Miles Davis – blind listening test • Hacker News Board

Perhaps it was editorial, but in this interview if Miles likes it he knows exactly who did it, and if not, why he doesn't like it. It could be that he just didn't like things he wasn't familiar with, but it's likely that he had a clear sense of style and was versed enough to know his industry.

If he were a modern programmer he would hate Rails, but know exactly why the bad decisions were made.

Re: Miles Davis – blind listening test

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Post by iezer » Wed, Jul 18, 2012, 12:50 AM UTC

Miles telling it like it is. He really dug Hank Jones's piano playing and chose him for Cannonball's "Something Else" and some live gigs, but if it ain't working on the Clark Terry album he says so.

Re: Miles Davis – blind listening test

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Post by jeroen » Wed, Jul 18, 2012, 12:55 AM UTC

It's the third out of four:

http://www.forghieri.net/jazz/blind/Davis_1.html

http://www.forghieri.net/jazz/blind/Davis_2.html

http://www.forghieri.net/jazz/blind/Davis_3.html

http://www.forghieri.net/jazz/blind/Davis_4.html

Re: Miles Davis – blind listening test

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Post by pessimizer » Wed, Jul 18, 2012, 12:58 AM UTC

ynniv wrote: post #4

Perhaps it was editorial, but in this interview if Miles likes it he knows exactly who did it, and if not, why he doesn't like it. It could be that he just didn't like things he wasn't familiar with, but it's likely that he had a clear sense of style and was versed enough to know his industry. If he were a modern programmer he would hate Rails, but know exactly why the bad decisions were made.

Even when he hated it, he seemed to be able to figure out who it was.

Re: Miles Davis – blind listening test

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Post by the_cat_kittles » Wed, Jul 18, 2012, 1:11 AM UTC

ynniv wrote: post #4

Perhaps it was editorial, but in this interview if Miles likes it he knows exactly who did it, and if not, why he doesn't like it. It could be that he just didn't like things he wasn't familiar with, but it's likely that he had a clear sense of style and was versed enough to know his industry. If he were a modern programmer he would hate Rails, but know exactly why the bad decisions were made.

I can absolutely assure you he was very familiar with each of the people he heard, they are all famous even today...

Re: Miles Davis – blind listening test

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Post by the_cat_kittles » Wed, Jul 18, 2012, 1:14 AM UTC

iezer wrote: post #5

Miles telling it like it is. He really dug Hank Jones's piano playing and chose him for Cannonball's "Something Else" and some live gigs, but if it ain't working on the Clark Terry album he says so.

I think its clear he is a dick, but its nice to hear someone be brutally honest about people that most people wouldn't venture to criticize. He could do it because he was the michael jordan of jazz at the time, I guess. Most of us have to watch our mouths because you can't hate on people that are better than you...

Also, I felt a sick pleasure hearing him rip apart eric dolphy- I have never liked that guy! why did coltrane play with him?!?!

Re: Miles Davis – blind listening test

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Post by jerf » Wed, Jul 18, 2012, 1:24 AM UTC

Out of curiousity, what is leading people to upvote this? It's a guy I've heard of but don't particularly listen to slagging on a whole bunch of other guys I haven't, and praising a few others I haven't. This is an honest question, not a "this doesn't belong on HN" because I assume there is something here I'm missing? I mean, yes, he's a master of the field and this is certainly an interesting link for somewhere, but what's the HN hook here?