Miles was very image-conscious from the beginning, and he did not like to be photographed smiling. He didn't like the "happy-go-lucky" image portrayed by Louis Armstrong and others, which he felt catered to the safe post-minstrel image of blacks that white society felt comfortable with ("Song of the South" anyone?). Of course when one is almost never seen smiling, it's such a pleasant change to see them when they are. That's what's great about this photo; Miles actually let his guard down for a second and showed his warmer side.

If I had this, along with Kind of Blue, some 'Trane, Baker, a bit of Mingus, Dolphy and Blakey...I could do a desert-island lifetime or two...!

Speaking as a charter member of the Jazz Haters Club, I am well aware of what you claim, it is an undisputed fact.  I'd venture this applies for many, perhaps most, professional writers as well.  Does that mean I must eat your spinach and like it?  No sir, it don't. 

Miles was very image-conscious from the beginning, and he did not like to be photographed smiling. He didn't like the "happy-go-lucky" image portrayed by Louis Armstrong and others, which he felt catered to the safe post-minstrel image of blacks that white society felt comfortable with ("Song of the South" anyone?). Of course when one is almost never seen smiling, it's such a pleasant change to see them when they are. That's what's great about this photo; Miles actually let his guard down for a second and showed his warmer side.

I think this may be one of the best photos of Miles I ever saw (taken by Tom Palumbo)

After perusing some of the comments herein am I to assume that some feel Jazz Music is a "political statement"?  Just wondering where that idea came from?

wow! I finally heard a Miles Davis track that I like.

(That new medication must be better than I thought)

After perusing some of the comments herein am I to assume that some feel Jazz Music is a "political statement"?  Just wondering where that idea came from?

Abhor this genre more than I can say. Isn't there a jazz-haters' club out there where I can get affirmation of my vexation over pointless, unstructured meandering and the misuse of brass instruments for purposes of seduction? Don't kid yourselves, folks; jazz isn't intellectual, it is a path to the validation of the lack of structure and accountability. And it has the quality of irresolution and trailing off into nothingness. How many people who have conscious purposes in their lives do you know who like jazz?  

Affirmed.  Sign me up for the jazz-haters club.  Just can't even listen to this... 

Smooth relaxing !!!!!

  (I've said it before; jazz is not for the simple-minded.)

"...a path to the validation of the lack of structure and accountability..."?  Funny, I've always thought that was the GOVERNMENT.   Could you possibly use more emoticons?  I think you forgot the birdie-flip one.  I wonder:  Should I take your comment as an insult, since I am a person with a conscious purpose and I LIKE jazz?  A lot of my friends also have conscious purposes in their lives and like jazz.  They are neurologists, cardiologists, teachers, authors, artists, paramedics, cops,  mechanics, miners, business-owners, real estate agents, and crusaders for the preservation of the earth. To a person, they like jazz. 

Next time you feel the need to vilify an entire genré (by the way, don't you know how to make an accent mark over the proper letter?  I guess your expertise on the subject is limited, which tells me that you're a blowhard who thinks by using big words and complicated concepts, you can impress people), try to be a little less self-important about it.

I hope you find that jazz-haters club, sink into it, and never come out again. Bliss is ignorance.

I'll take Miles, to go, before I sleep.

Abhor this genre more than I can say. Isn't there a jazz-haters' club out there where I can get affirmation of my vexation over pointless, unstructured meandering and the misuse of brass instruments for purposes of seduction? Don't kid yourselves, folks; jazz isn't intellectual, it is a path to the validation of the lack of structure and accountability. And it has the quality of irresolution and trailing off into nothingness. How many people who have conscious purposes in their lives do you know who like jazz?

I was about to correlate liking/disliking jazz with political propensities, but instead will refrain.

Oh this is sublime....play Miles anytime......

 
All I see from your overuse of $5.00 words is that you have no idea what you're talking about. Jazz is one of the most difficult genres of music to play, and you may think it "unstructured and meandering", but you couldn't be more wrong. There is always a pathway through the song; some people, like Miles, just tended to take their time getting through it.

I wonder what music you find amazing.

Nice, if it was around midnight, not 10 in the morning at work.