Continuing our investigation in 2012 into the classic music of Miles Davis from the 1950s, here’s the stellar Miles Davis Sextet recording for Columbia Records in 1958—in the studio, live at the Plaza Hotel in New York City and onstage at the Newport Jazz Festival.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

STRAIGHT NO CHASER

ANCESTOR WORSHIP 12

John Sinclair, NE Sector, Detroit, October 30, 2012 [21037]

Charlie Parker: Another Hairdo   

Miles Davis Sextet: Miles  

Miles Davis Sextet: Fran-Dance 

Miles Davis Sextet: If I Were a Bell

Miles Davis Sextet: Oleo

Miles Davis Sextet: My Funny Valentine

Miles Davis Sextet: Straight No Chaser

Miles Davis Quintet: Salt Peanuts

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