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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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