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Miles Davis Quintet

Leading the jazz world from an era of jumping, jiving bebop into a harder, more mature mood, legendary trumpeter Miles Davis and his classic quintet lit up the late 1950s with some of genre's most electrifying moments. Formed after a Columbia Records executive saw Davis perform at the Newport Folk Festival in 1955 and encouraged him to put together a regular band, Davis' partnership with saxophonist John Coltrane became the cornerstone for acclaimed albums 'Round About Midnight (1957) and Milestones (1958). But with its complex chord structures and freeform improvisation, it was ...