Miles Davis: "White musicians seem to lag behind the beat."

That may be Miles' experience...I doubt it is a universally accepted belief.

 

My(caucasion)feelings are not hurt by this.

Edit: To answer the OP's question- That has been my experience as well, although each and every musician I've ever played with has been different. I won't generalize further on the aforementioned aspect, just say vive l'diff

 

I guess I must be black, cause I rush like a mofo.

 

Too much coffee?

 

I'm offensive and I find this white.

 

I seen a documentary once that posited that Miles was actually a woman.

 

Generally speaking, everyone named Miles is a woman.

See what I did there? No. I don't either.

 

I play so far behind the beat I'm still in the previous measure.......

 

funny since neo-soul is wayyyyyyyyyyy behind the beat.

 

Well, rarely do women know anything about being behind a beat down.

 

Miles Davis was a genius musician, but he had some funny ideas about white people and music. It didn't stop him from having some high-profile associations with us Caucasian cats. Two different guys named Evans come to mind.

Just because a guy is a genius on his instrument doesn't make him a fountain of wisdom. Miles Davis, by many accounts, was an arrogant jackass. And he happens to be my all-time favorite jazz musician. (My two other all-time favorites, Frank Zappa and John Zorn, are also arrogant jackasses, and so, to an extent, am I. Coincidence? You decide. )

Behind the beat? THIS white boy tends to play right on top of the beat, with a metronomic. Precision. That. Isn't. Really. Funky. I've been studying Duck Dunn (another white boy, hmmm...) to try and correct this.

 

Must've seen us when I was holding the song's original time(aka trying to slow the drummer down) while the drummer was speeding up while watching a well-endowed woman bouncing around on the dance floor.

 

Duck Dunn? I thought he and Al Jackson played slightly behind the beat on the 2 and the 4? http://www.drummagazine.com/features/post/al-jackson-jr.-the-sound-of-60s-soul/

 

Yep. My drummer's really good at this too. One of the reasons I like him.

 

Go white boy

 

I'm just happy if I know where on earth the beat is located and am within a 5 mile radius.

 

I remember seeing him once. And he did look funny.