The Miles Davis Quintet was a bebop-oriented jazz quintet formed in 1955 by trumpet player Miles Davis. The quintet featured John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on double-bass, Philly Joe Jones on drums and Miles Davis on the trumpet. Although most of the members of the group are considered very important contributors to the jazz idiom today, at the time of its formation the members of Miles' Quintet were virtually unknown. Miles Davis had just kicked his heroin addiction in early 1955 when he performed such a strong version of Thelonious Monk's 'Round Midnight at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1955, that Columbia Records signed Davis to a recording contract, which allowed him to assemble a working band [LINK: http://wc05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0ifuxqt5ldke~T1] Allmusic Biography of Miles Davis. But Miles had to fulfill the obligations in his contract with Prestige Records for 4

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