When they talk about cool jazz, they don’t come much cooler than Miles Dewey Davis 111 born in 1926.
This addition to the cool jazz titles in the Essential Collection range features Miles from 1953 – 1955, a period of transition for the trumpeter and leader, which would culminate in his late 50’s masterpiece Kind Of Blue.
Here he works out with such legendary names as Charles Mingus, John Lewis, Max Roach, Percy Heath, Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Elvin Jones and Thelonious Monk. Phew! The list is quite breathtaking and so is the music, superbly re-mastered on this double CD.
So just listen and stay cool!
CD1
MILES DAVIS QUARTET
1. When Lights Are Low
2. Tune Up
3. Miles Ahead
4. Smooch
5. Four
6. Old Devil Moon
7. Blue Haze
MILES DAVIS QUINTET
8. Solar
9. You Dont Know What Love Is
10. Love Me Or Leave Me
11. I’ll Remember April
MILES DAVIS SEXTET
12. Blue ‘n’ Boogie
13. Walkin
MILES DAVIS QUINTET
14. Airegin
CD2
MILES DAVIS QUINTET
1. Oleo
2. But Not For Me (Take 1)
3. Doxy
MILES DAVIS ALL-STARS
4. Bags Groove
5. Bemsha Swing
6. Swing Spring
7. The Man I Love (Take 2)
MILES DAVIS QUINTET
8. Nature Boy
9. Alone Together
10. There’s No You
11. Easy Living
