The following YouTube video will likely be familiar to you, but chances are you've seen it in black and white. A couple of weeks ago, the footage was uploaded colorized. The concert featured the Miles Davis Quintet at the Teatro dell'Arte in Milan, Italy, on October 11th, 1964. When I saw the clip—thanks to Gilles D'Elia in Paris alerting me to it—a funny thing happened. The music became more important and gripping. Mind you, I tend to despise colorized films, but a jazz clip of historic significance seems somehow richer and more dimensional colorized. Your brain magically pays closer attention to the music.
See for yourself. Here's Autumn Leaves, My Funny Valentine, All Blues, All of You and Joshua. The quintet featured Miles Davis (tp), Wayne Shorter (ts), Herbie Hancock (p), Ron Carter (b) and Tony Williams (d)...
