Miles and the industry (quote blog)
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Miles is explaining the critics and news reporters that many of the artists in New York would have to deal with each day. Unfortunately, these people did not like Miles as he explains it had to do with his attitude and how he did not suck up to these white reporters so that they could give him a good story. This was unnecessary thanks to the hard work that previous black musicians did in order to pave a path for equality and fair treatment of future black musicians. Miles talks about how Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie worked hard in the early days in order to get the things that they wanted. By doing this, they made a large name for themselves and created a music called bebop in jazz that no other musicians were playing at the time. With the both of them being black, the music remained in the black community until later on, when white musicians like Stan Getz and Bill Evans began to copy this music and make it their own.
"Also I was younger than them and didn't have to go through the shit they had to go through to get accepted in the music industry. They had already opened up a whole lot of doors for people like me to go through, and i felt that i could be about just playing my horn - the only thing I wanted to do." (Miles 83)
Thanks to the hard work of preceding musicians like Parker and Gillespie, Miles was able to play the music that he wanted to play, where ever he wanted to play it. Like these musicians, Miles did something similar with music. All of the black jazz artists at the time were tied to playing bebop and swing jazz. Many of them did not, and were not able to go outside of this because club owners would not hire them. In addition, other musicians typically did not support the idea of playing new styles of music as innovation in the music industry was not a large theme of this time. Miles on the other hand was very captivated by the idea of doing new things with music. He was always thinking ahead. When Miles created albums like "The Birth Of Cool" and "Kind Of Blue", he was not using typical jazz era ideas that the rest of the people around him were using. Miles was pulling from modern influences that other people had never heard before. Thanks to this, Miles paved the way for millions of other musicians around the world to try and do the same exact thing.
For me, this means a lot as I am also a musician. Personally I see music as an extremely personal thing. I believe that every single person has a different musical footprint that defines them. Back in the early days of jazz, one would not fully be able to express their own musical personality due to the limited styles of music, as well as the conformist mentality that many musicians had at the time. What Miles did to the music industry means a lot to me, because I am able to mix together all the styles of music that I want and be myself when I improvise. This also effects all of the music that I listen too day to day. My favorite genre is classed as fusion music. Fusion is a mix between numerous different styles which would not be possible without the work of Miles Davis.
This is miles during the fusion era that he had created.
Miles is explaining the critics and news reporters that many of the artists in New York would have to deal with each day. Unfortunately, these people did not like Miles as he explains it had to do with his attitude and how he did not suck up to these white reporters so that they could give him a good story. This was unnecessary thanks to the hard work that previous black musicians did in order to pave a path for equality and fair treatment of future black musicians. Miles talks about how Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie worked hard in the early days in order to get the things that they wanted. By doing this, they made a large name for themselves and created a music called bebop in jazz that no other musicians were playing at the time. With the both of them being black, the music remained in the black community until later on, when white musicians like Stan Getz and Bill Evans began to copy this music and make it their own.
"Also I was younger than them and didn't have to go through the shit they had to go through to get accepted in the music industry. They had already opened up a whole lot of doors for people like me to go through, and i felt that i could be about just playing my horn - the only thing I wanted to do." (Miles 83)
Thanks to the hard work of preceding musicians like Parker and Gillespie, Miles was able to play the music that he wanted to play, where ever he wanted to play it. Like these musicians, Miles did something similar with music. All of the black jazz artists at the time were tied to playing bebop and swing jazz. Many of them did not, and were not able to go outside of this because club owners would not hire them. In addition, other musicians typically did not support the idea of playing new styles of music as innovation in the music industry was not a large theme of this time. Miles on the other hand was very captivated by the idea of doing new things with music. He was always thinking ahead. When Miles created albums like "The Birth Of Cool" and "Kind Of Blue", he was not using typical jazz era ideas that the rest of the people around him were using. Miles was pulling from modern influences that other people had never heard before. Thanks to this, Miles paved the way for millions of other musicians around the world to try and do the same exact thing.
For me, this means a lot as I am also a musician. Personally I see music as an extremely personal thing. I believe that every single person has a different musical footprint that defines them. Back in the early days of jazz, one would not fully be able to express their own musical personality due to the limited styles of music, as well as the conformist mentality that many musicians had at the time. What Miles did to the music industry means a lot to me, because I am able to mix together all the styles of music that I want and be myself when I improvise. This also effects all of the music that I listen too day to day. My favorite genre is classed as fusion music. Fusion is a mix between numerous different styles which would not be possible without the work of Miles Davis.
This is miles during the fusion era that he had created.
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