I voted for Davis. His ideas and evolution as an artist...too incredible. Bitches Brew...what an idea...what a band.
I love both of these artists very much. I chose Davis pretty quickly, yet...it hurt to have to choose...
Either-Or: John Coltrane OR Miles Davis.
32tmidgett wrote:
coltrane vs. ornette coleman is an interesting choice. i think i still take coltrane, but it's interesting.
Yeah, I'd agree. Which is why this poll is off target.
A trumpet player should be compared to a trumpet player, ditto w/ the tenor saxophone. Miles to Dizzy or Coltrane to Rollins would be credible, etc.
If you wish to get specific about their compositional prowess and influence, then state that in your poll.
With that said, The composer of the two was Miles Davis. And the record is E.S.P.
Either-Or: John Coltrane OR Miles Davis.
33This is easy. Coltrane.
it's not the length, it's the gersch
Either-Or: John Coltrane OR Miles Davis.
34muzorewi's daughter wrote:john coltrane by an infinitely long country fucking mile
Either-Or: John Coltrane OR Miles Davis.
35Coltrane made "The Ascension."
Davis made "On the Corner."
Davis's autobiography was incredibly interesting and real.
Coltrane's autobiography could've done twice the work in half the time had it ever been written.
Both really hated white folks.
Can't decide.
Davis made "On the Corner."
Davis's autobiography was incredibly interesting and real.
Coltrane's autobiography could've done twice the work in half the time had it ever been written.
Both really hated white folks.
Can't decide.
Either-Or: John Coltrane OR Miles Davis.
36Steve V. wrote:Coltrane made "The Ascension."
Davis made "On the Corner."
Davis's autobiography was incredibly interesting and real.
Coltrane's autobiography could've done twice the work in half the time had it ever been written.
Both really hated white folks.
Can't decide.
Coltrane made "My Favorite Things." (I haven't heard "Ascension" yet.)
Davis made "Get Up With It."
They both made "Kind of Blue."
Davis's autobiog was amazing.
I haven't read Trane's.
Davis's attitude towards white people was complicated to say the least. He hated many that he met but worked with Bill Evans for a long time and says in his autobiog that the best friend he ever had was Gil Evans, who he worked with for an even longer time, so I don't know if I can say that he just hated white people and that's it.
I can't decide either.
Life...life...I know it's got its ups and downs.
Groucho Marx wrote:Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it and then misapplying the wrong remedies.
Either-Or: John Coltrane OR Miles Davis.
37SecondEdition wrote:Steve V. wrote:Coltrane made "The Ascension."
Davis made "On the Corner."
Davis's autobiography was incredibly interesting and real.
Coltrane's autobiography could've done twice the work in half the time had it ever been written.
Both really hated white folks.
Can't decide.
Coltrane made "My Favorite Things." (I haven't heard "Ascension" yet.)
Davis made "Get Up With It."
They both made "Kind of Blue."
Davis's autobiog was amazing.
I haven't read Trane's.
Davis's attitude towards white people was complicated to say the least. He hated many that he met but worked with Bill Evans for a long time and says in his autobiog that the best friend he ever had was Gil Evans, who he worked with for an even longer time, so I don't know if I can say that he just hated white people and that's it.
I can't decide either.
Trane never had an autobiography as far as I know, but from what I've pieced together reading about him, it would've been excellent.
Either-Or: John Coltrane OR Miles Davis.
38How about Betty Davis versus Alice Coltrane?
dontfeartheringo wrote:I need people to act like grown folks and I just ain't seeing it.
Either-Or: John Coltrane OR Miles Davis.
39Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:How about Betty Davis versus Alice Coltrane?
Either-Or: John Coltrane OR Miles Davis.
40Coltrane could make "My Favorite Things" not suck.
I mean, that's superhuman.
I mean, that's superhuman.
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