That was an all-star band that also featured Wayne shorter, Lenny white, and jack dejohnette. That's a crazy amount of talent and you can hear how all of that influenced the bands and music that followed.
There's a LOT going on in that tune right there. Wow is all I can say.
Yep, and that's why some people don't like that kind of jazz because there's no well defined melody line to follow and they can't hear how the parts fit together.
I watched a movie about Miles on TV recently. I don't recall the name of the movie but it was pretty interesting. He was quite the character and was portrayed as being difficult to get along with.