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Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
Studio album by
Miles Davis
Releasedc. January 1960 (1960-01)[1]
RecordedMay 11 and October 26, 1956
StudioVan Gelder (Hackensack)
GenreJazz
Length41:59
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7166
ProducerBob Weinstock
Miles Davis chronology
Jazz Track
(1959) 		Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
(1960) 		Sketches of Spain
(1960)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazzfavorable[2]
AllMusic[3]
DownBeat[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
Tom HullA−[9]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[7]

Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet is an album by the Miles Davis Quintet which was released c. January 1960 through Prestige Records.[1] It was recorded in two sessions on May 11 and October 26, 1956, that produced four albums: this one, Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet, Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet and Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet.

Track 2 is a composition written for Davis by Eddie Vinson (see Blue Haze for more details). "Trane's Blues" (also known as "Vierd Blues", a tongue-in-cheek reference to Blue Note founder Francis Wolff's heavily accented verdict on it), also credited to Davis, is in fact a John Coltrane composition (originally titled "John Paul Jones", and from an earlier session led by bassist Paul Chambers; before the closing statement of theme, Coltrane and Davis play a bit of Charlie Parker's "The Hymn").

Background

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As his star rose in 1955, Davis formed a new quintet, featuring saxophonist John Coltrane, pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Philly Joe Jones. In order to fulfill contractual obligations, he recorded lengthy, spontaneous songs with the quintet, which were released over four albums—Workin', Cookin', Relaxin', and Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet.

Track listing

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Prestige – LP 7166:

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It Never Entered My Mind"Richard Rodgers5:26
2."Four"Miles Davis7:15
3."In Your Own Sweet Way"Dave Brubeck5:45
4."The Theme" (Take 1)Miles Davis2:01
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Trane's Blues" (a.k.a. "Vierd Blues")John Coltrane8:35
2."Ahmad's Blues"Ahmad Jamal7:26
3."Half Nelson"Miles Davis4:48
4."The Theme" (Take 2)Miles Davis1:03
Total length:41:59

All tracks recorded on May 11, 1956, except "Half Nelson", recorded on October 26.

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b [10][11][12][13]
  2. ^ "Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet". All About Jazz. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  3. ^ "Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet". AllMusic. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  4. ^ Gleason, Ralph J. (March 17, 1960). "Miles Davis: Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 6. p. 34.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  6. ^ DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly, eds. (October 27, 1992). The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rd ed.). Random House. p. 179. ISBN 0679737294.
  7. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 58. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  8. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 342. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  9. ^ Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Jazz (1940s-50s)". tomhull.com. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  10. ^ DeVito, Chris; Fujioka, Yasuhiro; Schmaler, Wolf; Wild, David (2013). Porter, Lewis (ed.). The John Coltrane Reference. New York/Abingdon: Routledge. p. 448. ISBN 9780415634632. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  11. ^ "Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet". The Billboard. The Billboard Publishing Co. February 8, 1960. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  12. ^ "December Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. December 12, 1959. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  13. ^ "Jazz Picks of the Week" (PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. February 6, 1960. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
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