Miles Davis
Trumpet Solo on
My Funny Valentine

About

Miles Davis's trumpet solo is the opening of 3 solos on this recording, followed by Bill Evans on piano. Spanning one chorus of the 36-bar AABA' form at a ballad tempo of 47 BPM in C, the solo runs approximately 3:19. The song became so closely identified with Davis that he would perform it at virtually every concert for the rest of his career, though few versions surpass the concentrated emotion of this studio recording. Recorded live at The Plaza Hotel, New York, New York, on September 9, 1958. Miles Davis was 31 to 32 years old at the time of this 1958 recording.

Miles Davis was 31 to 32 years old at the time.