" The piano and bass introduction for a piece by this artist were written for two unrelated musicians named Bill and Gil Evans.
An early band formed by this artist featured a pianist who popularized a "block chord" style of playing named Red Garland, one of many influences from Ahmad Jamal that crept into this artist's work. After a performance at the Newport Jazz Festival marking a recovery from heroin, this artist was offered a record deal by George Avakian - he planned to record for them with Cannonball Adderley, but Adderley himself got addicted to heroin instead. A song by this artist lends its name to a five-note chord consisting of three perfect fourths and a major third. A song by him and Bud Powell, "Budo," is the only original piece on an album titled for a Thelonious Monk standard, (*) Round About Midnight, his first album for Columbia Records after he switched from Prestige Records. He was the only member in common between his two so-called "Great Quintets." The piano and bass introduction for a piece by this artist were written for two unrelated musicians named Bill and Gil Evans. For 10 points, what creator of Birth of the Cool included "So What" on Kind of Blue?
An early band formed by this artist featured a pianist who popularized a "block chord" style of playing named Red Garland, one of many influences from Ahmad Jamal that crept into this artist's work.
Miles Davis