Miles Davis

2 CDs SET

INCLUDES 3 BONUS TRACKS - 4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Miles Davis played and recorded with Sonny Rollins on and off from 1951 to 1957. This set compiles all of their existing studio recordings together, plus one of their 1951 Birdland radio broadcasts added here as a bonus.

Among the other featured stars are the great Charlie Parker (playing on tenor sax), Jackie McLean, J. J. Johnson, John Lewis, Horace Silver, Kenny Drew, Charles Mingus, Percy Heath, and Art Blakey.

PERSONNEL:

MILES DAVIS, trumpet.
SONNY ROLLINS, tenor sax. On all tracks, plus:

CD 1 [1-6]: Bennie Green (tb), John Lewis (p), Percy Heath (b), Roy Haynes (d).
(Bennie Green out on 3-4 & 6; Sonny Rollins out on 4 Miles Davis (p) replaces John Lewis on 6.]
New York, January 17, 1951.

CD 1 [7-13]: Jackie McLean (as), Walter Bishop, Jr. (p), Tommy Potter (b), Art Blakey (d).
(McLean out on 12-13; Charles Mingus (b) replaces Tommy Potter on 7)
New York, October 5, 1951.

CD 1 (14-15) & CD 2 (1-2): Charlie Parker (ts), Walter Bishop, Jr. (p),
Percy Heath (b), Philly Joe Jones (d).
New York January 30, 1953.

CD 2 (3-7): Horace Silver (p), Percy Heath (b), Kenny Clarke (d).
Hackensack, New Jersey, June 29, 1954.

CD 2 (8-10): Tommy Flanagan (p), Paul Chambers (b), Art Taylor (d).
Hackensack, New Jersey, March 16, 1956.

CD2 (11-13) BONUS TRACKS:
Miles Davis (tp), Sonny Rollins (ts), J. J. Johnson (tb),
Kenny Drew (p), Tommy Potter (b), Art Blakey (d).
Birdland broadcast, New York, June 2, 1951.

INCLUDES 24-PAGE BOOKLET

CD 1: Total Time: 76:18

01 MORPHEUS
02 DOWN
03 THE BLUE ROOM [take 1]
04 THE BLUE ROOM [take 2]
05 WHISPERING
06 I KNOW
07 CONCEPTION
08 OUT OF THE BLUE
09 DENIAL
10 BLUING
11 DIG
12 MY OLD FLAME
13 IT’S ONLY A PAPER MOON
14 THE SERPENT’S TOOTH [take 1]
15 THE SERPENT’S TOOTH [take 2]

CD 2: Total Time: 77:07

01 COMPULSION
02 ‘ROUND MIDNIGHT
03 AIREGIN
04 OLEO
05 BUT NOT FOR ME [take 1]
06 BUT NOT FOR ME [take 2]
07 DOXY
08 IN YOUR OWN SWEET WAY
09 NO LINE
10 VIERD BLUES
11 MOVE
12 HALF NELSON
13 DOWN