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Miles Davis - Live from the Montreal Jazz Festival
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This 1985 performance at the Montreal Jazz Festival captures Miles at one of his peaks in popularity. Throughout his long career, Miles utilized the best in contemporary pop music, and this time he had some uniquely suitable sources; Cyndi Lauper's hit "Time After Time" and Michael Jackson's "Human Nature." Combine funk, pop, and the founder of the Birth of the Cool, the result is an elegant restrained restatement of everything Miles Davis. Add in the virtuoso guitarist John Scofield - and the result is a musical treasure.
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How bad were the 1980s in music? Not even jazz great Miles Davis could escape the black hole. The decade that saw synthesizers and slick approaches ruin pop music somehow caught the master trumpet player's ear and resulted in one of Davis's poorest periods. Of course, Davis was lucky to even be alive during the '80s, surviving sickness and drug abuse, and this hour-long performance, shot during the 1985 Montreal Jazz Festival, shows a performer looking happy just to be playing. Appearing thin and sickly, Davis and his six-piece fusion outfit run through six tunes, none coming close to the trumpet player's past experimental achievements. Songs like "One Phone Call" are long, metallic funk jams that nonetheless give Davis plenty of room to maneuver in spirited solos, when the rhythm section and keyboards aren't drowning him out. Davis also reinvents pop hits of the era--ballads like Michael Jackson's "Human Nature" (from Thriller) and Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time," but they come across more like soulless "smooth jazz." Still, on all of the numbers, if you can block out everything else and simply focus in on Davis's trumpet, the aging great possessed the ability to mesmerize, even in his down years. Despite the lack of terrific music material, this DVD is wonderfully packaged. The Milestones Biographical Time Line is a great source to introduce beginners to Davis's legacy, while the extensive liner notes on each individual song performed in Montreal are equally impressive. --Dave McCoy
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.53 inches; 4 Ounces
- Director : Tom O'Neill
- Media Format : Widescreen, Color, Dolby, NTSC
- Run time : 59 minutes
- Release date : September 5, 2000
- Actors : John Scofield, Miles Davis, Robert Irving III, Darryl Jones, Robert Berg
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Studio : Geneon [Pioneer]
- ASIN : B00004UEEI
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #29,224 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #140 in Jazz Fusion (CDs & Vinyl)
- #212 in Performing Arts (Movies & TV)
- #493 in Music Videos & Concerts (Movies & TV)
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Miles you are ruly a founding father of Jazz and the great musinc you left behind.
Much better than 'Live In Paris' DVD (boring, and Miles isn't in great health i would say), never did get 'Foley' on lead bass although K Garret is good. However back to Montreal 85....
Scofield and Berg are out of this world. Sco' absolutely rips on the first track. Anyone saying he is too loud needs togo back to their little world of Miles pre 60's.
Sure some of it is a little bit cold but only a little. I forgot what a great album Decoy was.
You have got to laugh at Miles, how many times have you seen him go in front of the speakers with his radio mic' resulting in feedback! Doh!
John Scofield on Guitar, Steve Thornton on percussion and Robert Berg on sax are splendid supporting him. A true fortune to achieve this cult recording and additionally a must-have for all jazz lovers.
Running time: Approximately 59 minutes.
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I much prefer this to the later 'live in Paris' (1989?) which (IMHO!) is posey rubbish for the most part. I must also point out that I really like this period of Scofield and there are at least 2 completely killer solos here.
It has been broadcast a few times and sections of it are on Utube, but it's now fairly easy to get hold of and I believe there is also now a CD of this performance - I don't know what the tracks are or if there are any differences to this DVD program.
In fact some of the best tunes in the 1985 set (not to mention the legendary contretemps with a certain W.Marsalis, and not on Utube either) are omitted from this in favour of 'Human Nature' and 'Time after Time', which by the way Miles Davis never played the chorus of.
Just under an hour. And yes, it does show you what it was like. Great band.
書きたいことは皆さんがもう既に書いちゃってるので・・・同意見です。
ジョンスコとダリジョンがすげぇ〜〜。
甥っ子、大丈夫かぁ、とハラハラしながらみちゃいますねーやっぱ(笑)
ダリルにかなり助けられてたようですが、、、。
楽曲的にあまり期待せずにMilesオタクなので購入しましたが、
いやいやどうして、これはすごいLiveです。
すべての音楽ファンにおすすめ♪