Miles Davis Volume 1
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Miles Davis Volume 1 / Miles Davis Volume 2 |
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| Studio album by Miles Davis | |
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see edition history |
| Label (s) | Blue Note Records |
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| occupation | see edition history |
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see edition history |
Miles Davis Volume 1 and Miles Davis Volume 2 are two Jazz - albums of Miles Davis . It was the first two 12-inch long-playing records from Blue Note Records . They were published in 1955 under the numbers BLP 1501 and 1502.
According to Scott Yanow , they represent a start and an early climax in hard bop development.
Creation and recording history
Davis recorded a total of three sessions for the Blue Note jazz label, on May 9, 1952, April 20, 1953, and March 6, 1954. These recordings initially appeared on the 10-inch records: Young Man With A Horn (BLP 5013 , 1952), Miles Davis, Vol. 2 (BLP 5022, 1953) and Miles Davis, Vol. 3 (BLP 5040, 1954). The titles published on the three 10-inch records were re-released (with some " alternate takes ") on the two 12-inch records.
The three recording sessions document the trumpeter's artistic development in stages: while the session from May 1952 still offers mainstream jazz , “which is characterized by a completely risk-free conception, with which Miles gives the impression of wanting to get back on track musically” the trumpeter in 1954, now cured of his drug addiction and in a brilliant playful mood, with “probably the most exciting rhythm section of the scene at the time, with Art Blakey and Percy Heath, and the new 'piano comet' Horace Silver”, made the leap into the quartet line-up by joining one no further wind players. The last six recordings document the “final point of a musical development at which Miles Davis - outgrown the bop tradition and freed from all cool mannerisms - comes up as an independent, sparingly voicing soloist and impressive improviser with organic note structure.” “Especially the dreamy interplay of Miles and Horace Silver on titles like 'Weirdo', 'Take-Off' and 'The Leap' illustrate this. Its strong left-handed blues harmonics and almost angular, sparse ornamentation complement each other in a communicative way with the Davis sound, ”said Davis biographer Peter Wießmüller in his review of the session.
The ballad " It Never Entered My Mind ", which is kept in an incredibly gentle tone, falls out of the frame . It anticipates Miles Davis' later development, with a sound reminiscent of Chet Baker . Silver also accompanies Davis here with a velvety carpet of sound; a style that will hardly be heard from him later.
Edition history
- 10 inch LPs
| Young Man With A Horn BLP 5013 |
Miles Davis, Vol. 2 BLP 5022 |
Miles Davis, Vol. 3 BLP 5040 |
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| Dear Old Stockholm | Kelo | Take off |
| Chance it | Enigma | Lazy Susan |
| donna | Ray's Idea | The Leap |
| Woody'n You | Tempus Fugit | Well, you needn't |
| Yesterdays | CTA | Weirdo |
| How Deep Is The Ocean? | I waited for you | It Never Entered My Mind |
| Cast: Miles Davis ( tp ), JJ Johnson ( trb , 1–4), Jackie McLean ( as , 1–4), Gil Coggins ( p ), Oscar Pettiford ( b ), Kenny Clarke ( dr ) | Cast: Miles Davis (tp), JJ Johnson (trb, 1–5), Jimmy Heath ( ts , 1–5), Gil Coggins (p), Percy Heath (b), Art Blakey (dr) | Cast: Miles Davis (tp), Horace Silver (p), Percy Heath (b), Art Blakey (dr) |
| Recorded at WOR Studios, New York , on May 9, 1952. Released that same year. | Recorded at WOR Studios, New York on April 20, 1953. Released that same year. | Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey , March 6, 1954. Released the same year. |
- 12 inch LPs, released in 1955
| Miles Davis, Vol. 1 BLP 1501 |
Miles Davis, Vol. 2 BLP 1502 |
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| A. | Tempus Fugit | Take off |
| Kelo | Weirdo | |
| Enigma | Woody'n You | |
| Ray's Idea | I waited for you | |
| How Deep Is The Ocean? |
Ray's Idea " Alternate Take " from the April 20, 1953 session |
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CTA " Alternate Take " from the April 20, 1953 session |
donna | |
| B. | Dear Old Stockholm | Well, you needn't |
| Chance it | The Leap | |
| Yesterdays | Lazy Susan | |
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Donna "Alternate Take" from the May 9, 1952 session |
Tempus Fugit "Alternate Take" from the April 20, 1953 session |
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| CTA | It Never Entered My Mind | |
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Woody'n You "Alternate Take" from the session on May 9, 1952 |
- CDs
In 1988 Blue Note brought out Volume 1 (Complete 1st And 3rd Sessions On Blue Note) re-sorted; Volume 2 followed in 1990 (Complete 2nd Session On Blue Note).
| Miles Davis, Vol. 1 (Complete 1st And 3rd Sessions On Blue Note) Blue Note CDP 7 81501-2 |
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| title | length | author |
| Dear Old Stockholm | 4:12 | Stan Getz , Traditional |
| Chance it | 3:03 | Oscar Pettiford |
| donna | 3:13 | Jackie McLean |
| Woody'n You | 3:25 | Dizzy Gillespie |
| Yesterdays | 3:45 |
Jerome Kern Otto Harbach |
| How Deep Is The Ocean? | 4:38 | Irving Berlin |
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Chance It " Alternate Take " from the May 9, 1952 session |
2:55 | Oscar Pettiford |
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Donna "Alternate Take", already on the BLP 1501 |
3:11 | Jackie McLean |
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Woody'n You "Alternate Take", already on the BLP 1501 |
3:23 | Dizzy Gillespie |
| Take off | 3:40 | Miles Davis |
| Lazy Susan | 4:02 | Miles Davis |
| The Leap | 4:31 | Miles Davis |
| Well, you needn't | 5:23 | Thelonious Monk |
| Weirdo | 4:45 | Miles Davis |
| It Never Entered My Mind | 4:02 |
Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart |
| Miles Davis, Vol. 2 (Complete 2nd Session On Blue Note) Blue Note CDP 7 81502-2 |
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| Kelo | 3:17 | JJ Johnson |
| Enigma | 3:22 | JJ Johnson |
| Ray's Idea | 3:43 |
Gil Fuller , Ray Brown |
| Tempus Fugit | 3:50 | Bud Powell |
| CTA | 3:33 | Jimmy Heath |
| I waited for you | 3:30 |
Dizzy Gillespie Walter Fuller |
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Kelo " Alternate Take " from the April 20, 1953 session |
3:24 | JJ Johnson |
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Enigma "Alternate Take" from the April 20, 1953 session |
3:24 | JJ Johnson |
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Ray's Idea "Alternate Take", already on the BLP 1502 |
3:50 | JJ Johnson |
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Tempus Fugit "Alternate Take", already on the BLP 1502 |
3:58 | Bud Powell |
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CTA "Alternate Take", previously on the BLP 1501 |
3:16 | Jimmy Heath |
Appreciation
Scott Yanow counts Miles Davis' three Blue Note sessions from 1952, 1953 and 1954 among the 17 most important hardbop records and as the first records on which - despite gradual transitions - this style was released. According to Thom Jurek, they give a precise picture of the "rapid slide" of Davis into hard bop. Cook and Morton noted the inconsistency of this album, but also noted that Davis was leaving the narrow confines of small-group bebop and continuing the exploration of an extensive musical language that he had started with the Birth of the Cool ensemble.
Literature / sources
- Erik Nisenson: Round About Midnight - A Portrait of Miles Davis . Hannibal, Vienna 1985
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
- ↑ page 373
- Peter Wießmüller: Miles Davis - his life, his music, his records . Oreos (Collection Jazz), Gauting 1985
- Retrieved from jazzdisco.org on September 7, 2010
- Retrieved from discogs.com on September 7, 2010
- Retrieved from allmusic.com on September 15, 2010
- ↑ a b Essay by Scott Yanow: Hard Bop , November 2, 2010
- ↑ Miles Davis, Vol. 1 (Japan) (Toshiba / EMI Blue Note RVG Edition, TOCJ-9022, 2000)
Web links
- Blue Note 10 "LP record sleeves of the 5000 series including Young Man With A Horn , Miles Davis, Vol. 2 and Miles Davis, Vol. 3 at birkajazz.com