Hard boppin' to the vet's office

The girls and I took our two cats to the vet's office this morning for their annual checkup and some recommended vaccinations.
En route there and back, I tried to calm the cats' nerves by playing some Miles Davis.
I have been pulling out some of my old jazz CDs recently. One of the all-time classic albums is "Walkin'" by the Miles Davis All Stars.
Well, it probably should have been called "All Stars and one guy named David Schildkraut."
Always a genius at spotting and nurturing talent, Davis did indeed collect a bevy of great musicians for his 1954 classic. Davis' rhythm section at the time was Percy Heath on bass, Kenny "Klook" Clarke on drums and my favorite pianist, Horace Silver.
All three made big names for themselves. Heath and Clarke helped found The Modern Jazz Quartet with Milt Jackson and John Lewis. Silver virtually invented "hard bop" as a founder (with Art Blakey) of the Jazz Messengers.
Joining Davis on the front line on two tracks were J.J. Johnson on trombone and Lucky Thompson on tenor saxophone. These guys are great.
On three of the tracks, Davis is joined by Schildkraut, one of the great what-might-have-been stories in jazz. Schildkraut played alto saxophone and famously fooled Charles Mingus into thinking he was Charlie Parker during a blind test. According to Davis historian Dan Morgenstern, Schildkraut was already holding down day jobs to support his family when Davis cut "Walkin'" and the altoist dropped out of sight by the early 1960s. A Google search indicates Schildkraut died in 1996, but yields little additional information.
Schildkraut played beautifully on one of the most famous albums in jazz, but then effectively vanished.
I am listening to "Walkin'" and both cats are presently basking in the sunshine streaming through our front window, so I think the Miles Davis must have worked.