Birth(day) Of The Cool

Miles Davis was born on May 26, 1926 (and died in 1991).  Click on these links for earlier posts on two of my favorite recordings:  Great Jazz Albums:  Relaxin' and Great Jazz Albums: Walkin'.

And here he is in 1964, performing Autumn Leaves with his second great quintet (Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams):