Chintan Jani
Professor Gonzalez
Music Appreciation 101-01
September 28, 2015
Go Ahead John – John McLaughlin & Miles Davis
Go Ahead John is an excerpt from Miles Davis’s cool jazz double album The Big Fun. Album consists of many tracks that were not included in Miles’ previous studio albums and one of those “rejects” was this piece of beauty. Originally recorded on March 7, 1970, Go Ahead John is brought to life by many musicians like Miles Davis on trumpet, Steve Grossman on the soprano saxophone, John McLaughlin with his electric guitar and Jack DeJonette on the drums. Miles Davis, the now legendary Cool Jazz pioneer from Illinois, started off playing Bebop (the notoriously crazy fast jazz which was terrifyingly difficult for many musicians to master.) and then later found his place in the upcoming Cool Jazz (the much relaxing sub-genre of Jazz.) Go Ahead John is quite a unique piece in my opinion, for it covers different ranges. Song starts off with improve riffs from McLaughlin’s electric guitar and drums from Jack DeJonette followed by relaxing and often romantic sounding trumpet of the good old Miles Davis. Slowly all three of these, like the typical jazz song, start playing together matching the …show more content…
As I was looking for songs/sessions to review, I came across this 2 minute video on Youtube and after reading some comments I found out that this was just a little snippet from the 28 minute session outtake called Go Ahead John. Honestly, that 2 minute part was so soothing that it sort of encouraged me to actually sit through the 28 minute part and I have got to say, that this is one of the most confusing moments of my life. My brain could not decide, it was either really good or really bad, no middle ground. I liked Davis’s trumpet because it turned me into a living jell-o. John and the rest were musically awesome but to my personal liking, they were a bit too wild. Overall, 4/5 from
Professor Gonzalez
Music Appreciation 101-01
September 28, 2015
Go Ahead John – John McLaughlin & Miles Davis
Go Ahead John is an excerpt from Miles Davis’s cool jazz double album The Big Fun. Album consists of many tracks that were not included in Miles’ previous studio albums and one of those “rejects” was this piece of beauty. Originally recorded on March 7, 1970, Go Ahead John is brought to life by many musicians like Miles Davis on trumpet, Steve Grossman on the soprano saxophone, John McLaughlin with his electric guitar and Jack DeJonette on the drums. Miles Davis, the now legendary Cool Jazz pioneer from Illinois, started off playing Bebop (the notoriously crazy fast jazz which was terrifyingly difficult for many musicians to master.) and then later found his place in the upcoming Cool Jazz (the much relaxing sub-genre of Jazz.) Go Ahead John is quite a unique piece in my opinion, for it covers different ranges. Song starts off with improve riffs from McLaughlin’s electric guitar and drums from Jack DeJonette followed by relaxing and often romantic sounding trumpet of the good old Miles Davis. Slowly all three of these, like the typical jazz song, start playing together matching the …show more content…
As I was looking for songs/sessions to review, I came across this 2 minute video on Youtube and after reading some comments I found out that this was just a little snippet from the 28 minute session outtake called Go Ahead John. Honestly, that 2 minute part was so soothing that it sort of encouraged me to actually sit through the 28 minute part and I have got to say, that this is one of the most confusing moments of my life. My brain could not decide, it was either really good or really bad, no middle ground. I liked Davis’s trumpet because it turned me into a living jell-o. John and the rest were musically awesome but to my personal liking, they were a bit too wild. Overall, 4/5 from