The Musings Of Miles (2016 Remaster) Miles Davis

• 1 Will You Still Be Mine? 06:22
• 2 I See Your Face Before Me 04:46
• 3 I Didn't 06:07
• 4 A Gal In Calico 05:18
• 5 A Night In Tunisia 07:22
• 6 Green Haze 05:49
• Total Runtime 35:44

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By the time Miles Davis recorded „The Musings Of Miles“ on June 7, 1955, he'd expanded and refined his approach to the bop idiom which had nurtured him, and the cool approach--which he'd championed. He learned to refine and edit his line, discovered what aspects of his style were derivative and which were truly his own, and, most importantly, zeroed in on his own signature sound and style of phrasing.

„The Musings Of Miles“ is a quartet dry run for the first Miles Davis Quintet, which became the most popular, influential band of the 1950s. Already on hand are pianist Red Garland--with his elegant closed voicings and driving comp--and drum innovator Joseph Rudolph Jones (Philly Joe to you). Bassist Oscar Pettiford, who rounds out the quartet, is also a great innovator, perhaps a generation removed from Miles and his young turks. Listen especially to how he makes the band sound on 'Green Haze,' a slow, after hours blues. Miles employs gorgeous long tones and smears, heroically laid-back (a la Billie Holiday), as Garland feeds him lush block chords. Pettiford constructs his solo from a succession of arpeggios, in the manner of Coleman Hawkins. Compare his short attack and centered, uniform beat, with the more resonant, bell-like attack and complex beat of Paul Chambers on this and subsequent recordings of 'A Night In Tunisia.' And dig Miles' nod to his mentor with a Dizzyish ascent into the upper register after several relaxed choruses.

„Miles Davis was in the process of forming his first classic quintet when he recorded this date, a Prestige set reissued by the audiophile label DCC Compact Classics. The trumpeter is featured on a quartet outing with pianist Red Garland, bassist Oscar Pettiford, and drummer Philly Joe Jones, playing four standards plus a blues ('Green Haze') and 'I Didn't,' his answer to Thelonious Monk's 'Well, You Needn't.' Garland and Jones would soon be in Miles' group, although the fiery Pettiford proved too difficult for the trumpeter to handle and was quickly succeeded by Paul Chambers. The interpretations are generally lyrical and melodic; even 'A Night in Tunisia' sounds a bit mellow. Likable if not essential music.“ (Scott Yanow, AMG)

Miles Davis, trumpet
Red Garland, piano
Oscar Pettiford, bass
Philly Joe Jones, drums

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on June 7, 1955

Digitally remastered

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