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Author Davis, Miles.

Title The classic Prestige sessions, 1951-1956 / Miles Davis & Sonny Rollins.

Publication Info. Beverly Hills, CA : Prestige, [1951]
℗2009

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Location Call No. Status
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Media Room  CD MJ DAVI CPS    Check Shelf
Description 2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet.
Note Compact discs.
Performer Miles Davis, trumpet, piano (disc 1, track 6) ; Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophone (except disc 1, track 4) ; with, variously: Jackie McLean, alto saxophone ; Charlie Parker, tenor saxophone ; Bennie Green, trombone ; John Lewis, Walter Bishop, Jr., Horace Silver, Tommy Flanagan, piano ; Percy Heath, Tommy Potter, Paul Chambers, bass ; Roy Haynes, Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Kenny Clarke, Arthur Taylor, drums.
Event Disc 1 recorded at Apex Studios, New York City, Jan. 17, 1951 (tracks 1-6) and Oct. 5, 1951 (7-13); disc 2 recorded at WOR Studio, New York City, Jan. 30, 1953 (1-4) and at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, N.J., June 29, 1954 (5-9) and Mar. 16, 1956 (10-12).
Note Program notes by Ira Gitler and transciption of Miles Davis's solo on "Down" in container.
Contents disc 1. Morpheus -- Down -- Blue room (take 1) -- Blue room (take 2) -- Whispering -- I know -- Conception -- Out of the blue -- Denial -- Bluing -- Dig -- My old flame -- It's only a paper moon.
disc 2. Compulsion -- Serpent's tooth (take 1) -- Serpent's tooth (take 2) -- 'Round midnight -- Airegin -- Oleo -- But not for me (take 1) -- But not for me (take 2) -- Doxy -- In your own sweet way -- No line -- Vierd blues.
Note GMD: sound recording.
Subject Jazz.
Trumpet music (Jazz)
Saxophone music (Jazz)
Trumpet with jazz ensemble.
Saxophone with jazz ensemble.
Alternate takes (Sound recordings)
Added Author Rollins, Sonny.
McLean, Jackie.
Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955.
Green, Bennie, 1923-1977.
Lewis, John, 1920-2001.
Standard No. 888072314610
Music No. PRS-31461 Prestige
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