Miles Davis- February 23, 1957 Peacock Alley Lounge, St. Louis

[@najponkjazz9111]

Used to listen to 'Round About Midnight record all the time and then again....these tapes reminds me that time of discovering great music of Miles,Coltrane,Monk,Ellington,Satchmo,Jimmy Smith,Oscar Peterson,Mingus,Art Pepper,Bill Evans and other Jazz Giants....Miles in 1957 just wonderful!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!

[@vova47]

This gig was just about one month before release of " 'Round About Midnight" and about year and half before " Milestones". One can hear that concept for those records was already fully developed and tested before live audience, unlike many records today, where musicians get to know the music in the recording studio and likely never or rarely play it again. Thanks very much!

[@JerryAttric42]

wow! some powerful use of brushes on Oleo by Philly Joe.

[@AALONSO1962]

Thanksss...!!!

[@islamicchronicles5381]

THANK YOU

[@dubtee8997]

This is 2 months before trane and philly got fired from miles in april 57 for lateness and other effects of being heroin addicts- This is a timely recording, hearing how trane was playing just before getting fired, then quitting both heroin/alcohol that marked the beginning of tranes ascent towards greatness

[@ColtraneTurnaroundBlues]

1:45 john Coltrane sqeaks

[@HarryMillerMusicOfficial]

Just curious--does anyone know the street address of where The Peacock Alley Lounge was located? From what I've seen online, it was previously called "The Glass Bar" and was located somewhere on Delmar. Thanks for posting this important historical document.

[@sixstring4]

Wow, that's a lousy way to open a show@ 5:15..ouch!

[@MilestonesArchive]

'Rousing'.

[@sixstring4]

Yeah Trane sounds a little off, maybe right before he cleaned up.

[@bounderby99]

Yup, around two months before. You can definitely hear where he’s about to go musically when he breaks his addiction, but it’s not quite the same. By the time he gets clean around April ‘57, he’s playing on another level. Of course his playing prior is still miles beyond the ability that many players, myself included, could ever hope to play at. That’s just how truly special he was!

[@markschlesinger]

awful recording of great music

[@JerryAttric42]

would you prefer not having these documents at all?