I just found out that two of my all-time favorite musicians knew each other!

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They were from entirely different worlds, but both were open to different musical styles. David Crosby was a master of harmony, and dreamy-sounding tunes. He was a founding member of both The Byrds and Crosby Stills and Nash. Miles Davis was the "king of cool" jazz music. I believe his 1959 recording, Kind of Blue, is still the best-selling jazz album of all time. Only yesterday (or was it this morning?) did I learn that Miles Davis recorded on of David Crosby's tunes, Guinevere, on one of his albums. I actually figured out the bass line to Miles's version this morning. Overall the song is too "out there" for me to teach to one of my students. But I am going to teach my "never smiles" Russian student All Blues, from Kind of Blue, this week. It's not that hard to play on guitar. I'll attach a link to an article I just read about Crosby meeting Miles in NY and learning that Miles had recorded one of his tunes. His description is pretty funny.