Prestige – PRLP 7094Rec. Date : October 26, 1956 Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Red GarlandTenor Sax : John Coltrane Listening to Prestige : #191Stream this Album Billboard : 07/29/1957Jazz Special Merit Album One of the more interesting Davis LPs, offering the modern pace-setter in a more dynamic mood than usual, per the title. Great ensemble…
Prestige – PRLP 7076Rec. Dates : April 3, 1954, April 29, 1954 Trumpet : Miles DavisAlto Sax : Davey SchildkrautBass : Percy HeathDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Lucky ThompsonTrombone : J.J. Johnson Listening to Prestige : #107Stream this Album Billboard : 04/06/1957Jazz Special Merit Album Walkin’, the elongated blues, has been Davis‘ best-known disk performance in the last few years,…
Prestige – PRLP 7054Rec. Dates : May 19, 1953, March 15, 1954, April 3, 1954 Trumpet : Miles DavisAlto Sax : Dave SchildkrautBass : Percy HeathDrums : Max Roach, Art Blakey, Kenny ClarkePiano : John Lewis, Charles Mingus, Horace Silver Listening to Prestige: #86, #106, #107Stream this Album Billboard : 10/13/1956Score of 77 Re-mastering by Rudy Van Gelder of some choice sides by Miles Davis and his Quartet…
Prestige – PRLP 7044Rec. Dates : January 30, 1953, March 16, 1956 Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Paul Chambers, Percy HeathDrums : Art Taylor, Philly Joe JonesPiano : Tommy Flanagan, Walter BishopTenor Sax : Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker Listening to Prestige : #79, #166Stream this Album Pittsburgh Courier : 12/15/1956Harold L. Keith : 4 stars This is one of those things where one is hard pressed…
Prestige – PRLP 7034Rec. Date : August 5, 1955 Trumpet : Miles DavisVibes : Milt JacksonAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Percy HeathDrums : Arthur TaylorPiano : Ray Bryant Listening to Prestige : #151Stream this Album Billboard : 09/08/1956Score of 83 Davis – and his featured soloists, Jackie McLean and Milt Jackson – cover quite a variety of material here to produce an exceptionally interesting and musically…
Prestige – PRLP 7029Rec. Dates : January 17, 1951, December 17, 1951, October 7, 1953 Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Percy HeathDrums : Roy Haynes, Art Blakey, Kenny ClarkePiano : Miles Davis, Kenny Drew, John LewisVibes : Milt Jackson Listening to Prestige : #39, #55, #94Stream this Album Liner Notes by Ira Gitler Sonny Rollins is rapidly becoming one of the important reed voices of the modern…
Prestige – PRLP 7025Rec. Dates : January 17, 1951, February 19, 1953 Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Percy Heath, Leonard GaskinDrums : Roy Haynes, Kenny ClarkePiano : John LewisTenor Sax : Sonny Rollins, Al Cohn, Zoot SimsTrombone : Bennie Green, Sonny Truitt Listening to Prestige: #39, #80Stream this Album Billboard : 04/14/1956Score of 76 The trumpet king of the “cool” era is heard here in several sound-enhanced sessions…
Prestige – PRLP 7014Rec. Date : November 16, 1955 Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Red GarlandTenor Sax : John Coltrane Listening to Prestige : #157Stream this Album Billboard : 05/05/1956Score of 80 Two members of Davis‘, “new” quintet – drummer Philly Joe Jones and pianist Red Garland – were heard with him in the LP, Musing With Miles (Prestige 7007). Here…
Prestige – PRLP 7013Rec. Dates : June 21, 1949, January 6, 1950, March 15, 1950, March 8, 1951, October 5, 1951 Trumpet : Miles Davis, Don Ferrara, Howard McGhee, Al PorcinoAlto Sax : Lee Konitz, Charlie Kennedy, Jackie McLeanBaritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Gene Ramey, Chubby Jackson, Tommy Potter, Arnold FishkinDrums : Stan Levey, Don Lamond, Roy Haynes, Max Roach, Art BlakeyGuitar : Billy BauerPiano : Al Haig, Tony Aless, Sal Mosca, Walter Bishop Jr.Tenor Sax…
Prestige – PRLP 7012Rec. Date : October 5, 1951 Trumpet : Miles DavisAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Tommy PotterDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Walter Bishop Jr.Tenor Sax : Sonny Rollins Listening to Prestige : #51Stream this Album Billboard : 02/04/1956Score of 75 Some rewarding, sometimes dazzling post-bop jazz featuring three musicians musicians – Davis, Rollins and drummer Art Blakey. Set has drawbacks, including some drum-heavy…
