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Miles Runs The Voodoo Down

Miles Runs The Voodoo Down. William Blake Holland Music 1010. Miles Davis. *Miles was born in Illinois in 1926 *In high school, he played with his heroes Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie *He attended Julliard in New York for one year before dropping out to play with Charlie Parker.

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Miles Runs The Voodoo Down

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  1. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down William Blake Holland Music 1010

  2. Miles Davis *Miles was born in Illinois in 1926 *In high school, he played with his heroes Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie *He attended Julliard in New York for one year before dropping out to play with Charlie Parker

  3. Birth of the Cool *Davis left Parker’s band to form his own band, the Miles Davis Nonet *Birth of the Cool sessions helped to launch the “Cool Jazz” movement *Cool Jazz Stressed melody, harmony, and slower notes as opposed to the more chaotic Bebop

  4. Paris 1949 *In 1949, Davis traveled to Paris for the first Festival International de Jazz. *Davis was struck by how respectful people in France were. Especially compared to 1940’s Jim Crow America *When Davis returned to the United States, he felt deeply disillusioned, and entered a dark period of his life

  5. Dark Times *Soon after returning from Paris, Davis developed a heroin habit that would plague him through the next 5 years *Davis sometimes resorted to petty theft and even pimping to feed his habit *Finally Davis was able to kick the habit and came back better than ever

  6. Hard Bop *Hard Bop was the second major jazz style Davis helped to pioneer *was said to “reflect the intensity and hustling tempo of city life” *”Walkin’” is a famous early example of Hard Bop

  7. Kind of Blue *Marked a movement away from virtuosic chromatic harmonies *Characterized by “fewer chords and less concentrated harmonies where scales override harmonies.” *Kind of Blue is the most famous Modal Jazz album, and is Davis’ best selling and most well known album

  8. Jazz Fusion *Was a mixture of jazz and other newer genres of music such as Rock and Roll, and especially Funk *Davis’ “In a Silent Way,” and “Bitches Brew,” are seminal jazz fusion albums *Marked the first time Davis uses Electric Guitars in his music

  9. Later Years *Davis took 5 years off from making music in the the mid 1970’s *Started making music again in the 1980’s, and continued to release albums until his death

  10. Miles Dies *Miles Davis died of a stroke on September 28th, 1991 in Santa Monica, CA *He is buried in Woodlawn cemetery in The Bronx, NY

  11. Miles Runs the Voodoo Down *Miles Runs the Voodoo Down is the 3rd song on the second disc of the album Bitches Brew *It is fourteen minutes long and features 11 musicians

  12. Bitches Brew *Considered a seminal Jazz Fusion album *Funk music by artists like Sly and the Family Stone was influential to the sound of the record

  13. Recording *Bitches Brew was recorded in August of 1969 at 30th Street Studio in New York City *Used a highly improvisational approach where Davis, “would direct, like a conductor”

  14. Players *11 in total *Miles Davis –Trumpet *Wayne Shorter-Soprano Saxophone *Bennie Maupin-Bass Clarinet *Joe Zawinul-Electric Piano 1 *Chick Corea-Electric Piano 2 *John McLaughlin-Electric Guitar *Dave Holland- Electric Bass 1 *Harvey Brooks-Electric Bass 2 *Dan Alias-Drum Set 1 *Jack DeJohnette-Drum Set 2 *Juma Santos-Congas

  15. Reception and Influence *Bitches Brew was released in April of 1970 *It sold more than 500,000 copies in its first year *Became extremely influential to jazz fusion artists

  16. Song Structure of Miles Runs the Voodoo Down *Song is centered around 5 different instrument solos *Structure -Intro 0:00-0:34 -Solo 1 Trumpet 0:34- 4:10 -Solo 2 Guitars 4:10-6:15 -Solo 3 Soprano Sax 6:15- 8:00 -Solo 4 Electric Piano 8:00-10:43 -Solo 5 Trumpet 10:43- 13:00 -Outro 13:00-14:02

  17. Intro *Opens with a halting drum beat *Guitar, bass and Clarinet come in

  18. Solo 1 *Trumpet Solo *Other instruments begin to build underneath

  19. Solo 1 Continued *Trumpet get a little louder and more wild *Electric pianos compliment the trumpet

  20. Solo 2 *Two Guitars duel as electric pianos provide counterpoints to the rhythm *Shortest solo

  21. Solo 3 *Soprano Saxophone solo *accompanied by electric pianos and bass clarinet *Drums finish the solo and set up the next part

  22. Solo 4 *The electric pianos finally get their own solo *Lots of rhythm section happening *the guitars punctuate the pianos

  23. Solo 5 *Final Solo is Davis on Trumpet *Accompanied by all the other instruments *Is resolved by a descending series of notes and sets up the outro section

  24. Outro *All the instruments begin to build until they are at a fever pitch *Lots of dissonance *The song ends slowly with the individual instruments fading out until only the bass is audible *The song ends

  25. Works Cited Works Cited *Tingen, Paul. "Miles Davis and the Making of Bitches Brew: Sorcerer's Brew." Jazz Times. May 2001: n. page. Web. 24 Feb. 2014. *DeVeaux, Scott, and Gary Giddins. Jazz. New York City: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009. 371-483. Print.

  26. Further Listening • The Birth of the Cool-Miles Davis • Kind of Blue-Miles Davis • Bitches Brew-Miles Davis • Bird and Diz-Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie

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