Miles Davis – Vol. 1 (Mono)
COMPILATION
Trumpet – Miles Davis [click here to see more products featuring Miles Davis]
Trombone – Jay Jay Johnson [click here to see more products featuring Jay Jay Johnson]
Drums – Art Blakey (A1-4, A6, B5) [click here to see more products featuring Art Blakey]
Alto Saxophone – Jackie McLean (A5, B1-4, B6) [click here to see more products featuring Jackie McLean]
Bass – Oscar Pettiford (A5, B1-4, B6) [click here to see more products featuring Oscar Pettiford]
Drums – Kenny Clarke (tracks: A5, B1 to B4, B6)
Tenor Saxophone – Jimmy Heath (A1-4, A6, B5)
Bass – Percy Heath (A1-4, A6, B5)
Piano – Gil Coggins
Written by Bud Powell (A1), Jay Jay Johnson (A2-3), Gil Fuller (A4), Ray Brown (A4), Irving Berlin (A5), Jimmy Heath (A6, B5), Oscar Pettiford (B2), Jerome Kern (B3), Otto Harbach (B3), Jacky McLean (B4), Dizzy Gillespie (B6)
B1 is a traditional song
1 LP, Standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Mono
Studio
Record Press : Optimal Media GmbH
Label : Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series
Original Label : Blue Note
Recorded on May 9, 1952 (A5, B1-4, B6) and on April 20, 1953 (A1-4, A6, B5) at WOR Studio, NYC
Engineered by Doug Hawkins
Produced by Alfred Lion
Remastered by Rudy Van Gelder at Cohearent Audio
Design by John Hermansader
Photography by Francis Wolff
Liner Notes by Leonard Feather
Originally released in November 1955
Reissued in May 2023
Tracks :
Side A
- Tempus Fugit
- Kelo
- Enigma
- Ray's Idea
- How Deep Is The Ocean
- C.T.A. (Alternate Master)
Side B
- Dear Old Stockholm
- Chance It
- Yesterdays
- Donna (Alternate Master)
- C.T.A.
- Would'n You (Alternate Master)
Reviews :
The legendary trumpeter Miles Davis was still near the beginning of his storied career when he cut the three sessions that comprise his Blue Note recordings in 1952, 1953, and 1954. In the late 1940s, Miles had been a member of Charlie Parker's quintet and Dizzy Gillespie's big band, as well as cutting select sides as a leader including the influential Birth of the Cool sessions for Capitol Records.
Miles' star was still rising at the time he hooked up with Alfred Lion and Blue Note, but he was clearly on his path towards becoming one of the greatest bandleaders in jazz. Initially released across three 10" LPs — Young Man With A Horn, Vol. 2, and Vol. 3 — the music captured on these Blue Note sides contains all the hallmarks of his early style from blazing bebop to beautiful ballads. When Blue Note transitioned to the 12" LP in 1955, Lion compiled Miles' recordings onto two volumes as the inaugural releases of the 1500 Series.
Volume 1 (Blue Note 1501) presents tracks from the 1952 and 1953 sextet sessions featuring two stellar line-ups with included trombonist J.J. Johnson, saxophonists Jackie McLean and Jimmy Heath, pianist Gi Coggins, bassists Oscar Pettiford and Percy Heath, and drummers Kenny Clarke and Art Blakey.
This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is mono, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original masters, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal.
Ratings:
AllMusic : 3 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.58 / 5