Re: anti-looper bigots / Miles & Teo

[Charles Zwicky <cazwicky@earthlink.net>]

Hi Andy,

  Are you aware that "Perfect Way" is a cover of a Scritti Politti 
song?  Marcus Miller played bass (slaps and pops as fills mostly) on 
the original and Miles played a solo on their follow up album 
"Provision"

http://www.last.fm/music/Scritti+Politti/_/Perfect+Way

http://www.last.fm/music/Scritti+Politti/_/Oh+Patti++%28Don%27t+Feel+Sorry+For+Loverboy%29



>looppool@cruzio.com wrote:
>
>I like Miles.
>e.g. currently a band I'm in is Playing "Perfect Way"(from Tutu)
>and I get to play a transcript of the trumpet melody/solo bit.
>It's a really exciting piece to play.
>
>...but I don't understand all these "Miles started...."
>themes. There are a lot of supporters, but no evidence in
>terms of recordings, anecdotes from players around at the
>time, or even Davis' own claims (too modest?).
>If you want to prove Mingus was influenced by Coleman, then
>Eric Dolphy described being bundled into Mingus' car, driven
>to a Coleman gig and asked to play in that style. It's possible to 
>listen to the relevant albums and hear
>how that worked out.
>
>Why not just credit Miles for a great contribution?

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