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“I married Miles not because of the world’s opinion of either of us, but because of who we were for one another in private…his behavior sometimes disturbed me greatly, even humiliated me. And yet more than anger, I felt compassion, and pity for his sad state. It is possible to be at once hurt by a man and heartbroken for him. I could not let Miles throw himself away.” - Cicely Tyson, in her memoir “Just As I Am.”
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©Jim Marshall, 1960s, Scenes from music history
Marshall’s roots go deeper than rock: they thread through the history of jazz, in the nightclubs and festivals where he honed his skills as self-taught photographer coming of age in Jim Crow America. A perennial outsider, Marshall championed the underdog, the spaces where the oppressed and exploited transformed their pain and sorrow into beauty and art.
As a man of the streets, Marshall understood the power of the activist to transform the way we see and think. He used the camera as his instrument, to tell the story of the people and the times — not just the headlining names but the regular folks who fought for the cause that we’re still fighting for more than half a century after he made some of his most indelible photographs. (+)
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© Guy Le Querrec, 1969, Salle Pleyel concert hall. Paris
“Do not fear mistakes. There are none.” – Miles Davis
Happy 90th birthday, Mr. Davis!
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Black Lexicon: The Origins of “Bop” (LISTEN)
Black Lexicon: The Origins of “Bop” (LISTEN)
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson)
For #JazzAppreciationMonth, we explore the term “bop” — a word often used today to describe a song with a good groove. I
ts musical reference origins however, are rooted in the early 1940s when “bop” was used to describe an new and exciting intricate form of jazz. To read about it, read on. To hear about it, press…
Serenity Sunday - Miles Davis
- Miles Davis - so what
Last week i really took time out to go back to my first music love, Jazz. I went through about 30 albums, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Brandon Marsalis Quartet and Duke Ellington. I even went through some new school jazz, Esperanza Spalding and Gregory Porter but nothing beats the simplicity of Miles Davis for me.
This video features two of the greatest, Miles Davis and John Coltrane playing in 1959. Their musical bond is so beautiful to see.
If you needed something soothing tonight, this is for you.
John Coltrane & Miles Davis, 1955
Miles & Diz
