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When I found myself on the bandstand
with Miles in January, 1973

A few months later I was playing
with Elvin at the Village Vanguard, our regular gig in New York. Miles came down
and hung out a talking to me about his music with great enthusiasm (he had just
released “In Concert”) and urging me to join his group. Elvin was muttering
something like: “What’s he doing here?” By the end of the second night when he
returned again I told him it was up to “Emperor” Jones (as Elvin was known).
Around four in the morning Miles called to say that Elvin agreed meaning I was
to play with Miles that coming Friday night at the famous Fillmore East Theater
early in the evening (which re-opened for that one night and then closed
forever), return to the Vanguard to finish the engagement with Elvin and the
next week in Boston at the Jazz Workshop. After that I would become the
saxophonist in the Miles Davis Group. To finish this incredible tale, the next
night when I showed up at the Vanguard, Elvin hugged me and said: “If Miles
Davis wants you, you have to go.” End of story!

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