Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
| Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet | ||||
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| Studio album by Miles Davis | ||||
| Released | End of March 1958[1] | |||
| Recorded |
May 11 and October 26, 1956 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 36:13 | |||
| Label |
Prestige PRLP 7129 | |||
| Producer | Bob Weinstock | |||
| Miles Davis chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [2] |
Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet is an album recorded in 1956 by Miles Davis. Two sessions on 11 May 1956 and 26 October in the same year resulted in four albums—this one, Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet, Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet and Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet. These four albums are considered to be among the best performances in the whole hard bop subgenre.[2] The album was remastered by Rudy Van Gelder in 2005 for Prestige Records. This album includes dialogue snippets taken from the original master reel. It also emphasizes the Miles Davis' concentrated ballad-style playing with his medium-register trumpet.
Track listing
Prestige – LP 7109:[3]
| Side one | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording session | Length |
| 1. | "If I Were a Bell" | Frank Loesser | October 26, 1956 | 8:15 |
| 2. | "You're My Everything" | Harry Warren | October 26, 1956 | 5:18 |
| 3. | "I Could Write a Book" | Richard Rodgers | October 26, 1956 | 5:09 |
| Side two | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording session | Length |
| 1. | "Oleo" | Sonny Rollins | October 26, 1956 | 6:18 |
| 2. | "It Could Happen to You" | Jimmy Van Heusen | May 11, 1956 | 6:37 |
| 3. | "Woody 'n' You" | Dizzy Gillespie | May 11, 1956 | 5:02 |
| Total length: | 36:13 | |||
Personnel
- Miles Davis - trumpet
- John Coltrane - tenor saxophone
- Red Garland - piano
- Paul Chambers - bass
- Philly Joe Jones - drums
References
- ↑ "Billboard - March 31, 1958 (Page 10)". Billboard. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
- 1 2 "Miles Davis – Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet". All Music. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
- ↑ "Miles Davis – Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet". Discogs. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
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