Miles Davis

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This release contains all studio recordings made by the great Miles Davis for the Blue Note label as a leader. He would only return to that label in 1958, when he participated on Cannonball Adderley’s album Somethin’ Else. The master takes from the three sessions originally appeared on three consecutive LPs, Young Man with a Horn (BLP 5013), Miles Davis Vol.2 (BLP 5022), and Miles Davis Vol.3 (BLP 5040), with further takes appearing on Enigma (BLP5071). Miles is backed on these sides by such jazz masters as J. J. Johnson, Jimmy Heath, Jackie McLean, Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Oscar Pettiford, and Art Blakey, among others. As a bonus, different versions of “Donna” and “Yesterdays” recorded by Miles for Prestige during the same period, as well as two complete Birdland broadcasts featuring a group similar to those on the Blue Note sessions, and also featuring Jackie McLean and Gil Coggins.

PERSONNEL:

MILES DAVIS, trumpet on all tracks, plus:

CD1 [1-9]: J. J. JOHNSON (tb); JACKIE McLEAN (as); GIL COGGINS (p);
OSCAR PETTIFORD (b); KENNY CLARKE (d)
WOR Studios, New York, May 9, 1952.

CD1 [10-20]: J. J. JOHNSON (tb); JIMMY HEATH (as); GIL COGGINS (p)
PERCY HEATH (b); ART BLAKEY (d).
WOR Studios, New York, April 20, 1953.

CD2 [1-6]: HORACE SILVER (p); PERCY HEATH (b); ART BLAKEY
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, March 6, 1954.

BONUS TRACKS CD2 [7-14]:

CD2 [7]: Miles Davis (tp), Jackie McLean (as), Sonny Rollins (ts)
Walter Bishop, Jr. (p), Tommy Potter (b), Art Blakey (d).
New York, October 5, 1951.

CD2 [8]: Miles Davis (tp), Lee Konitz (as), Sal Mosca (p), Billy Bauer (g),
Arnold Fishkin (b).
New York, March 8, 1951.

CD2 [9-14]: Miles Davis (tp), Jackie McLean (as),
Don Elliott (vib, mellophone on CD2, 9 & 11),
Gil Coggins (p), Connie Henry (b), Connie Kay (d).
Broadcast live from Birdland, New York, May 2 (tracks 9-10) & May 3 (tracks 11-14), 1952.

INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

CD 1 · Total Time: 72:04

01 Dear Old Stockholm
02 Chance It
03 Yesterdays
04 Donna
05 Woody ‘N You
06 How Deep Is The Ocean?
07 Chance It [A.T]
08 Donna [A.T]
9 Woody ‘N You [A.T.]
10 Kelo
11 Enigma
12 Ray’s Idea
13 Tempus Fugit
14 C.T.A.
15 I Waited For You
16 Kelo [A.T]
17 Enigma [A.T.]
18 Ray’s Idea [A.T.]
19 Tempus Fugit [A.T.]
20 C.T.A. [A.T]

CD2 · Total Time: 71:31

01 Take Off
02 Lazy Susan
03 The Leap
04 Well You Needn’t
05 Weirdo
06 It Never Entered My Mind
07 Donna [Aka Dig; Prestige Version]
08 Yesterdays [Prestige Version]
09 Confirmation
10 Evance [Aka Out Of The Blue]
11 Wee Dot
12 The Chase
13 It Could Happen To You
14 Evance [Aka Out Of The Blue] #2