Went to a Garden Party.....

 June 12, 1971 -  John, Yoko, Miles Davis, Andy Warhol and many others attend an outdoor garden party at Allen Klein's house in celebration of Klein's wife, Betty's birthday.  

Miles Davis

90 years ago today in the town where I have lived all of my life, Alton, Illinois Miles Davis was born.  Miles Davis left Alton while he was just a tot and most likely never remembered the town, however Alton hasn't forgotten Miles and the city has a statue downtown in his memory.

While John Lennon always stated that his wasn't a fan of jazz music, he did meet Miles Davis during a Garden Party on June 12, 1971 at Allen Klein's house.    I am not sure what Davis and Lennon talked about, but video footage shows that they played a little game of one-on-one basketball (and neither of them were very good) with John's psychedelic Rolls in the background.   A wide variety of people were at the party, including Andy Warhol, but Miles Davis was the person that John was photographed the most with that day.    I wonder if he mentioned to John that he was born and grew up in Illinois near the Mississippi River.