#miles davis

Miles Davis had me play and he hired me the following week and after that, everything broke wide open. ↗

— Miroslav Vitous

#broke #davis #everything #following #had

Coltrane was moving out of jazz into something else. And certainly Miles Davis was doing the same thing. ↗

— Jan Garbarek

#coltrane #davis #doing #else #into

Now is a good time, 10 years ago would have been a good time, and 10 years from now it will still be a good time to see a dynamic, entertaining movie that's wall-to-wall Miles Davis where the music will hopefully spark some desire to know more about the man. ↗

— Don Cheadle

#ago #been #davis #desire #dynamic

Miles Davis fully embraced possibilities and delved into it. He was criticized heavily from the jazz side. He was supposed to be part of a tradition, but he didn't consider himself part of a tradition. ↗

— Bill Laswell

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I used to be friends with Miles Davis. He didn't like many folks. I lived across the street from him. ↗

— Rip Torn

#davis #folks #friends #him #i

I got a poster from Columbia Records, and there's Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Ellington, Count Basie - everybody in that poster has died, I'm the only one left. And great players like Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan, it's hard to believe they're gone because we were all so close. But I believe in the future and the tradition will go on. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#because #believe #charlie #close #columbia

I know what I've done for music, but don't call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis. ↗

— Miles Davis

#davis #done #i #just #know

We're trying to do what Miles Davis would have wanted us to do, which is approach it as artists with his life as the canvas. ↗

— Don Cheadle

#artists #canvas #davis #his #life

Miles Davis turned his back to the audience when he came out on stage, and he offended people. But, he wasn't there to entertain; he was all about the music. I kind of do that. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

#audience #back #came #davis #entertain

I think it comes from really liking literary forms. Poetry is very beautiful, but the space on the page can be as affecting as where the text is. Like when Miles Davis doesn't play, it has a poignancy to it. ↗

— Jim Jarmusch

#beautiful #comes #davis #forms #i