On November 30, 1957, four days before trumpeter Miles Davis would begin recording the soundtrack to the French movie Ascenseur Pour L'echafaud, he performed at L'Olympia theater in Paris. He was backed by the René Urtreger Quartet, featuring Barney Wilen (ts), René Urtreger (p), Pierre Michelot (b) and Kenny Clarke (d)—the same musicians who would acco…
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