Comments on: Miles Davis, family, and bending for the common good http://www.rianonline.com/2009/10/miles-davis-kind-of-blue-vinyl-family/ notes on the journey Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:05:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Annie http://www.rianonline.com/2009/10/miles-davis-kind-of-blue-vinyl-family/comment-page-1/#comment-1311 Annie Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:13:29 +0000 http://www.rianonline.com/?p=645#comment-1311 We have that book as well. :) We have that book as well. :)

]]> By: Rian http://www.rianonline.com/2009/10/miles-davis-kind-of-blue-vinyl-family/comment-page-1/#comment-1310 Rian Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:58:23 +0000 http://www.rianonline.com/?p=645#comment-1310 It makes total sense! Music, when it's done right, always makes you feel less lonely and part of something bigger. Yes, Blue Like Jazz is great. Also try Velvet Elvis if you haven't yet. That's another one that really got to me. It makes total sense! Music, when it’s done right, always makes you feel less lonely and part of something bigger.

Yes, Blue Like Jazz is great. Also try Velvet Elvis if you haven’t yet. That’s another one that really got to me.

]]> By: Annie http://www.rianonline.com/2009/10/miles-davis-kind-of-blue-vinyl-family/comment-page-1/#comment-1309 Annie Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:33:22 +0000 http://www.rianonline.com/?p=645#comment-1309 Blue Like Jazz shattered my worldview and completely changed my Christianity... for the better, I hope. And I agree with you and Dan - there's something magical when musicians come together without arrogance, each bringing their gifts to the table, so to speak, and what they produce together is greater than what any of them could have done on their own. Am I making any sense? Ray Charles' "Duets" album is like that - each artist meets Ray Charles halfway (and vise versa), and what they come up with is incredible. No competition, no divas. Just musicians who truly love music and appreciate the gifts of a fellow artist. Blue Like Jazz shattered my worldview and completely changed my Christianity… for the better, I hope.

And I agree with you and Dan – there’s something magical when musicians come together without arrogance, each bringing their gifts to the table, so to speak, and what they produce together is greater than what any of them could have done on their own. Am I making any sense?

Ray Charles’ “Duets” album is like that – each artist meets Ray Charles halfway (and vise versa), and what they come up with is incredible. No competition, no divas. Just musicians who truly love music and appreciate the gifts of a fellow artist.

]]> By: Rian http://www.rianonline.com/2009/10/miles-davis-kind-of-blue-vinyl-family/comment-page-1/#comment-1308 Rian Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:18:12 +0000 http://www.rianonline.com/?p=645#comment-1308 So funny how you guys were talking about the same thing! Another great example of this unselfishness in music is Sting's "Mercury Falling", in my opinion. No one overplays. Everyone plays their part, plays it well, and they are just content to let the music tell the story. That's where the magic happens. So funny how you guys were talking about the same thing! Another great example of this unselfishness in music is Sting’s “Mercury Falling”, in my opinion. No one overplays. Everyone plays their part, plays it well, and they are just content to let the music tell the story. That’s where the magic happens.

]]> By: Dan Erickson http://www.rianonline.com/2009/10/miles-davis-kind-of-blue-vinyl-family/comment-page-1/#comment-1306 Dan Erickson Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:34:55 +0000 http://www.rianonline.com/?p=645#comment-1306 Annie and I were talking about jazz and unselfishness this morning, and how what has been appealing to me in music lately has been the way individual musicians step aside for the sake of the music. I've heard it in the B.B. King Jamming album (some of the tracks he hardly plays at all) and especially in a couple of live performances in Pretoria by Freddy Arendse and his friends. Watching great musicians encourage and appreciate each other as they play almost transcends the music itself- it's like hearing the relationships. Annie and I were talking about jazz and unselfishness this morning, and how what has been appealing to me in music lately has been the way individual musicians step aside for the sake of the music. I’ve heard it in the B.B. King Jamming album (some of the tracks he hardly plays at all) and especially in a couple of live performances in Pretoria by Freddy Arendse and his friends. Watching great musicians encourage and appreciate each other as they play almost transcends the music itself- it’s like hearing the relationships.

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