*****ALBUMS: 3) PORGY AND BESS “An orchestral jazz masterpiece.” MILES DAVIS: PORGY AND BESS (1959) (Columbia) (Sextet) (New York) was recorded over three four sessions on 22 nd and 29 th  July, 1958 and 4 th  and 18 th  August, 1958, rather rushed perhaps for a work of such eloquence- nevertheless, it turned out as a whole a magnificent achievement. TRACKS: The Buzzard Song, Bess, You Is My Woman Now, Gone; Gone, Gone, Gone; Summertime; Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess, Prayer (

***** ALBUMS: 2) MILESTONES “Of the Present and the Future” MILES DAVIS: MILESTONES (1958) (Columbia) (Sextet) (New York) was recorded over three sessions. TRACKS: Dr. Jackle, Sid’s Ahead, Two Bass Hit, Milestone, Billy Boy, Straight, No Chaser. MUSICIANS: Miles Davis , trumpet, piano; John Coltrane , tenor saxophone; Cannonball Adderley , alto saxophone; Red Garland , piano; Paul Chambers : bass, Philly Joe Jones , drums. NOTES: MILESTONES’ opening piece, Jackie McLean ’s Dr

*****ALBUMS: 1) THE BIRTH OF THE COOL   INTRODUCTION: Te Birth of the Cool was much more than an album of music. It was the start of a movement as depicted in Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, the title of a movie by award winning Director, Stanley Nelson. Reviews were mostly positive but at times mixed, criticism coming from those who lament the ‘talking head’ style of documentary that predominates, unfortunately in my opinion, the structure of modern documentaries. It is amaz