Miles Davis- Night Music with David Sanborn (1989) 

That was very nice what you said and I agree! I feel the very same!

I play music not because I’m great, I play music because it makes me feel great.

RIP also to drummer Ricky Wellman...and percussionist Don Alias

And a LOT better educated.

I'd argue tastes are more eclectic now. The Internet completely changed the game. Young folks you may think only listen to a certain genre actually listen to a ton of old stuff and genres you may not think they do. I'm 47 btw.

Me

@@kamuelalee I am here in Finland and watching :-)

Always defending 80s Miles against the haters so yes, watching...

Me! I'm watching it and greatly enjoying. Hi from Montreal to every Miles' music lover.

Me too

Bro, I swear you took my whole bio, lol. Did exactly the same thing staying up late on Sunday knowing I had to be up early the next day for work, but 'Sunday' was appointment viewing and as you said there wasn't ANYTHING like it on tv. No easy access repeated viewing on social media. Thanks for the memory.

While stationed in Germany my buddies told me about the show. He had discovered it while on leave. Thank God for you tube. RIP David. Love your music.

Used to get it on NHK Satellite. Loved that show.

U R exactly right, Thanks for tryn,Dave S❤😊

Kenny don’t scare.

Jazz legends and stars of that time just jamming together. 😍🤩

And can’t forget the incomparable Kenny Garrett

RIP Don Alias as well

Yeah, you are SOOOO lucky - I was too young to have gotten to see him live. As I majored in saxophone performance in college I hate that I never saw him live.

hey...this is an amazing performance...and yes, your comments...getting inside........

And Zappa.

And Marcus wrote and composed and arranged ghee TUTU record and Miles would only come in to check out how it was sounding and lay down his horn when needed. But Marcus…Marcus was playing all the instruments on the demos for Miles to listen to. Marcus is so much more than one of the best bass players of all time. He’s also one of the best composers and arrangers and writers of the last 40 years period.

​@@jordandangelo180indeed!

Imagine Jaco being alive here in this still and playing bass?!

so would jimi hendrix

If you can’t do better….look at all the styles that seem presaged by what Miles was doing. House, Jungle, Bass & Drum….maybe it wasn’t his best but Miles never stopped growing and expressing himself. One thing was always true, he had the best bands and always had people that would become huge on their own. Young lions

Miles would always say, “stop stepping on everyone else’s line, say what you want to say and shut up.”

smoothjazzaxe I agree with your comments. When you wrote that "...Miles was able to adapt to changing trends in music", I may be off a bubble, but Herbie Hancock came to mind, as also being adaptable to trends. We've had some great artists visit our planet and bless our lives.

Hes a gemini as jimmy heath said

If you haven't yet heard jack johnson,On the corner,live Evil,or Agharta,etc.. i would recommend you do so! this is tame compared to the brutal force & raw energy that Tutu,& all his stuff after man with the horn,he ran out of puff by then

Yes absolutely the greatest musical program ever. You had to catch it late night just before the work week would start. I loved watching Omar Hakim and Djavan especially.

Wow. So true. Thanks forr the insight. nAfter he removes the mute on the final tune, he hits some amazing brassy notes that later inspire the other two fellows on horns to career heights in creativity. Wow!

with legendary special guests every week.

I didn't expect that and almost spit out my drink! Too funny, love that Miles!

YES, they had collaboration on 3 different projects (albums) !!! Best music for my generation was Miles & Miller !!!!!

don h One of my all time favorite Albums, TUTU !

@@deniskostic1502 Marcus without the hat

And THAT T-O-N-E !!!

brian brianmh34 yes this snow was for jazz lovers indeed. It’s a shame it was cancelled.

For musicians and jazz lovers yes ! And for rock lovers as well ! For everyone really, because as I remember they used to feature all varieties all styles. Classical too. Great show !

@@Karensinger9 I agree. But it was on at like 1 am Sunday night, wasn't it? Even jazz lovers have to get up for work on Monday...

Am sorry guys but isn't just for jazz lovers, it's for all who love high quality music!!❤❤❤

@@mariacarvalho7260 If you like smooth jazz, fusion or standards that's fine. It mainly featured jazz/ blues artist at the time. Some metal heads R&B and blues guys or girls loved it but it was good show regardless

Yeah, David Sanborn bravely stands right in there with Kenny Garrett. And Sanborn's appearances on other episodes of Night Music, also show he's capable of much more than smooth jazz. Good journeyman level saxophone-ing. He's not stratospheric like a Kenny Garrett or, in a different context, a Phil Woods, but David Sanborn can play.

is that your assessment of Sanborn? That he's lesser than Garrett but, ya know, alright? And "more than smooth jazz"? You have a lot of research to do, my friend. Sanborn "bravely stands in there with Kenny Garrett?" Christ.

Sanborn's solo on In My Own Dream on the Paul Butterfield album of the same name is one of my favorite pieces of music. Never heard anything like it before and pretty much since.

TRUE. IT WAS PRETTY GOOD

@@nwilczyn research? listen. geez. kenny garrett is a monster.

+Derfunkmeister Miles' attire--- "Clean as a mother fucker" as he himself used to say. "...one of a kind, a genius..." Mos' def. Yeah..."He revolutionized jazz like no other." In fact, he changed the course of music...jazz, pop & rock.... several times. "GOD !!!" as Mr. Kovacs states below...? In MY book too..he is, was, will always be. He is...with all due respect to the angel Gabriel, The baddest motherfucker to have ever picked up a horn.

+Derfunkmeister I like his late period the best

+Lisa Fan That was what made him so great. Ppl point the period they like. He had so many...And most were remarkably different. How many artists can that be said about? Few..very few.

Richard Marshall Bowman yeah the popular "artists" now just do whatever sells. whether any of it is any good or not, it's just about money. I'm sure half of them don't think their stuff is any good but they will never admit it when the money's rolling in.

Strastapheric groove!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Helped birth the Cool and it never stopped

Dave Sanborn is one legend some so called music critics slept on. Sanborn hosted Sunday Night (later called Night Music) with Jools Holland for the 1st season. Just himself in the second season.

Best music show with the best production ever. Like listening to a recording and yet live ..

i agree Fitz--the show was too good for mass consumption... it was kick ass...I didnt appreciate Sanborn til I got into this show.

Im surprised it lasted that long,its to sofisticated for your typical tv viewer, now a show like this would be too high brow even for PBS.

I loved the show with Djavan.

I spoke with David. He said he loved it but the sponsors kept pulling out.?????? Go figure that one! Ground breaking program with fantastic artist. 1 of a kind!

By coincidence, after my first listen I paused at 6:19 because "Nope, not ready for the next piece; I just wanna listen to that again"

Ewerb7 bassist marcus miller played a huge role in being responsible for sanborns commercial success due to his composing, producing and playing bass on sanborns albums from the 80s to the mid 90s

I'll never forget when Voyeur came out....incredible album

Andrew Austin, I always loved the first track off that album, "Let's Just Say Goodbye." Run for Cover is cool. I really liked the album, "As We Speak."

Sanbirn can play anything. Look at his discography on Wikipedia. Jazz of every variety, blues, rock, country, pop, Experimental, R&B...

sanborn is genius

Juan check out Jurgen Ziewe stuff on RU-vid. Not sure if it'll resonate but perhaps . All good things.

Beautiful comment

4shaw my man

Every true musician...The one's in it for the love of playing...

@@godbluffvdgg Ahh, the No True Scotsman strikes again ... I love playing, but I couldn't fit in with a band like this if my life depended on it. So, no- it would not be a dream for me to play in such an ensemble. It would be a nightmare. Does that make me a not-true musician? Couldn't it just mean that I am not a _jazz_ musician and don't aspire to be one no matter how much I admire these players?

@@BigBri550 ahahah! The exceptions don't disprove the rule...I wouldn't fit in either but; as a musician; I would be gobsmacked to play with those guys...:)...

@@godbluffvdgg Actually, exceptions _do_ disprove the rule when the rule is absolute. Don't get me wrong: the guys in this video are fantastic. But I wouldn't even dream of trying to play with them just like I wouldn't dream of trying to suit up and go play in a professional ballgame league. However, that is not a measure of my personal veracity & integrity. There are experts and their aficianados in every field of music around the globe (yes, there are other countries & cultures besides in the United States and Europe), but even at that, proficiency does not always equal enjoyment. I really enjoy playing even at my comparatively meager level of ability, but trying to keep up with heavy hitters like these guys would just be a stress, not a joy (not to mention Miles Davis had a reputation for being not a very nice person).

@@BigBri550 You're not to hip on Rhetoric, I see. It's not that every musician or even the musicians that like jazz "DREAM" of playing with guys like Miles, Or Chick or any of the other masters; it's more of a wish to be that good... Most of us are just like you. Happy to be able to make some decent sounds out of our instruments...:)...Health, love and freedom to you and yours and may we all have many more years to enjoy this stuff..

My favorite indigenous art form but hardly the first or only...think Native American...oh them, right.

indigenous means "originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native." so in a sense jazz is kind of the opposite of indigenous? i.e. 2 layers of displacement (colonisation and slavery...?) anyway I agree with what you're saying fundamentally, that it's a positive force :)

It is the only Classical art form created in America

You put it exactly perfect, and the artistry of a "Jazz" musician is amazing, I feel Jazz in my soul, in my bones, and deeper. "I Love Jazz" ♥️✌️