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 ...