Session details: Columbia 30th Street Studio (March 20, 1961)

Miles Ahead session details

March 20, 1961 (4 items; TT = 27:45)

Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York NY

Commercial for Columbia

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Miles Davis (tpt); Hank Mobley (ts); John Coltrane (ts); Wynton Kelly (p); Paul Chambers (b); Jimmy Cobb (d)

1	Someday My Prince Will Come (take 8) (F.E. Churchill-L. Morey)	7:40
	Davis and Chambers discuss the bass part, then "Eight..." At the end Davis says "Play that..."
2	Someday My Prince Will Come (take 14) (F.E. Churchill-L. Morey)	5:40
	False start. Davis (to Chambers): "Wait a minute, no dah-da-da-dah, just boom-boom-boom. Fourteen..."
3	Someday My Prince Will Come (take 15) (F.E. Churchill-L. Morey)	9:10
	Add Coltrane (ts)
4	Old Folks (take 6) (D.L. Hill-W. Robison)	5:15


2 Someday My Prince Will Come (take 14) 12" LP: Columbia C5X 45000 CD: Columbia C4K 45000, Columbia C4K 86569, CBS/Sony 80DP 5430/3, Sony SICP 5037/40, Sony SICP 30218, Columbia Legacy 86975 24922
3 Someday My Prince Will Come (take 15) 12" LP: Columbia CL 1656 (= CS 8456), Columbia 88765 48607, Mobile Fidelity Sound Laboratory MFSL-1-177, Music on Vinyl MOV LP494, Analogue Productions APJ 8456-45, Nippon Columbia YS-208, Nippon Columbia SL-1084, CBS/Sony SONP 50213, CBS/Sony SOPL 157, CBS/Sony 18AP 2058, CBS/Sony 23AP 2558, CBS/Sony 28AP 2835, CBS/Sony 00AP 2076/81, Mosaic MQ9-191 CD: Columbia CK 40947, Columbia CK 65919, Columbia C6K 65833, Columbia C6K 90922, Columbia C2K 85475, Columbia CK 64616, Columbia Legacy 88883 75664, Mobile Fidelity Sound Laboratory UDCD 563, CBS/Sony 35DP 64, CBS/Sony 32DP 525, CBS/Sony CSCS 5143, CBS/Sony 80DP 872/5, Sony SRCS 5691/4, Sony SRCS 9105, Sony SRCS 2223/8, Sony SICP 651/6, Sony SRCS 9702, Sony SRCS 2493/4, Sony SRGS 4544, Sony SICP 818, Sony SICP 1208, Sony SICP 10085, Sony SICP 20077, Sony SICP 30218, Sony SICP 30521/9, Columbia Legacy 86975 24922
4 Old Folks (take 6) 12" LP: Columbia CL 1656 (= CS 8456), Columbia 88765 48607, Mobile Fidelity Sound Laboratory MFSL-1-177, Music on Vinyl MOV LP494, Analogue Productions APJ 8456-45, Nippon Columbia YS-208, Nippon Columbia SL-1084, CBS/Sony SONP 50213, CBS/Sony SOPL 157, CBS/Sony 18AP 2058, CBS/Sony 23AP 2558, CBS/Sony 28AP 2835 CD: Columbia CK 40947, Columbia CK 65919, Columbia CK 65038, Columbia Legacy 88883 75664, Mobile Fidelity Sound Laboratory UDCD 563, CBS/Sony 35DP 64, CBS/Sony 32DP 525, CBS/Sony CSCS 5143, Sony SRCS 9105, Sony SRCS 9702, Sony SRGS 4544, Sony SICP 818, Sony SICP 1208, Sony SICP 10085, Sony SICP 20077, Sony SICP 30218, Sony SICP 30521/9, Columbia Legacy 86975 24922

After returning from the European tour in September-October 1960, the Davis Quintet (with Jimmy Heath replacing Sonny Stitt) was booked for a week at the Regal Theatre in Chicago (October 21-27); Stitt rejoined the Quintet for two weeks at the Village Vanguard (November 15-27) and a week at the Howard Theatre in Washington (December 2-8), at which point he left for good. Davis quickly hired Hank Mobley, and the Quintet resumed touring: Cloister Club, Chicago (December 26-January 8); Bradford Hotel Storyville Room, Boston (January 23-28); a live jazz program for Chicago's WMBI-FM (February 6); Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo (February 25); Village Vanguard, New York (February 28-March 12); Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles (March 31); Blackhawk Supper Club, San Francisco (April 4-30); Foster's House of Jazz, Detroit (May 25-28).