Miles Davis

INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

This release contains the complete original LP "Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants" (Prestige PR 7150), which paired the trumpeter with pianist Thelonious Monk and vibraphonist Milt Jackson on most tracks, and with John Coltrane in a quintet version of “’Round Midnight”. Two tracks that complete the legendary session with Monk and Jackson have been added here, as well as two songs from a 1955 Newport Jazz Festival live set on which Miles (who received great praise for his interpretation of “‘Round Midnight”) is joined by Gerry Mulligan, Zoot Sims, and Thelonious Monk.

PERSONNEL:

MILES DAVIS, trumpet
MILT JACKSON, vibes
THELONIOUS MONK, piano
PERCY HEATH, bass
KENY CLARKE, drums

Hackensack, New Jersey, December 24, 1954.

*BONUS TRACKS:
[5-6]: From the same sessions, but not included on the original LP.
[8-9]: Miles Davis (tp), Zoot Sims (ts), Gerry Mulligan (bar), Thelonious Monk (p),
Percy Heath (b), Connie Kay (d).

Live, Newport Jazz Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, Rhode Island, July 17, 1955.

TRACKS:

01 Bemsha Swing
02 Swing Spring
03 The Man I Love [Take 1]
04 The Man I Love [Take 2]
05 Bags’ Groove [Take 1]
06 Bags’ Groove [Take 2]
07 ‘Round Midnight
08 ‘Round Midnight [Live]
09 Now’s The Time

Total Time: 77:01