CSP: A Collection of Poems
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Comment from FredCollingwood
I'm a jazz fan and Miles is one of the legends. If you like horns try:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2KvM2T40RQ
Byrd starts playing at about the 2 min. mark. It was recorded nearly 50 years ago and he has this new kid on the piano--Herbie Hancock.
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I'm a jazz fan and Miles is one of the legends. If you like horns try:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2KvM2T40RQ
Byrd starts playing at about the 2 min. mark. It was recorded nearly 50 years ago and he has this new kid on the piano--Herbie Hancock.
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Comment Written 29-Mar-2009
Comment from Minglement
I have to say this intrigued me. I used to listen to blues, many, many years ago but haven't in a long time. I may check this one out. Thanks for sharing.
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I have to say this intrigued me. I used to listen to blues, many, many years ago but haven't in a long time. I may check this one out. Thanks for sharing.
Comment Written 26-Mar-2009
Comment from sharon fallis
I love 'blues' and also love your wonderful poem that idealizes this amazing man of soul. Very good writing. Good word form and usage. Wonderful tribute! Sharon
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I love 'blues' and also love your wonderful poem that idealizes this amazing man of soul. Very good writing. Good word form and usage. Wonderful tribute! Sharon
Comment Written 26-Mar-2009
Comment from jmyron
I am not a jazz fanatic, being more into classic rock, but I do appreciate a good horn now and then. There was a certain -
emotion to his talent.
John
reply by the author on 26-Mar-2009
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I am not a jazz fanatic, being more into classic rock, but I do appreciate a good horn now and then. There was a certain -
emotion to his talent.
John
Comment Written 26-Mar-2009
reply by the author on 26-Mar-2009
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I'm a huge rocker, but when introduced to Miles Davis, I became an instant addict. Not pushing, just encouraging. Start with his album, "The Birth of the Cool". It's "top-shelf" and timeless. Thanks so much for your review! Sue :-))
Comment from The Cowboy Poet
This is a nice tribute to a musical legend. I've listened to Miles Davis and I like his sound. You handle the free verse form very well. Nice progression and the slangy last line would have been pure Miles.
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This is a nice tribute to a musical legend. I've listened to Miles Davis and I like his sound. You handle the free verse form very well. Nice progression and the slangy last line would have been pure Miles.
Comment Written 25-Mar-2009
Comment from yamazakura
...an ode to Miles Davis Magic of Miles by Sixteezkid. This one sings with best. You have captured the essence of Miles in a word portrait. I keep Miles Davis rifts on computer desktop and turn them on often when I write. After reading this one, I had to launch one of his tunes.
Great photo. The background must be a halo!!!
Well done.
yamazakura
reply by the author on 25-Mar-2009
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...an ode to Miles Davis Magic of Miles by Sixteezkid. This one sings with best. You have captured the essence of Miles in a word portrait. I keep Miles Davis rifts on computer desktop and turn them on often when I write. After reading this one, I had to launch one of his tunes.
Great photo. The background must be a halo!!!
Well done.
yamazakura
Comment Written 25-Mar-2009
reply by the author on 25-Mar-2009
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So COOL that you play Miles often when writing! Thanks for sharing that. I opened up the poem with the words, "Two notes" because his sound is SO unique that if a piece of music comes on and I suddenly hear a couple of notes from a trumpet, I can tell it's him. Amazing how his interpretation can be heard and cannot be mistaken as another. Your Sixer is SO appreciated!! From one Miles lover to another, it means even more. You said I captured him in a "word portrait". I'm WOWED!! Thank you so much for this awesome review! Warmest regards, Sue :-))
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Sue, irony of ironies--when I opened up your response Miles was blowin'. And after reading your remarks I moused the feed right back to the first bars--and then reread your comments.
Cheers.
yamazakura
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This is something like a total birth of coolness! LOL!!!!
Yes, we both have Miles fever. And aren't we lucky to have it!
Comment from c_lucas
Music is a cure-all for any occasion. It can, also, be the master of our emotions. Very well written with good imagery and descriptive scheme.
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Music is a cure-all for any occasion. It can, also, be the master of our emotions. Very well written with good imagery and descriptive scheme.
Comment Written 25-Mar-2009
Comment from Joan E.
You have captured Davis' style in your poem--I will share it with my son, who plays the trumpet when he's not working as a Disney sound engineer. I enjoyed the dramatic picture you chose and the alliteration of "s's" you used, along with the strong title you created.
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You have captured Davis' style in your poem--I will share it with my son, who plays the trumpet when he's not working as a Disney sound engineer. I enjoyed the dramatic picture you chose and the alliteration of "s's" you used, along with the strong title you created.
Comment Written 25-Mar-2009
Comment from Psychonaut X
This gets a 5 just for being about Miles! Seriously though, this is a cool free verse tribute to an icon of jazz. It's fitting that it doesn't follow any particular form...just like Miles himself. Very apt descriptions of Miles - aloof, rule breaker, "Trumpet, sun glasses, silk scarf" (he was well known for his sense of fashion). Loved the lines:
Blowing horn and minds
Soft, then loud
with riffs of bliss
Incidentally, the name of the album is "Kind of Blue" not "Kinda Blue." If you want to listen to a real mind-blowing Miles album, check out "Bitches Brew." That album was so far ahead of its time, it's scary.
reply by the author on 25-Mar-2009
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This gets a 5 just for being about Miles! Seriously though, this is a cool free verse tribute to an icon of jazz. It's fitting that it doesn't follow any particular form...just like Miles himself. Very apt descriptions of Miles - aloof, rule breaker, "Trumpet, sun glasses, silk scarf" (he was well known for his sense of fashion). Loved the lines:
Blowing horn and minds
Soft, then loud
with riffs of bliss
Incidentally, the name of the album is "Kind of Blue" not "Kinda Blue." If you want to listen to a real mind-blowing Miles album, check out "Bitches Brew." That album was so far ahead of its time, it's scary.
Comment Written 24-Mar-2009
reply by the author on 25-Mar-2009
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Great review! Thanks so much! Yes, I LOVE "Bitches Brew"! WAY ahead of its time! Thanks much for the correction on my spelling of Kind of Blue. You are right. I've only been listening to it for years! HA! Hey, thanks for highlighting those lines you like, too. There is an awesome documentary of Miles with him being interviewed and it goes throughout his life story. Called "The Miles Davis Story". It's ace! Leaves nothing out. Thanks so much for your great review. From one fan to another, Sue
Comment from Hitcher
You have to admire the rule breakers and pay homage, which from what can see is exactly what you are doing Sue. Don't know to much about the great man, I've heard his music on occasion and, Yea! It was cool. I can listen to blues and enjoy, I've been to Beale street[apparently the birth place of Blues] They do an awesome plate of ribs there too, ha ha.
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You have to admire the rule breakers and pay homage, which from what can see is exactly what you are doing Sue. Don't know to much about the great man, I've heard his music on occasion and, Yea! It was cool. I can listen to blues and enjoy, I've been to Beale street[apparently the birth place of Blues] They do an awesome plate of ribs there too, ha ha.
Comment Written 24-Mar-2009