kahliljn said:
WOW!!! I believe your wrong my 19 year old friend. These guys didn't WRITE music there were no sheets. The bass player would start a melody then everybody else would follow suit. When these guys rehearsed it was all freestyle. Why do you think you can get a Miles or Coltraine CD and the same song would have 20 different takes??? Thats basically 20 different songs. Yeah I do agree these guys were musicall geniuses, and yes it took them years of hard work to get to legendary status, but there music was never written or rehearsed always a raw composition from the heart.
Have you ever heard Coltraines Equinox, or his remakes to my favorite things? Then you would understand why he took playing on an off note to another level. Go check those tracks out and then come holla at me.
Dude. You are showing all the signs of an idiot.
Bird used to WRITE music on the back of reciepts. Yardbird Suite and/or Dewey Square were 2 of those tunes.
Miles and em used to document chord changes on the back of matchbook covers, same with Dizzy Gillespie back then at Minton's Playhouse.
I STUDIED Jazz music AND history. Especially the Bebop Era. Trust me KID *you really posting like one* (i dont care if you 30) you posting like a kid. Really don't want it with me in this genre. I'm trying to tell you nicely.
Want me to pull out the MILES : Autobiography where he talked about how lil kids used to bring Wayne Shorter's arrangements of songs (arrangements mean that the music was WRITTEN at somepoint but was ARRANGED to be played by a band). To Miles' room!
And Miles was surprised that he didn't have to change any notes on the arrangements like he did with other songs.
Some of these arrangements that were preformed are featured on the E.S.P, Nefertiti, Sorceror, and Miles Smiles albums... (the latter was done in one take, no stops).
If you REALLY want to get serious you can check Waterbabies for more of those songs Wanye WROTE.
You haven't a clue of what the hell you talking about. By all means please BE A MAN THAT'S OLDER THAN ME and admit you're WRONG.
Hmm...they didn't read music?
*brb*
1:20 Miles turns the page of music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFaK4q0pxcQ
That's just ONE of the times.
Don't make me reach in and pull out the Monk where they were arguing over a chord change.
I know what I'm talking about.
Songs had 20 different takes cause 1. either the session leader's solo wasn't the best take "Miles often complained of this with Bird" He'd have his best solo but it'll get overlooked cause the MASTER take was based on the bandleader's performance.
2 there were errors, either engineer or musical.
MISINTERPRETATIONS of the ARRANGEMENT.
3. sometimes they just want another take.
LOL I just read your lil ""bass player would start" nonsense.
Dizzy Gillespie took Milt Hinton up on the roof to show him chord substitutions to the new tunes they was learning!
LOL...Havent even cracked open the books yet man. Please give it up.
A bassplayer needed to have the most developed ear to hear what the other musicians were implying harmonically in a song/reharmonized arrangement.
If i was play C-E-G (outline, not chord) in the bass and you was soloing over an implied D Dorian scale...
I don't care how much you FELT it....it'll still suck.