Miles Davis

Julien is a former paratrooper, who now works for millionaire arms dealer Simon Carala. He is in love with Florence, Carala's wife. They plan to murder him and make it look like a suicide, but Julien forgets a rather important detail. Leaving the engine of his sports car running, he races up to the office to retrieve it, but fate intervenes, and Julien misses his rendezvous with Florence. She spends the night wandering the Parisian streets alone....

Miles Davis tour of continental Europe during the spring of 1960 marked the close of his five year association with John Coltrane. The controversial saxophonist had already embarked on his own band leading career and had been lured back to Davis group only reluctantly, creative sparks flew the instant the band took to the stage. This new release compiles various recordings made during the trip, documenting the extraordinary creative alchemy of a legendary...

"The tunes in this volume span traditional standards. You'll find these helpful features in this 'omni' volume: 50 note-for-note transcriptions, meticulous easy-to-read notation, chord symbols to facilitate analyzing the solos and to provide a framework for accompaniment, rehearsal letters, transcription reference included with the song title, [and] rhythmic styles and metronome marks"--P. [2].