Miles Davis plays to 600,000 people at the Isle of Wight

29 August 1970: Number 38 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of Jazz musicThe coolest man on the planet took the stage at the Isle of Wight festival towards the end of the afternoon on Saturday 29 August 1970. He followed Joni Mitchell (who had been forced to deal with a one-man stage invasion by a stoned hippy before ending her set with a pointed version of Woodstock) and Tiny Tim (who had delighted the listeners by crooning There'll Always Be an England while strumming his ukele...

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