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MILES DAVIS SEXTET
Miles Davis, trumpet; Sonny Rollins, tenor sax; Bennie Green, trombone; John
Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Roy Haynes, drums
MORPHEUS
DOWN
BLUE ROOM
WHISPERING
recorded January 17, 1951
This LP is not called Miles Davis With Horns because Miles
was sporting bony appendages from his head at the time of the sessions. Though
there are both Devil and Pan in him, these influences have not as yet
manifested themselves in a physical manner. Rather there are two and three
additional horns to Miles in the instrumental make-up of the groups here, as
opposed to the quartet or quintet with which he usually records.
The 1951 session was Miles' first for Prestige and also the first
time he and Sonny Rollins recorded together. Bennie Green is heard in solo on Whispering
and Down. Miles contributed the latter and the other original, Morpheus,
is by John Lewis.
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MILES DAVIS PLAYS
THE COMPOSITIONS OF AL COHN
Miles Davis, trumpet; Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, tenor saxes; Sonny Truitt, trombone;
John Lewis, piano; Leonard Gaskin, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums
TASTY PUDDING
WILLIE THE WAILER
FLOPPY
FOR ADULTS ONLY
recorded February 19, 1953
The fusion of the two talents such as Miles Davis and Al Cohn
could not help but produce warm, moving jazz. With another great soloist like
Zoot Sims on hand, there is much playing of more than passing merit springing
from the sincere simplicity of Al's compositions.
Tasty Pudding, a tune that has been recorded several times
since its debut here, is all Miles with the ensemble. Everyone works out on Floppy
with Zoot and Al capping things with a chorus apiece followed by a chorus of
"eights" and one of "fours". Miles and Al are the soloists on Willie The
Wailer. Each plays a chorus and then returns for and encore of the same
length in that order. For Adults Only is sort of a modern day Through
For The Night. Zoot's opening solo is sadly beautiful and Al and Miles
heighten this feeling in their portions.
notes by IRA GITLER
supervision by Bob Weinstock; Ira Gitler
remastering by Van Gelder
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