My Funny Valentine

This album captures a legendary live performance that showcases the newly-formed Second Great Quintet radically reinventing standards. The title track is a masterclass in musical risk-taking, where the band deconstructs the ballad, stretching and compressing the tempo and harmony in a breathtaking display of interactive improvisation. Miles's solo is famously sparse and emotionally fragile, creating an incredible tension against the explosive, adventurous playing of the young rhythm section.