Thursday, May 26, 2016

Miles Ahead at Ninety

Either May 25 or May 26 was the birth day of Miles Davis. There is disagreement. But either way, he would be ninety years old this year, give or take a day.

"Hard to imagine Miles at ninety," said Freddie Freeloader, as we were sipping some Bitches Brew and waiting for les Filles de Kilimanjaro to turn up. "Some," Freddie continued, "might say So What, but I treasure the days when Miles was Cookin'."

Meditating In a Silent Way on Miles making those Seven Steps to Heaven and going Solar, I have to admit I felt Kind of Blue.

But still, with all that music, with Trane and Cannonball and the rhythm section and Gil Evans, we're all Miles Ahead.

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  1. Over in Lantzville we celebrated with a Move or two to Dear Old Stockholm..

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