Poem: How Miles Davis Played It Cool
A poem about the difference between Miles Davis and John Coltrane
love the story that Coltrane
didn’t know how to stop his
solos, so caught up was he,
in full service to his god, his
devotion in every note and
the phrasing (his sax an
extension of his body), he
asked Miles who stared
through his soul and
without speaking made
him think deeply about
himself; then finally when
he spoke, like so many of
his solos he only had the
one main note: “Take the
damn horn out ya mouf!”
