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Tonight s Jazz Feature is a tribute to the 98th Birthday Anniversary of one of the most important and influential musicians in Jazz: Miles Dewey Davis who was born in Alton, Illinois on May 26, 1926. He left us on September 28, 1991 at age 65. Tonight s Jazz Feature presents in concert in Belgium the "Second Great Quintet" at it s peak. The personnel was Davis on trumpet and leader with Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone, Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass and Tony Williams on drums. Hancock and Carter are alive and well today and still performing. The repertoire is a mixture of original compositions by Davis, Shorter and Hancock with one classic by Thelonious Monk and one by saxophonist Jimmy Heath. This recording was one of the many concerts recorded on this tour by European Radio and eventually issued domestically a few years ago. As mentioned the Quintet was at it s peak and upon return Miles Davis began to alter the music and change direction as Davis was a musici

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