1989 - Miles Davis on Sixty Minutes
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- The Prince of Darkness, Miles Dewey Davis, made a rare television appearance on the popular CBS-TV show, Sixty Minutes, in 1989, just a few years before he left this world.
Miles had a very distinctive, raspy voice. That gravelly voice contributed to his general aura of coolness and mystery. But it was actually the result of an operation he had in 1955 to remove a non-cancerous polyp on his larynx. He was not supposed to speak for a number of weeks after the surgery, but he did, resulting in some damage to his vocal chords.
#milesdavis #sixtyminutes @harryreasoner - Hudba
interviewer talks to one of the greatest trumpeters ever and isn't even sure what a mute is called
I am crying.......miss him so much. I am 83.....never too late for joy.
precious upper lip
Right with you Brother, I'm 80...
I am 76,he is still one of my favorites.I was raised up on jazz. I love how it relaxes me and energizes me.
I play the piano, I'm brazilian, I love Jazz, I love Miles! Genius, Great, any words we can say about him will not be enought!
Thanks Miles. Thanks!!!!!
Embouchure is the term used to describe using the lips and mouth to play brass and wind instruments. Originating from the French language, embouchure enables full musical tone without straining mouth muscles. Executed correctly, embouchure is activated by free-flowing release of breath. YAY BABY!!!
I'm just grateful to be living in the world and being able to hear his music!
Miles is like Dylan . Don’t ask dumb questions . He does not fit into them .
One of the most influencial musicians ever, across any genre. Just by playing, he gave everyone permission to stretch out as far as their talents would take them. Miles invented new musical languages as he went along.
Well said.
I discovered "Bitches Brew" album a week ago or so and been listening to it in the car every single day on my way to work. Can't believe I've been oblivious to his music all my life, what a genius this man was! Once in a lifetime artist!
Better late than never. Check out "In A Silent Way"
Will definitely do, thanks for the suggestion!
Real Talk... I learned how to play the trumpet with the mute like Miles, when I was in elementary school in the 70's.
Yeah man.... there are not enough words. He lived the music.
My mother was a close friend of his, having both grown up in East Saint Louis, Illinois and they would get together when he came to town. (Chicago) I saw him at the Regal in Chicago in April of "66".
A true American hero ❤
Heard his records in my house as a kid! My mother loved Miles Davis and said he was good as ever at his live concert so I went to a few of his last concerts!
Thanks for posting this. I remember when this aired, I was a high school "jazzer". 6 years after this I was playing "Bye Bye Blackbird" and the security guard nearby asked who was "butchering" the tune and I told him it was Miles. The guard was a big guy in his 80's and said he was a retired NYC cop in the 40s, 50s and 60s. He said he knew Miles (and other musicians during those days) by reputation and said he was a "troublemaker". I had to laugh.
Sadly, those NYC cops treated Miles like shit and got away with it. I respect officers in general, but there's a special place for the people who assaulted Miles.
My Hero!
Great video although the interviewer sometimes asked some stupid questions.
Genius!
I love you Miles
Thanks so much.
Miles; smart, clever, talented. Interviewer; not so much. Who in the Sixty Minutes corporate office thought THAT guy was the right man for the job? That’s what the public receives from a corporate media; celebrity over actual human artist and at the latter part of Miles career, he deserved better. So do we.
The interview segments on the "Miles in Paris" dvd - spliced in between tracks - are very illuminating, sometimes even funny (the first thing he says is "The media have f***ed up everybody") - and they're from the same year as this conversation. But yes, the interviewer in Paris was of a different calibre I think. :)
Miles could pick and choose whatever interviews he wanted to do. He always chose these square, white interviews. That was his main market for his music.
Imagine though if you could go back in time and advise Miles on which interviews he should have done and which ones he could skip?
Wow. Miles would have really appreciated your insight.
I think Ed Bradley interviewed him on the same program a couple years later.
♥
Interviewer: are you anti-white?
Miles Davis: not all the time!!
Lol- I’d bet he didn’t see that one coming…….
Tick tick tick...
Max legend status achieved
Miles was from a wealthy family. When he says he went back to his parents place - "couple hundred acres" - to get clean, Harry just lets it slip by. Better to focus on the pain of being Black, even though Miles advises him that he's "never suffered and doesn't intend to." Also weird how much Miles looks like Bob Dylan when he's answering questions.
Miles certainly knew about being treated in a rude and condescending way, or even abused, by white people - concert promoters, cops etc. That he didn't want to talk about it in this particular interview doesn't make much of a point.
I'm sure he would have recognized the truth of the famous scene between Rod Steiger and Sidney Poitier at the beginning of "In the Heat of the Night", where Steiger's Deep Southern police chief is telling the guy he thinks is a prime murder suspect that "A black man can't earn that kind of money in an honest way, now tell me, ehere did you EARN IT??" - only to get Mr Tibbs' (Poiter) deadpan reply "I'm a police officer!" and a good look at his service badge. :D
WTF was the ending...!?
Worst interviewer of all time lol
Old Harry, the interviewer, is woefully ignorant and painfully inadequate to talk to Miles.
Morley Safer is a dunderhead ...
Interesting. He wasn't in this video. You just don't like Morley?
Harry Reasoner. 👎
I don’t believe him about cicely lol he has a bad reputation w/ women.. not keeping his hands to himself.. I’m sure she didn’t play with him
An old pic easy to find online show’s Miles with Shirley Horn. She is holding a Champagne glass looking onward and he is clearly caught focusing on her chest. I can’t blame him tho. HA
Oh please. MD told the truth
So much insight!!!