“On Green Dolphin Street” and time travel

One of my favorite tunes that we played in high school jazz band was “On Green Dolphin Street” which we played as a bossa nova. This tune had a moderately difficult trumpet part, but the version we played was more of a saxophone feature. For many years I thought that the song was originally written as a bossa nova piece, but when I went searching to listen to it, I stumbled upon the Miles Davis version. The 1958 version of “On Green Dolphin Street” by the Miles Davis sextet (with John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley) is absolutely brilliant! Every time I listen to this piece, I feel like I am transported back in time. It’s like I am there in the Plaza Hotel in NYC in 1958.