Miles Davis

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Miles Davis' My Funny Valentine marks several historic turning points. For Davis, the live album represents the final time on record he'd perform standards rather than original compositions. It also stands as one of the last documents made by the same band that created Seven Steps to Heaven. As such, the work teems with bebop melodicism yet steers clear of Davis' oft-controversial avant-garde leanings. Most significantly, however, the set captures the ballads performed at a benefit concert from New York's then-new Philharmonic Hall just months after President Kennedy's assassination. Tapping into a seemingly divine inspiration, Davis never sounded so elegant or poetic.

PERSONNEL:

• RON CARTER, bass
• TONY WILLIAMS, drums
• HERBIE HANCOCK, piano
• GEORGE COLEMAN, tenor sax
• MILES DAVIS, trumpet

Recorded at New York's Philharmonic Hall, on February 12, 1964.

TRACKS:

• A1. My Funny Valentine
• A2. All Of You

• B1. Stella By Starlight
• B2. All Blues
• B3. I Thought About You