The Arte Musica Foundation and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts are presenting, in the Glass Court of the Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion, jazz concerts highlighting three of Miles Davis's creative periods. The works will be drawn from his most well-known albums. Listeners will have the choice of dropping in for part of the concert or staying for the entire concert.

Please note that the same programme will be presented at each concert.

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JAZZ CONCERTS - FREE ADMISSION

• Thursday, May 27, 6 to 9 p.m.
• Thursday, June 17, 6 to 9 p.m.
• Thursday, July 29, 6 to 9 p.m.
Glass Court, Jean-NoĆ«ël Desmarais Pavilion

Charles Ellison, trumpet
André Leroux, tenor saxophone
Taurey Butler, piano
Wali Muhammad, drums
Éric Lagacé, doublebass

• Late 1940s and early 1950s, with excerpts from Birth of the Cool:
   6 to 6.45 p.m.

• Late 1950s, the first great quintet, with excerpts from Kind of Blue:
   7 to 7.45 p.m.

• The 1960s, the second great quintet, with excerpts from Seven Steps
   to Heaven (1963), E.S.P. (1965) and Miles Smiles (1966): 8 to 8.45 p.m.





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Miles Davis, Newport Festival, Palais des Sports, Paris. November 15, 1973. After photos © Christian Rose
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