19 Dec
2002
19 Dec
'02
10:58 a.m.
Probably that question would be dicier if it was asked about the members of the 1960s Miles Davis Quintet, whose members will very likely be largely buried by history.
The first or second? The first will be remembered for Coltrane, Adderly, and Evans, IMHO. The second worked was a definite Gestalt group, but the names of Shorter and Hancock may endure. There is also the issue of the quartet dissolving into larger groups at the end of its life. Only time will tell on this matter, but jazz fans have a "strange" habit of knowing every sideman on a cut--magnified to ridiculous proportions by certain DJs. Zach