Biography
Bob Dorough (born December 12, 1923) is an American bebop and cool jazz pianist, composer and vocalese singer. Miles Davis (b. Miles Dewey Davis III; May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader and composer.
The two collaborated when Columbia Records asked Davis to record a Christmas song in 1962. Having admired Dorough's first album Devil May Care (1956), Davis turned to him for lyrics and singing. The result was a downbeat tune called "Blue Xmas", released on Columbia's Jingle Bell Jazz compilation. During that session Dorough recorded another song for Davis, "Nothing Like You", which appeared a few years later at the end of the Sorcerer album, making Dorough one of the few musicians with a vocal performance on a Miles Davis record.
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