Poll: Miles Davis or John Coltrane
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Spent a little bit of the afternoon listening to these guys again. Just wondering if the Strut collective had a preference either way. I'm a heavily Coltrane leaning fellow myself.
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Never heard about this, but Miles loved boxing and was involved in boxer training. I voted for Miles, fwiw.
I hold his Kulu Se Mama lp in the same regard.
Hittin women and doing heroin dont count.
Trane seemed to be good guy obsessed with his music. Spent the later part of his life looking into healing properties of music. Apparently, always practicing. I've yet to hear an unkind word about him as a person. His classic quartet music is still some of the most beautiful music I've ever heard. Afro blue impressions, first meditation, Coltrane and crescent are always there to lift my spirits when I'm down.
Got to go with Trane. Dedication, kindness, ability to play. Heck I even named my son after the guy.
Where did he read this?
:icallbullshit:
and even if it were true, who gives a fuck? what does any of that have to do with the music these men created?
Music = Davis
My friend read it in a Coltrane biography. He actually told me Miles would beat Coltrane with his trumpet (?!?) but I would have to read that myself to believe it.
Regardless... I think it's pretty common knowledge that Miles would beat women, and in my mind, that colors the way I hear his music.
Some people are able to separate the artist and their art, but to me the two are definitely connected.
I think you could make a case that Miles made better jazz in the traditional sense, and sort of defined what we even think the term traditional sense means, but something about Coltrane's sound is just purely elevating. Like, music for the ears vs. music for something more.
Coltrane has on his resume: Blue Train, Giant Steps, My Favorite Things, Ole, A Love Supreme, and not to mention he plays on a lot of the classic Miles recordings as well.
Although some folks might say Coltrane was sort of a one trick pony; I'd like them to weigh in.
i think that the latter is an absolutely absurd way to go about appreciating and understanding music, but to each his own.
So you only.listen to music made by good people?
Plaese to be serious.
The question is Miles VS Coltrane. We're talking about two human beings. One person was known to be a violent jerk and the other was practically a saint. My vote is for the second guy. If you're saying this is strictly about their music...my vote is still with the second guy.
Sorry, but your statement reads as a generalization, even in the context of this thread.
And I think both of these men are a little more complicated than you make them out to be.
Electric Miles gives him an edge IMO. Its not about whether its good or bad but extending the language.
Bitches Brew..............
I would love to hear what trane would have tried in the 70s.
But he didn't
About the art and the artist, I agree with Horseleech et al, but in this case, I have to wonder if the warmth I hear in Coltrane's music that is just not there for me in Davis' has something to do with one man's soul and intregrity that is lacking in the other's.
Betty Davis Vs Alice Coltrane......
It's hard to find someone to put alongside Alice Coltrane to do an artist this-or-that? imo...maybe a Betty Davis or Millie Jackson though - as imbalanced as their outputs are?
My first Coltrane epiphany came when I heard this for the first time: