Monday, March 23, 2026

Victor Feldman with Miles Davis - "Basin Street Blues"

 "The other day," Feldman said with considerable relish, "I was fortunate enough to record with Miles Davis. When I was 16, I went to Paris with a friend of mine. Charlie Parker was supposed to play; he never did play there. But meanwhile, we'd walk along the Paris streets and I'd be singing Miles Davis solos. We'd learnt them off the records. I'd never, ever thought that I would record with Miles."

And it is a long way from Piccadilly, isn't it?”
As told to John Tynan: Source: June 6, 1963 Down Beat - "Victor Feldman - A Long Way from Piccadilly"
[Check out Victor's hipper-than-hip reharmonized chords.]