Artist: Miles Davis
Album: Volume 1
Genre: Hard Bop
Label: Blue Note/Capitol
Released: 2001
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Dear Old Stockholm (Trad.) - 4:12
- Chance It (Pettiford) - 3:03
- Donna (McLean) - 3:13
- Woody 'n' You (Gillespie) - 3:25
- Yesterdays (Kern-Harbach) - 3:45
- How Deep Is the Ocean? (Berlin) - 4:38
- Chance It (alternate take) - 2:55
- Donna (alternate take) - 3:11
- Woody 'n' You (alternate take) - 3:23
- Take Off (Davis) - 3:40
- Lazy Susan (Davis) - 4:02
- The Leap (Davis) - 4:31
- Well You Needn't (Monk) - 5:23
- Weirdo (Davis) - 4:45
- It Never Entered My Mind (Rodgers-Hart) - 4:02
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- Personnel:
- Miles Davis - trumpet
- J.J. Johnson - trombone
- Jackie McLean - alto saxophone
- Gil Coggins - piano
- Oscar Pettiford - bass
- Kenny Clarke - drums
#10-15: - Miles Davis - trumpet
- Horace Silver - piano
- Percy Heath - bass
- Art Blakey - drums
#1-9:
Miles Davis' recordings of 1951-1954 tend to be overlooked because of his erratic lifestyle of the period and because they predated his first classic quintet. Although he rarely recorded during this era, what he did document was often quite classic. The two sessions included on this CD (which includes three alternate takes) are among the earliest hard bop recordings and would indirectly influence the modern mainstream music of the 1960s. The first session features Davis in a sextet with trombonist J.J. Johnson, altoist Jackie McLean, pianist Gil Coggins, bassist Oscar Pettiford, and drummer Kenny Clarke; highlights include "Dear Old Stockholm," "Woody 'n You," and interpretations of "Yesterdays" and "How Deep Is the Ocean." The remaining six numbers showcase Davis in a quartet with pianist Horace Silver, bassist Percy Heath, and drummer Art Blakey, really stretching out on such numbers as "Take Off" and "Well, You Needn't." However, on "It Never Entered My Mind," Davis' muted statement (his only one on this set) looks toward his treatments of ballads later in the decade.
Review by Scott Yanow