundile]

Weird indeed! Miles got very irritated with interviewers who didn't do research.

[@fviannaval]

I also found that very weird, especially because he is a drummer himself.

[@revdeandawg]

Because of his curiosity and openness, the interviewer has brought a lot of insight to those who don’t know much about the subject but are also curious and open to learn it from Mr. jones himself. (One could also pose the thought that Mr. Jones found someone to ask the question so he could elaborate on the personal story that is interesting for any listener.) So many musicians ignore the reason why one makes music. They often focus their attention on training and the technical aspects of their craft. When one has a need to express themselves musically more than anything else in the world then deep communication between humans is possible. That’s what Miles Davis was listening for in Mr. Jones’s Bb Blues - and everything anybody else ever played.

[@braddarr8478]

Ya know, ya know, ya know