On this special edition of Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center, Dr. Taylor toasts Miles Davis' 75th birthday by reflecting on numerous "Miles Moments" from previous shows with trumpeters Wallace Roney and Jimmy Owens and with the late saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr.

Dr. Taylor's trio kicks the party into gear with a delightful take on Miles' "Half Nelson." After rousing applause from the audience, Dr. Taylor invites Owens to recollect the first time he met Davis. He reveals that he was only 15 years old when he encountered Miles on stage. Intrigued by his blue-colored trumpet, Owens caught Miles' attention. Miles then graciously encouraged the impressionable Owens to play for him. Owens joins Dr. Taylor 's trio in a lovely tribute, a fanciful medley of Miles' "Walkin'" and Dizzy Gillespie's "Woody `n You."

The tribute passes the baton from Owens to another trumpeter - Wallace Roney, who studied under Davis. Roney says that Miles was the first to turn him on to trumpet and that he always has been his idol. Roney continues by regaling the audience about various times Miles heard him play in New York, then closes his anecdote by joining Dr. Taylor's trio in a mesmerizing interpretation of the Davis classic, "All Blues."

The Miles tribute concludes with comments from the late saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr. During a Q&A session Washington tells an inquisitive audience member that it was Miles Davis and tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon who knocked him off his feet. Shortly after, Washington demonstrates his love for Miles' music with a stirring rendition of Miles' and Victor Feldman's "Seven Steps to Heaven."