Title: Miles Davis – 'Round About Midnight
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1957, Jazz, New York City, New York
Matrix #: PC 8649
Condition: VG+, sounds great, some marks

Cultural Facts:

1. Scene Ecology: A breakthrough Columbia era marker after his 1955 Newport comeback, when the industry decided he was the future and put real money behind him.

2. Public Scandal: In 1959 he was beaten by NYC police outside Birdland, a racism flashpoint he talked about for decades.

3. Personal Struggle: He fought heroin addiction in the early 1950s and kicked it on his own, a brutal reset that shaped his discipline and reputation after.

11/4/2025 CC  3/17/2026 CC