Sunday, November 23, 2008

kind of blue.

a lovely last night of laughter and liquor with shamona led to a pretty dreadful morning for moi. but, even in my feeble state, i forced myself to walk over to the morrison hotel to see the new miles davis photo exhibit. i really don't need to say it was alluring...miles wasn't classically handsome, but he was terribly photogenic. but we're talking 1960s Miles. 70s Miles was a bit frightening--the disco years were not kind to him. so, let's just focus on the 60s. he frequently had a cigarette hanging out of his mouth and rarely smiled...or so say the photos. but i suppose jazz isn't the smiling kind of music. 1962, Photo by Don Hunstein

p.s. a little trivia: Miles had a small part in the movie Scrooged. He was a street musician.

p.p.s. on a completely separate note, do not see this movie. most disturbing film i've seen this year.

2 comments:

Peas said...

It was completely disturbing, but reality for the Rumanians during this time. So sad.

Jazzbrew said...

Sounds like the exhibit was really cool. I've love to see it. You're right about Miles being a bit frightening in the 70s. He may not be smiling in the pictures but his music is definitely smiling when you listen to it.