If they were still alive, Miles Davis and John Coltrane would’ve both turned 100 years old this year (May, and September, respectively). The jazz icons actually only lived for a combined 105 years, but left behind a world-changing body of work.
Drummer Jean Balduc, bassist Alejandro Arenas, and pianist John O’Leary will play alongside trumpeter James Suggs and saxophonist Jeremy Carter who told WMNF’s “Jazz In the Night” show that they’ve been working with about 50 tunes that’ll be whittled down into the setlist for this tribute.
“There’s so many great tunes on the repertoire,” Suggs said last Monday, giving a nod to the Steamin’ and Relaxin’ albums from Davis’ quintet. “We’re still filing it down. But yeah, all the classic prestige recordings.”…