So What

Miles Davis

  • Genre: Jazz
  • Release Date: 1959-04-02
  • Explicitness: notExplicit
  • Country: USA
  • Video Length: 9:06

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About Miles Davis

Miles Davis (Miles Dewey Davis III, Alton, Illinois, May 26, 1926 – Santa Monica, California, September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, modal jazz, and jazz fusion. Many well-known musicians rose to prominence as members of Davis' ensembles Read more on Last.fm

Reviews

  • Timeless

    5
    By West CA
    As exhibited in this piece, which was recorded 55 years ago, Miles' artistry continues to be timeless!

  • Enchanting

    5
    By roberttaylorcurryii
    How so wonderfully beautiful it is to be able to visually capture these superb musicians. This video documented one of the greatest collaborative efforts in the history of jazz. This group of musicians is without a doubt one of the greatest groups in the history of jazz music. If you love jazz and you don't have this video, you remain absolutely incomplete!!

  • miles outside time

    4
    By paegn
    Miles probably cringed if ever forced to revisit his earlier performances of songs he'd be forced to play much of his life. Actually, as soon as he was empowered to do so, he abandoned any realtime connection to that that had been passed in time. Witness the "So What" live performance video of 1964. Miles was secretly proud of his hypered-virtuosic level of presentation of songs conceived to be more.. relaxed, sedate. The tempo was symbolic of the rate he rushed relentlessly towards the unknown of his future, hardly ever looking over his shoulder. I wonder where he is by now?

  • Miles Davis Rules!

    4
    By Rouge Platypus
    This is my favorite Miles Davis song. Its nice that they put a video of it on itunes. The sound quality is very bad though

  • So What

    5
    By K. Johnson
    I envy Mr. Capone's being the first to write a review and I concur, even if he is, perhaps, writing in hyperbole. Ok, ok... maybe Miles wasn't the greatest trumpet player ever, but he was certainly one of the greatest jazz trumpet player/musician/composer/band leader/arrangers to ever. And his music, especially this song and others from this time in his career, speaks to me in such a way that I enthusiastically agree with Mr. Capone's literary license. This band, and “So What” are icons of jazz, although if I’m not mistaken, Bill Evans played piano on the album version of the song. Watching the video takes you back to a time when this music was new, when Miles was opening doors in jazz and stepping through. Watch this video enough and you can begin to feel as if you are there in the smoky room with all those cool cats. Look around for Mr. Capone and myself, nodding to the rhythm and smiling.

  • First To Review!!!

    5
    By Spider Splicer
    What an honor to review the video to the best song ever made. Miles is the best trumpet player to ever live.

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