Miles Davis Cool Jazz Sound (Stars of Jazz Series)

Exemplary television program with the Miles Davis Quintet featuring John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb, and including the Gil Evans Orchestra.

Bobby Troup hosted this excellent television show that featured the best in contemporary jazz; this episode collects a stunning array of jazz heavyweights together on one stage. The performance was given in 1959, three years after Miles' legendary album THE BIRTH OF THE COOL, around the same time that he released the seminal KIND OF BLUE. John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb, and the Gil Evans Orchestra, among others, all joined Davis at the show. This is an important document of a musician who was responsible for changing the face of the American music scene many times over, and will be an appreciable addition to the collection of any jazz enthusiast. The song list includes "So What," "The Duke," "Blues for Pablo," and "New Rhumba."