Anything for that minority vote What kind of music did you use when you photographed Bill Clinton? Miles Davis. Why? Because he likes jazz. It’s a little obvious, but instead of playing something more obscure I thought: Miles Davis, everybody likes it. He’s like the Bob Marley of jazz, so I thought it would be a safe bet. I picked Kind of Blue, something that he’s probably listened to a lot that might bring up memories, rather than trying to prove my jazz knowledge. Did it work? It was funny because we played the music and he’s like, “Who’s this?” And I said, “Miles Davis.” And he says, “No, that’s not Miles Davis.” And I’m like, “No, no, it is Miles Davis.” And he says, “No, that’s not Miles Davis.” And I was about to say, “No Mr. President, that’s Miles Davis! It’s my CD!” But then I thought I’d just let that one go. (Laughs) I didn’t say anything. I guess it’s enough to correct the President twice. But when he was walking out he was like, “Oh yeah, that was Miles Davis.” I came to realize that as a president you don’t listen to music very much. It was Kind of Blue, probably Miles Davis’ best-known album. I was slightly surprised that he didn’t recognize it. the-talks/interviews/martin-schoeller/
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