StLJN Saturday at the Movies: A Miles Davis birthday tribute

Since Miles Davis' birthday falls on Monday, this week's video post will serve as StLJN's annual tribute to the legendary trumpeter, who was born 82 years ago in Alton, IL.

The first three videos are from 1964, when Miles' famous quintet with saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams was just beginning to gather some serious momentum. Clips one and two are taken from a performance on the Steve Allen Show, and depict the band performing "All Blues" and "So What."

The third video shows the same lineup later that year at the Teatro Dell'Arte in Milan, Italy, performing the composition "Joshua." For the fourth clip, we jump ahead to 1967 to see the same ensemble doing a rendition of the Thelonious Monk standard "Round Midnight" at a show in Stockholm, Sweden.

(For more Miles videos, check out last year's birthday tribute.)