William Blake Holland Music 1010 Miles Davis Miles was born in Illinois in 1926 In high school he played with his heroes Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie He attended Julliard in New York for one year before dropping out to play with Charlie Parker ID: 225363
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Miles Runs The Voodoo Down
William Blake Holland
Music 1010Slide2
Miles Davis
*Miles was born in Illinois in 1926
*In high school, he played with his heroes Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
*He attended Julliard in New York for one year before dropping out to play with Charlie ParkerSlide3
Birth of the Cool
*Davis left Parker’s band to form his own band, the Miles Davis Nonet
*Birth of the Cool sessions helped to launch the “Cool Jazz” movement
*Cool Jazz Stressed melody, harmony, and slower notes as opposed to the more chaotic BebopSlide4
Paris 1949
*In 1949, Davis traveled to Paris for the
first Festival International de Jazz.*Davis was struck by how respectful people in France were. Especially compared to 1940’s Jim Crow America
*When Davis returned to the United States, he felt deeply disillusioned, and entered a dark period of his life Slide5
Dark Times
*Soon after returning from Paris, Davis developed a heroin habit that would plague him through the next 5 years
*Davis sometimes resorted to petty theft and even pimping to feed his habit*Finally Davis was able to kick the habit and came back better than ever Slide6
Hard Bop
*Hard Bop was the second major jazz style Davis helped to pioneer
*was said to “reflect the intensity and hustling tempo of city life” *”Walkin’” is a famous early example of Hard BopSlide7
Kind of Blue
*Marked a movement away from virtuosic chromatic harmonies
*Characterized by “fewer chords and less concentrated harmonies where scales override harmonies.”
*Kind of Blue is the most famous Modal Jazz album, and is Davis’ best selling and most well known albumSlide8
Jazz Fusion
*Was a mixture of jazz and other newer genres of music such as Rock and Roll, and especially Funk
*Davis’ “In a Silent Way,” and “Bitches Brew,” are seminal jazz fusion albums*Marked the first time Davis uses Electric Guitars in his musicSlide9
Later Years
*Davis took 5 years off from making music in the the mid 1970’s
*Started making music again in the 1980’s, and continued to release albums until his deathSlide10
Miles Dies
*Miles Davis died of a stroke on September 28
th, 1991 in Santa Monica, CA*He is buried in Woodlawn cemetery in The Bronx, NYSlide11
Miles Runs the Voodoo Down
*Miles Runs the Voodoo Down is the 3
rd song on the second disc of the album Bitches Brew*It is fourteen minutes long and features 11 musiciansSlide12
Bitches Brew
*Considered a seminal Jazz Fusion album
*Funk music by artists like Sly and the Family Stone was influential to the sound of the recordSlide13
Recording
*Bitches Brew was recorded in August of 1969 at 30
th Street Studio in New York City*Used a highly improvisational approach where Davis, “would direct, like a conductor”
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Players
*11 in total
*Miles Davis –Trumpet*Wayne Shorter-Soprano Saxophone*Bennie Maupin-Bass Clarinet*Joe Zawinul-Electric Piano 1
*Chick Corea-Electric Piano 2
*John McLaughlin-Electric Guitar
*Dave Holland- Electric Bass 1
*Harvey Brooks-Electric Bass 2
*Dan Alias-Drum Set 1
*Jack DeJohnette-Drum Set 2
*Juma Santos-CongasSlide15
Reception and Influence
*Bitches Brew was released in April of 1970
*It sold more than 500,000 copies in its first year*Became extremely influential to jazz fusion artistsSlide16
Song Structure of Miles Runs the Voodoo Down
*Song is centered around 5 different instrument solos
*Structure-Intro 0:00-0:34
-Solo 1 Trumpet 0:34- 4:10
-Solo 2 Guitars 4:10-6:15
-Solo 3 Soprano Sax 6:15- 8:00
-Solo 4 Electric Piano 8:00-10:43
-Solo 5 Trumpet 10:43- 13:00
-Outro 13:00-14:02Slide17
Intro
*Opens with a halting drum beat
*Guitar, bass and Clarinet come inSlide18
Solo 1
*Trumpet Solo
*Other instruments begin to build underneathSlide19
Solo 1 Continued
*Trumpet get a little louder and more wild
*Electric pianos compliment the trumpetSlide20
Solo 2
*Two Guitars duel as electric pianos provide counterpoints to the rhythm
*Shortest soloSlide21
Solo 3
*Soprano Saxophone solo
*accompanied by electric pianos and bass clarinet*Drums finish the solo and set up the next partSlide22
Solo 4
*The electric pianos finally get their own solo
*Lots of rhythm section happening*the guitars punctuate the pianosSlide23
Solo 5
*Final Solo is Davis
on Trumpet *Accompanied by all the other instruments*Is resolved by a descending series of notes and sets up the outro sectionSlide24
Outro
*All the instruments begin to build until they are at a fever pitch
*Lots of dissonance*The song ends slowly with the individual instruments fading out until only the bass is audible*The song endsSlide25
Works Cited
Works Cited
*Tingen
, Paul. "Miles Davis and the Making of Bitches Brew: Sorcerer's Brew."
Jazz Times
. May 2001: n. page. Web. 24 Feb. 2014.
*DeVeaux
, Scott, and Gary Giddins.
Jazz
. New York City: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009. 371-483. Print.
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Further Listening
The Birth of the Cool-
Miles DavisKind of Blue-Miles DavisBitches Brew-
Miles Davis
Bird and Diz-
Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie