We all have our different tastes in music and Jazz isn't for everyone. Sometimes, though, the fault is not entirely their own: I once saw an early film clip of Elvis at a news conference just after he broke big at one point, a reporter asked Elvis about his musical influences and he responded by citing blues artists Arthur Crudup and Bill Broonzy as Elvis was continuing to cite more Black artists, his manager, Tom Parker, hurriedly interrupted and shut down the press conference as Elvis looked bewildered and confused as to why Parker acted whether the motive was to preserve the image of Elvis as an 'original artist' or whether the action was taken to disassociate Elvis with what was then still regarded as race music will never really be known. It is very annoying when some "big star" whose talent is a bit of a rip of others influence strut about as if they and their "talent" were made of whole cloth. A good many of the truly great musicians will gladly cite their influences and give credit where credit is due the Beatles and Stones, Clapton, Vaughn and others were/are very big on giving credit. Regarding the history aspect, I learned a long time ago in music, as in so many other aspects of life and life skills, it is very often very beneficial to look behind where the current talent is and seek the source of the art. I wonder if Prince imposed fines for errors as Davis and Brown did on their musicians.
Sorum said Prince gathered his musicians in a circle and started to give them very detailed instructions as to changes he had made to the set list and how the songs were to be played. Matt Sorum, drummer of Gun & Roses, was on Steve Jones radio show and told of seeing Prince backstage at Coachella just before Prince was to perform. Davis described Prince as combining Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, and Charlie Chaplin. I do like other forms of jazz and I am a great admirer of Miles Davis, who, by the way, was a big fan of Prince, as he was also a big admirer of Jimi Hendrix Miles went to Jimi's funeral in Seattle, but was so overcome with grief he couldn't bring himself to leave his car and go to the gravesite I guess he didn't want the world to see 'big, bad' Miles Davis crying.
Hate to say it but I'm not a big fan of Kenny G or smooth jazz we had a great, legendary FM rock station here in Los Angeles (KMET-FM) and the new management decided to change format to smooth jazz perhaps that is the reason I have a sort of antipathy towards the genre. One of my favorites or should I say a couple. Great guy too in addition to being a great Alto, Soprano, and Tenor saxophone Player. Kenny's playing style is called smooth Jazz and is great listening if you like Jazz and want to relax. One of my favorites that played with Miles Davis on tour was none other than Kenny G. Miles had played with a number of great musicians including Tommy Porter, Charlie Parker, Duke Jordan and Max Roach, among others. You mentioned Miles Davis, one of the most influential Jazz musicians in recorded history. I like how much history you interject into your musical introductions and links, Vienna. In April 2011, she performed alongside Prince on the Lopez Tonight show, dancing to "The Beautiful Ones." Prince had previously invited her onstage at a concert in Nice, France. During the New York City and New Jersey portions of Prince's Welcome 2 America tour, Copeland performed a pas de deux en pointe to his song "The Beautiful Ones", the opening number at the Izod Center and Madison Square Garden. She also began taking acting lessons in 2009. She described his instructions as "Be you, feel the music, just move", and upon request for further instruction, "Keep doing what you're doing".
Prince asked her to dance along to the song in unchoreographed ballet movements. In March 2009, Copeland spent two days in Los Angeles filming a music video with Prince for a cover of "Crimson and Clover", the first single from his 2009 studio album Lotusflower.
Her association with Prince brought her attention beyond the world of ballet: Speaking of James Brown, the fellow playing sax with Prince is none other than the legendary Maceo Parker who played in Brown's bands and, later with Parliament-Funkadelic, among others:Īlso, in the Crimson and Clover video, the dancer is Misty Copeland, the first African-American dancer to be named Principal Dancer in the history of THe American Ballet Theater. There are a lot of other videos on YouTube showing just how varied his talent and his approach to music really was and you gotta respect his choice of backing musicians - next to James Brown and Miles Davis, he was probably the most demanding of his bands and their talents. Neither did I I was just looking for some videos showing a greater variety and depth than most of the general population associates with Prince.
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