The piece I am looking at this time is Dr. Jackle, from Miles Davis's famous 1958 album Milestones (Columbia). It is available on YouTube at this link.

The sextet is Miles on trumpet, Coltrane and Cannonball on saxophones, and Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones in the rhythm section. "Dr. Jackle" is the album's opening track, written by Jackie McLean, an outstanding alto saxophonist in the history of jazz.

I have already analyzed another piece from this wonderful album, Two Bass Hit, in this post.

Today I just wanted to point out what I call Miles's "cues" in this tune. Beyond a quotation of the famous When the Saints Go Marching In at around 0:47, there are two genuine cues hidden in Miles's solo.

There is a phrase Miles plays as a signal to the drummer (Philly Joe Jones) to open up the trading. As luck would have it, Philly Joe does not catch the signal the first time, so Miles has to keep going in his solo and play the signal phrase a second time. This time the drummer gets it and opens up the trading, which continues between the two saxophones, Coltrane and Cannonball, and then leads into Chambers's arco solo (praise be!).

After that, Miles takes the improvisation back up and again closes with the cue, the signal phrase, that opens the drum solo.

Those signal phrases come at roughly 0:58, 1:24 and 4:58. Thanks for your attention.