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Miles Ahead session details

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November 15, 1959 (1 item; TT = 12:04)
Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York NY
Commercial for Columbia

Miles Davis (tpt, flh); Ernie Royal (tpt); Bernie Glow (tpt); Taft Jordan (tpt); Louis Mucci (tpt); Dick Hixon (tb); Frank Rehak (tb); Jimmy Buffington (frh); John Barrows (frh); Earl Chapin (frh); Jimmy McAllister (tuba); Al Block (fl); Eddie Caine (fl); Romeo Penque (oboe); Harold Feldman (oboe, cl); Danny Bank (bcl); Jack Knitzer (bssn); Janet Putnam (harp); Paul Chambers (b); Jimmy Cobb (d); Elvin Jones (perc); Gil Evans (arr, cond)

1 Concierto de Aranjuez (part 1 (alternate take)) (J. Rodrigo) 12:04


1 Concierto de Aranjuez (part 1 (alternate take))
12" LP: Mosaic MQ11-164
CD: Columbia CK 65142, Columbia Legacy CXK 67397, Columbia Legacy CXK 90923, Sony SRCS 7945/50, Sony SICP 657/62, Sony SRCS 9705, Sony SRGS 4502, Sony SICP 817, Sony SICP 1207, Sony SICP 20054, Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 [= Columbia (F) 86975 52492] (CD 11)


Several studio sessions scheduled in late October and early November had to be canceled because Davis had the flu.

According to the notes for Mosaic MQ11-164, "This was recorded in two segments and is edited for continuous play."

The Davis Quintet was booked for three weeks at Birdland (November 5-25), but presumably several of these dates were canceled on account of Davis' illness. The Quintet did perform at a "Jazz Dance" at St. Nicholas Arena on November 27. Coltrane, Kelly, Chambers, and Cobb were in Atlantic Studios on November 24 and December 2, recording titles that appeared on Coltrane Jazz. The Quintet (billed as "Miles Davis and His Famous Sextette") played a week-long engagement at Chicago's Regal Theatre (December 25-31).

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