Good life lesson here from Herbie Hancock talking about Miles Davis.
It reminded me of the Dale Carnegie quote “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” Here is a bartender variation of that:
This from Wiki:
Here is that tune from the 1955 Jazz Fest. Miles on trumpet and Thelonius on piano.
Good article here on how their improvised performance came to be at the 1955 Newport Jazz Fest.