“Short Visit” was David Sanborn’s early hat tip to his sometimes-employer Gil Evans, but it wouldn’t be his last.

‘Miles and Quincy: Live at Montreux’ arrived 25 years ago as an unexpected celebration of Miles Davis’ fertile relationship with Gil Evans.

There is no small amount of blasphemy going on here.

Miles Davis collaborator Jimmy Cobb joins us as we explore nine Columbia albums that capture the earliest flowerings of the Miles Davis legend — the moment when his muse began to match his own prodigious powers. You May Also Like: Miles Davis’ Expanded ‘Kind of Blue: Legacy Edition’ Struck theRead More

You see Miles Davis’ age, you sense it, in his fingers. Otherwise remarkably well preserved on this date, just months before his death, the legendary trumpeter certainly looks the part — from the technicolor jacket to the red horn You May Also Like: When Miles Davis Finally Looked Back onRead More