"Nate Chinen in At Length describes their meeting as a "minimum orbit intersection distance"-the "closest point of contact between the paths of two orbiting systems." Both artists were "in the thrall of reinvention," Young moving away from the smoothness of CSNY and into free-form anti-virtuosity with Crazy Horse; Davis toward virtuosity turned back into the blues."
"Miles, suggested jazz writer Greg Tate, was "bored fiddling with quantum mechanics and just wanted to play the blues again." The story of Davis and Young at the Fillmore East is best told by listening to the music both were making at the time."
Miles Davis opened for several rock bands in 1970, including the Grateful Dead, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, and the Steve Miller Band at Fillmore East and Fillmore West. Davis's Quintet was billed as an "Extra Added Attraction" while Young was transitioning from CSNY into free-form anti-virtuosity with Crazy Horse. Both artists were in a period of reinvention; Davis was moving back toward blues-based expression after exploring technical experimentation. Critics described their meeting as a "minimum orbit intersection distance." The Davis–Steve Miller pairing foregrounded Davis as a difficult performer rather than an untouchable cool figure.
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