I don’t know what your Valentine got you for Valentine’s Day. I just know that mine got me Final Fantasy III for the DS. Because she’s awesome like that, you see. Me? I got her a neat-looking bag that she’s been wanting for a little while Maybe she’ll post about it later and show it off.
About today’s rendition, I’ve little to say. I’d rather you spend more time just listening to it. Because this is Miles Davis, doing the song that he employed to open most of his shows through the mid-50s. An adopted signature, I guess. So you know it is going to be good.
Miles Davis Quintet – “My Funny Valentine (Live)”
The first (and possibly best) Miles Davis 5-piece recorded “My Funny Valentine” in 1956 for Cookin’ With The Miles Davis Quintet, part of a four-album all-day session. Why so many albums? Before he could head on over to Columbia Records, Miles needed out of his Prestige contract. With any other artist, the result would sound hurried and careless. But Miles Davis is not just any other artist.
Alternately, you can get the just-released Rudy Van Gelder remastered edition of Cookin’ instead. Of the two CDs, the newer one is cheaper. Go figure.
