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Miles Davis Quintet

Title: Workin' / The Musings of Miles

Label: 52nd Street Records

Cat No:FSST04
Format:CD

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• The complete classic album “Workin’” (1956), showcasing the Miles Davis Quintet with John Coltrane & Red Garland in top form. As a bonus, the quartet album “The Musings of Miles” (1955) in its entirety, with Garland again on piano.

• “Workin'” is the last in a series of four quintet albums (“Cookin’”/”Steamin’”/”Relaxin’”) featuring the classic : Davis-Coltrane-Garland-Chambers-Jones line-up - and recorded in a series of marathon sessions to fulfil his Prestige contract before moving to Columbia.

• Personnel: Miles Davis, trumpet, on all tracks, with (‘Workin’’) : John Coltrane, tenor saxophone; Red Garland, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; "Philly" Joe Jones, drums - Hackensack, New Jersey, May 11, 1956 & October 26, 1956 (track 7 only); and on “The Musings of Miles” : Red Garland (p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Philly Joe Jones (d) - Hackensack, New Jersey, June 7, 1955.

• Deluxe Digipak Version - Total Time: 76:12 - 14 tracks - Includes 8-page booklet with complete original liner notes and Down Beat reviews.

Track Listing for Workin' / The Musings of Miles
01 IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND 5:22
02 FOUR 7:11
03 IN YOUR OWN SWEET WAY 4:34
04 THE THEME (take 1) 1:59
05 TRANE'S BLUES 8:27
06 AHMAD'S BLUES 7:20
07 HALF NELSON 4:44
08 THE THEME (take 2) 1:03
09 WILL YOU STILL BE MINE? 6:19
I 0 SEE YOUR FACE BEFORE ME 4:43
11 I DIDN’T 6:02
12 A GAL IN CALICO 5:15
13 A NIGHT IN TUNISIA 7:20
14 GREEN HAZE 5:48

Total Time: 76:12

Reviews

Jazz Journal - Richard Palmer

They won't ever make records like these again. Buy

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Live in Rome and Copenhagen 1969 (2CD)

Live in Berlin 1969

Complete live at the Blue Coronet 1969 (2CD)

Live at Newport 1966 & 1967 + bonus tracks

The Unissued Japanese Concerts 1964 (2CD)

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