JAZZ AT THE PLAZA CONSISTS OF THE RECORDINGS TAPED AT A PARTY THROWN BY COLUMBIA TO CELEBRATE THE HEALTHY STATE OF THEIR JAZZ DIVISION. IT WAS NOT MEANT TO BE A RECORDING SESSION. THE EVENT BROUGHT TOGETHER THE TALENTS OF THE MILES DAVIS SEXTET (FEATURING JOHN COLTRANE, CANNONBALL ADDERLEY AND BILL EVANS), THE DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA (SHOWCASING THE SINGING OF JIMMY RUSHING ON A FEW SONGS), AND BILLIE HOLIDAY, WHO PERFORMED ON JUST TWO TRACKS. IT WAS ISSUED ON TWO SEPARATE VOLUMES, THE FIRST OF WHICH CONTAINED MILES PERFORMANCE. THE MILES DAVIS PORTION OF THE SHOW FEATURED THE FAMED SEXTET THAT WOULD RECORD KIND OF BLUE SIX MONTHS LATER. THE MUSICIANS DID NOT KNOW THEY WERE BEING RECORDED AT THE TIME (WHICH EXPLAINS WHY THEY MOVED FREELY ON THE STAND WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT BEING OFF MIKE), AND THE CONCERT WAS ISSUED YEARS LATER. PIANIST BILL EVANS LATER STATED THE MUSICIANS WERE OFFERED PAYMENT AT THE 1958 SCALE. MY FUNNY VALENTINE , WHICH HAD BECOME A STAPLE IN THE SEXTET S REPERTOIRE, WAS PERFORMED BY DAVIS IN HIS NEW MODAL STYLE.
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