In regard to Acmans language statement, it's more likely that musicians who speak the same language find one another; the "hard bop" improvisational jazz language is both fast and complex; musicians can not get acquainted on the bandstand, they must speak the same language.
In the case of "Miles Davis", he chose musicians whose music would compliment his own; I didn't see any evidence of Miles rubbing off on the musicians who played with him.
In the case of Max Roach and Clifford Brown, they were like twins, who could read each others minds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt_fmhtePoc