Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet MRBLP153 DePlume’s latest full-length work for

DePlume’s latest full-length work for the reliably great International Anthem label: eleven songs of agency and survival and presence

and has contributed to popularising Cuba’s rich musical heritage

Theo Erskin- tenor saxophone

Steamin’ is a significant portion of the music of this remarkable group

Mike Render has turned inward on an autobiographical suite that combines swagger with tenderness

Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet MRBLP153 DePlume’s latest full-length work forRelaxin with the Miles Davis Quintet is in every way a masterpiece. When Davis the trumpeter (1926 1991) had formed the band in 1955, his colleagues tenor saxophonist John Coltrane, pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Philly Joe Jones were not considered jazz world A listers. And before conquering his narcotics addiction earlier in the 50s, Davis had seen his once promising career go into eclipse. By 1956, however, his sound,