In Miles' eyes you can see a playful, timid child... completely different vibe that the shades gave. Kudos to Dick for creating a place where Miles felt comfortable enough to show himself. Quite rare, really...

@saxophoneclarinetsetc4554

Жыл бұрын

When I see footage of Miles in the 80s, I can't help thinking his real genius was curating his public Image and creating a mythos around himself that was so readily adopted by the media. For me this is way more interesting than the music he was making from the 70s onwards.

Miles was comfortable enough to remove his glasses. I have never seen Miles without his shades. How did this happen? Dick Cavett gained Miles' trust. He let Miles answer questions in his own time. Miles was able be himself - to let his guard down. Miles said things that I never knew about him. Cavett allows pauses where other interviewers would try to fill up with noise. These natural pauses allow: 1) The interview to "breathe" and expand naturally. 2) The interviewee to add something to their initial response. Cavett will follow up the response and go in that direction, instead of moving on to the next question on some list. This allows the interview to move along organically Cavett's respect and, well, just his nature, causes his interviewees to relax and be themselves. The license plate bit: I didn't know where Cavett was going with the DWB question, (Driving While Black). I was so surprised at Miles' reaction. He sincerely loved it! Can you imagin any current talk show hosts interviewing Miles? That would be incredibly cringy. To see more Legends: If you have a $15 digital antenna, look for the "Decades" channel. Free except for the initial purchase ($15) at Walmart or Amazon. Dick Cavett's show airs Monday through Friday around 6:00 p.m. Central Time for me. Check out his interviews with Legends such as Muhammad Ali, Alfred Hitchcock, John Lennon, and others. I OWN IT BABY

@lisamcmullan6484

2 жыл бұрын

Cool

@caprise-music6722

7 ай бұрын

It’s still on to this day!!?

@jonylawson73

4 ай бұрын

Alright mate calm down ..a bloke took his sunglasses off 😅😅

Miles was a legend. Dick is a legend.

Holy smokes...everytime i hear Miles playin' i feel so much energy in my body and soul... RIP Miles ,love you

@smoothjazzforloversneworle7933

3 жыл бұрын

Right on! That's what the effect that Real Art Has on a person with a open mind! I'm feelin it too!

"Check out my knee" -Miles Davis

Miles is such a sweetheart! The interviewer has such a respect for him and miles feels it and reciprocates! You can tell miles is having more fun in the second song too, anyone who has ever said miles is a jerk needs to watch this interview! Amazing

@smoothjazzforloversneworle7933

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Miles was comfortable enough to remove his glasses. I have never seen Miles without his shades. How did this happen? Dick Cavett gained Miles' trust. He let Miles answer questions in his own time. Miles was able be himself - to let his guard down. Miles said things that I never knew about him. Cavett allows pauses where other interviewers would try to fill up with noise. These natural pauses allow: 1) The interview to "breathe" and expand naturally. 2) The interviewee to add something to their initial response. Cavett will follow up the response and go in that direction. This allows the interview to move along organically Cavett's respect and, well, just his nature, causes his interviewees to relax and be themselves. The license plate bit: I didn't know where dick avett was going with the dwb question, (Driving While Black). I was so surprised at Miles' reaction. He sincerely loved it! Can you imagin any current talk show hosts interviewing Miles? That would be incredibly cringy. To see more Legends: If you have a $15 digital antenna, look for the "Decades" channel. Free except for the initial purchase ($15) at Walmart or Amazon. Dick Cavett's show airs Monday through Friday around 6:00 p.m. Central Time for me. Check out his interviews with Legends such as Muhammad Ali, Alfred Hitchcock, John Lennon, and others. I OWN IT BABY

Nicholas Cage to Miles: "so is this how I hold it?" Miles turns to Dick Cavett: "I grew up in St Louis..."

@smoothjazzforloversneworle7933

3 жыл бұрын

Nick. You are not a legend. You are an actor - a person who memorizes words that someone Else wrote, and regurgitates them at the appropriate time. Shut up and listen. Your actions were so inappropriate, and disrespectful, that I can only assume you have Narcissistic Personality Disorder: A grandiose sense of self-importance & a sense of entitlement.

@nm-de3bw

2 жыл бұрын

@@smoothjazzforloversneworle7933 what

@michaelhauser6440

Жыл бұрын

@@smoothjazzforloversneworle7933 Damn. You made the same comment over and over and over. Get a life

I love the genuineness of respect in this interview. It went both ways. That license plate really touched him too. Very powerful and thoughtful.

Miles will always be the man ! He has set the bar for all trumpet players to aspire to new dimensions in music .! ,I lived and breathed Miles music for decades and was fortunate to live and play with Philly Joe Jones in the 80's. I am currently living in Nola and will be assembling a group down here within this year 2021 .Long live the spirit and soul of MDDAVIS !

This is from 1986 in case anybody was wondering.

Man that's a great band. the guitar player is amazing

Miles should’ve been allowed to live forever.

Cavett Catered To Miles With Much Love , And Was Rewarded With One of The More Insightful Interviews With This Jazz Titan !!...Hats Off to Cavett For Very Artfully Pulling Out of Miles Much More Than What The Average Interviewer Gets !!....This Footage Is Priceless !!!.....

@smoothjazzforloversneworle7933

3 жыл бұрын

Well said! Miles was comfortable enough to remove his glasses. I have never seen Miles without his shades. How did this happen? Dick Cavett gained Miles' trust. Miles said things that I never knew about him.

@dennispearson9287

3 жыл бұрын

@@smoothjazzforloversneworle7933 A Great And Very Insightful Analysis of This Epic Interview !!....Thanks For Posting !!!....

Dick Cavett to interview Miles Davis as always with class both are masters at their game for real.

Rest in peace,Mr.Miles Davis.❤

Miles certainly went down as the coolest man in history, and i doubt that will ever change.

Dick Cavett is one of the greatest interviewers of all time. One of a kind interviews he’s done over the decades. He let Miles be Miles in this one.

@cleopatra1633

Жыл бұрын

Never saw Davis not being annoyed by the interviewer. Even took of his glasses. Cavett one of the best for sure.

I love the respect that Duck has for people, I love Miles Davis I learned how to play all of his songs on trumpet 🎺

@eddiemperor

3 жыл бұрын

WOW would love to hear you play!! BTW Miles didn't just play ''songs'' That man was a Modern Mozart. He had perfect pitch and never bragged about it

@eddiemperor

3 жыл бұрын

You ever see how that man controlled his electric band?? The band in this video are Music Virgins.

@Sldumas1983

3 жыл бұрын

@@eddiemperor I agree

@smoothjazzforloversneworle7933

3 жыл бұрын

Right! Miles was comfortable enough to remove his glasses. I have never seen Miles without his shades. How did this happen? Dick Cavett gained Miles' trust. He let Miles answer questions in his own time. Miles was able be himself - to let his guard down. Miles said things that I never knew about him.

I love Miles 80s style

you just can't imagine how much this man changed the world of music not only is he responsible for some subgenres of jazz, such as jazz rock, jazz funk, jazz fusion, cool jazz, hard bob free jazz, but he also influenced many musical genres outside of jazz, ranging from rock hip hop r&b pop and a bunch of other musical genres that I don’t immediately remember

Miles Davis is a musical genius. The music he created during his life time is amazing.

@pawlowski6132

3 жыл бұрын

Except for this phase, whatever this is. It's so bad it's makes me laugh.

@anitabingham279

Жыл бұрын

@@pawlowski6132 it's called. JAZZ MUSIC!

@mab7175

Жыл бұрын

@@pawlowski6132 You're laughing at yourself. Read the documentaries how much time, thought, and successive recording sessions were done to consummate a final recording session during this period of Miles Davis's music.

@pawlowski6132

Жыл бұрын

@@anitabingham279 it's garbage

@pawlowski6132

Жыл бұрын

@@mab7175 it was a waste of time it's garbage

Best Miles interview I have found so far … all the others are aweful due to the clueless idiot interviewers. Cavett’ is first class drawing out Miles …. and he even takes off his glasses …. we get to enjoy him relaxed just having fun. Carlos Santana’s long term friendship and stories about Miles are also a more intimate source.

Despite some technical issues, what a phenomenal interview with two all class legends 🙌🏽🔥

I love how miles didnt give a F, he didnt change who he was for anybody and didn't put on airs just because he was on TV. He really doesnt give a F if you like him or not.

Not least owing to Cavett's humanity this historic interview and jazz performance with Miles has a social and musical significance that is as yet still underappreciated. Musically his 'Perfect Way' distills all that was and all that is yet to come... insanely hip bebop and blues lines over bouncing ultra-shuffle and dark-funk grooves from the XXXIX-century with all shades of humanity driven by a single mastermind's will... I love this event...thanks for posting - it was taken down elsewhere, where I wrote a musical analysis of 'perfect way'//

22:31 if Miles Davis came and stood infront of me like that while i'm backing for him as a session player, i'd choke.

Miss you Miles 💓🎺

The one and only, the great, a seminal figure in jazz, reducing the amount of notes used during the be-bop era, and changed the game.

@golds04

2 жыл бұрын

Really? The only? Miles would disagree I suspect. The best? Leave it for super bowl champions. Music is art-Its not a sport.

@ronaldmurphy9152

2 жыл бұрын

@@golds04 only as in, there is no one who did what he did for jazz the way he did it, not that he's the only great jazz player, I didn't say that. but he is the one who took what Byrd and Dizzy was doing and took out some notes and made it cool. and in that regard he is the one and only, there is no co-number ones who pushed that idiom like he did. in other words he changed the direction of bebop in his era.

@michaelhauser6440

Жыл бұрын

@@golds04 But there is one and only Miles Davis. He didn't say he was the only important figure in Jazz and he never called him the best. You're clearly having a strawman argument with yourself. You probably fantasize about having these arguments so when you hear anything close l, you bite

I hope Nicolas Cage appreciates and cherishes the memory of this moment- being taught how to hold a trumpet by MILES DAVIS - in spite of his (Cage’s) flippant attitude in the segment.

@smoothjazzforloversneworle7933

3 жыл бұрын

Nick. You are not a legend. You are an actor - a person who memorizes words that someone Else wrote, and regurgitates them at the appropriate time. Shut up and listen. Your actions were so inappropriate, and disrespectful, that I can only assume you have Narcissistic Personality Disorder: A grandiose sense of self-importance & a sense of entitlement.

@wasabiginger6993

2 жыл бұрын

A very young Cage … got to experience an ancient huge force of raw pure Source. And who knows, maybe a few of Cage’s best raw unbridled roles like Leaving Vegas were influenced by this evening with Miles.

@michaelhauser6440

Жыл бұрын

Cage wasn't being flippant he was just being silly. He clearly had respect for Miles Davis and was trying his best to keep the situation lite in the presence of a serious and dry personality like Miles. Miles fans act like everybody needs to suck his cock all the time.

@michaelhauser6440

Жыл бұрын

@@smoothjazzforloversneworle7933 Nic Cage is a legend and acting is clearly a legit art form. If it was as easy s you make it, why don't you become one and make millions of dollars? I don't know how a smooth jazz fan has the balls to criticize anybody or thing

@lishamarlar4597

Жыл бұрын

Did Nicolas cage think miles was blind? Ugggh

So True, His Introduction of Miles Davis ❤💯

The all time Great and one and only! MILES!

I keep coming back to hear the first track, slam me every time!

I remember seeing Cannonball Adderley on Dick Cavett . Would sure love to see that again.

@smoothjazzforloversneworle7933

3 жыл бұрын

If you can receive the "Decades" channel by using a cheap digital antenna - check out Cavett's interviews daily with Muhammad Ali, Alfred Hitchcock, John Lennon, and other legends. I OWN IT BABY

10:18 Miles is done with Nicolas Cage. Miles was even ahead of the curve on that trend as well.

@smoothjazzforloversneworle7933

3 жыл бұрын

Nick. You are not a legend. You are an actor - a person who memorizes words that someone Else wrote, and regurgitates them at the appropriate time. Shut up and listen. Your actions were so inappropriate, and disrespectful, that I can only assume you have Narcissistic Personality Disorder: A grandiose sense of self-importance & a sense of entitlement.

Excellent!

You would think the crew working on the show which did some of the most iconic interviews of all time would know where to clip a mic on a legend without it making constant noise, would’ve been cool to hear what Miles said 🤓👍

the acoustic sound of Milestones needs to preserved in the Smithsonian….

Saw Miles a number of times & he was never without the gum.I always wondered how he could 'park it' , somewhere in his mouth,so adeptly and not shoot it down into that horn.

bien ahí loco, muy bueno!!!

This is a classic example of session players playing with a master improviser! 🤔

@louis.stringer

4 жыл бұрын

Bob Berg on tenor - definitely became a master in his own right. Well worth checking out

@joechindamo1948

3 жыл бұрын

@@louis.stringer I was thinking the same thing.

@smoothjazzforloversneworle7933

3 жыл бұрын

@@louis.stringer The sax was fine. However Miles wasn't finished "talking" and the sax interrupted him. The sax man was playing it the way it was written, and rehearsed - unaccustomed to Miles' random improv. He cut Miles off and probably hates himself to this day. Lesson learned - don't get caught up in your part. You have to listen to Everything! that's going on around you.

Playing trumpet was the best feeling Miles ever had with his clothes on.

Excellence

Wow

man..he wore that Scritti Politti out 😅😂

👍

1:02 I don't know the name of the song but it should be titled, "Lunchtime In New York"

@ytnsanw

3 жыл бұрын

Perfect Way - originally by Scritti Politti. He then played on their next album.

Interviewer: So, mister Davis, how have you been? Miles: Muffa min maw dadla. Interviewer: How interesting. If you needed to hire new band member, what would they need? Miles: Spish sadalocum dabbadoo shhhhh. Interviewer: Do you enjoy being interviewed? Miles: Radablo.

"The drummers drop sticks when I walk in"

What a shame they didn’t have a good mic on him. All I can hear is rustling.

Wandering scales

Weird. Ofc Nicholas Cage had to drop in... just so it couldn't get ANY weirder.

when did this aire?

How is it possible for Miles to be this cool and gracious? One of the few true aristocrats in the world. Cavett is well meaning but clearly does not know music and his questions are not interesting, but in fact a little condescending. I have yet to see him interview a black person without clumsily talking about race. Here he even brings up heroin. Cage, who I like as an artist, also does not come across well here. Miles did not seem to mind too much though. Nobody cooler. As somebody said: the genius is the man most like himself.

@joshrocha2500

3 жыл бұрын

I love that Miles first tried to play along with Nic Cage even though he was being a bit of an ass, but after a certain point Miles just decided that he’s not worth his attention and started talking to Dick about something else. I feel like he gave Cage much more attention than he deserved from the outset.

@smoothjazzforloversneworle7933

3 жыл бұрын

Cavett doesn't know music - neither does the talk show's target audience. Would you have preferred miles talking about his note selection during his acid jazz period? I would have. but there's no platform to talk about those things other than in a music theory classroom in a school of music. Not to mention that everybody except for five or six people would have changed the channel. The show's numbers go from 750,000 a day to 7. The heroin question: that took a lot of balls for Cavett to ask, and I could not wait to hear the answer. I'm glad he asked the question that no one else was brave enough to ask. Racial unrest is not a small thing. I like to hear black people's response whether it be the poor, the not so poor, or the rich black people. Cavett knew the answer to the DWB question before he asked it - miles must have said something in an article somewhere that he was getting stopped once a week since he got the Lamborghini. So it was all a lead-up to the license plate bit. I was so surprised at Miles' reaction. He sincerely loved it! I OWN IT BABY ~~~~ Nick cage is it not an artist. Nick cage is not a legend. Nick cage is an actor - a person who memorizes words that someone Else wrote, and regurgitates them at the appropriate time.

The only truly American artform is jazz. Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis are among the most recognised giants in that play. Dick was a class-act. He got away with murder as the intention was not to harm, look at how quick he retracts the Liberace thing about Miles' dress-sense. Miles opened up about how Kind of Blue came out different from the concept, which was new to me. Technically Miles was not the best trumpet-player of his era, but his intuition in leading bands and the ability to focus and listen to his genius and muse was awesome.

@joshrocha2500

3 жыл бұрын

Miles’ true genius definitely was in his ear and his constant desire to bring together new young musicians who were at the cutting edge of music.

I do my best but as many times that I saw trumpet players in BUDDY RICHS bands that could blow him away. Hey miles play CHANNEL ONE SUITE......ya right.....he would get lost

OK somebody please tell me who is the guitar player? I think Marcus Miller played bass and the guitar part on the album. I recognise Adam Holzman on keys (as well as Robert Irving III? ), Bob Berg on sax, sadly also cannot make out the drummer (my guess Vincent Wilburn Jr) and percussionist.....

@markbahouth9716

4 ай бұрын

the drummer is definitely Vincent Wilburn jr. he’s Miles nephew and a fine drummer . Steve Thomson is the percussionist playing multiple hand drums cowbells triangle timbales etc . both great musicians .

@markbahouth9716

4 ай бұрын

the one question i would ask Miles is how do you keep gum in your mouth and play trumpet without the gum clogging up the mouthpiece of the trumpet 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏼‍♀️🤔 i have never heard of any one asking Miles how does he do that

What was the date of this?

@joeambrose3260

2 жыл бұрын

I was told '87

Name of the second tune he played?

@davidsheriff9274

2 күн бұрын

Tutu

please someone name the musicians ....!

Who is that Guitar player??

@cali22boi

Жыл бұрын

Garth Webber

Who is on guitar?

@kwonsclassicalguitarstorag5087

3 жыл бұрын

steve kahn maybe?

@gregbennett9588

3 жыл бұрын

@Kevin Smith Yeah seems like a big dick. Johnny Wadd?

@gregbennett9588

3 жыл бұрын

@@kwonsclassicalguitarstorag5087 Steve kahn way better touch - this guys tight as a drum

@EnricoMerlin1000dischi

3 жыл бұрын

Garth Webber

@davidsheriff9274

Жыл бұрын

@@EnricoMerlin1000dischi yes, I think Robben recommend him.

Who is the Bass Player in the Band?

@plasticweapon

5 ай бұрын

marcus milller.

@RaiderClarke312

5 ай бұрын

Definitely Not Marcus Miller on Bass....

@plasticweapon

5 ай бұрын

@@RaiderClarke312 why not?

Intro, reading it off a piece of paper ( sad or what? ) Peace to all !!

That this is Scritti Politti lost on everyone!

@mr.bigstuff1323

3 жыл бұрын

nope I heard it right away, pretty cool

@jonsmith848

3 жыл бұрын

Not Me. Cupid & Psyche..

@smoothjazzforloversneworle7933

3 жыл бұрын

Miles covered Scritti Politti's song "Perfect Way" on his 1986 album. Miles also appeared on the track "Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry For Loverboy)" on the band's album Provision.

Miles Davis doing a Scritti Politti cover? 😂

Wonder whose idea it was to improv off Scritti Politti - Perfect Way...

@plasticweapon

5 ай бұрын

miles covered it for tutu (1986).

As a kid, I always thought Miles Davis looked like a mummy.

1:38 hahahahahaha Miles is so irrititated by that terrible Sax

@smoothjazzforloversneworle7933

3 жыл бұрын

@Louis Stringer The sax was fine. However Miles wasn't finished "talking" and the sax interrupted him. The sax man was playing it the way it was written, and rehearsed - unaccustomed to Miles' random improv. He cut Miles off and probably hates himself to this day. Lesson learned - don't get caught up in your part. You have to listen to Everything! that's going on around you.

@jbognap

2 жыл бұрын

@@smoothjazzforloversneworle7933 But the band was right there with Bob.

@59trader43

2 ай бұрын

@@jbognap yep These armchair critics are so far off its not funny

But credit to Dick Cavett for addressing directly the racism Miles Davis suffered.

Miles gone off course! Music sounds like opening for a lifestyle t.v. show from Malibu! Cavett probably knows this is NOT Miles' greatest moment.😅😬🙄

Nicholas Cage

Nicolas Cage is funny😂

@2dasimmons

4 жыл бұрын

MILES DAVIS is fumny and so iconic. A pure Jazz stylist. No wonder Mi l es liked Ahmad Jamal so much! RIP Miles Davis😍

@castinmeadows6956

4 жыл бұрын

Cage of no respect.

@robertgrippo5312

4 жыл бұрын

@@castinmeadows6956 a total dick!

@smoothjazzforloversneworle7933

3 жыл бұрын

Funny? No. Ignorant and disrespectful? Yes.