Them Motherfuckers Were Terrible1: or The Miles Davis Quintet Recording at Studio 61
Them Motherfuckers Were Terrible1: or The Miles Davis Quintet Recording at Studio 61
2024
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112" x 60.5" @300 dpi
Electric painting
An electronic painting of the Miles Davis recording "So What" for the television program "The Sound of Miles Davis" produced by Robert Herridge on April 2, 1959 in Studio 61 and broadcast on July 21, 1960. Accompanying Davis is John Coltrane on saxophone, Paul Chambers on bass, Wynton Kelly on piano and Jimmy Cobb on drums; Cannonball Adderley had to cancel due to an illness.
The image is painted from around 285 film fragments.
1 A Miles Davis's semantic shift expression for admiration.
Detail left to right: John Coltran, Wynton Kelly, Miles Davis, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb.
Detail: Miles Davis (1926-1991)
Detail: John Coltrane (1926-1967)
Detail: Wynton Kelly (1931-1971)
Detail: Paul Chambers (1935-1969)
Detail: Jimmy Cobb (1929-2020)