Tenor saxophonist George Coleman decided to leave the orbit of trumpeter Miles Davis in 1964. Or he got an elbow to the ribs and a hip check to leave the quintet, to be replaced by Wayne Shorter in the saxophone slot. Three top-notch live albums came out of the group that featured Coleman: In Europe: Live at the Antibes Jazz Festival (1964); My Funny Valentine: In Concert (1965); and “Four” and More: In Concert (1966). Add the studio outing, Seven Steps to Heaven (1963), and it is a wrap on the Coleman/Davis collaboration. Each of the hornmen went his own way, Davis to his second Great Quintet with Shorter, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter and the powerhouse young drummer Tony Williams, and Coleman to a prolific leader/sideman career.

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