MEDIUM Vinyl Record
WEIGHT 180gr (black vinyl) 33rpm
CONDITION sealed
COVER Standard
CONDITION COVER M mint
SERIALNUMBER No
LIMITED Yes
MISCELLANEOUS Stereo
COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE milesdavis.com
Paul Chambers – bass
John Coltrane – tenor sax
Miles Davis – trumpet
Red Garland – piano
Philly Joe Jones - drums
'round midnight - 5:55
ah-leu-cha - 5:53
all of you – 7:01
bye bye blackbird - 7:54
tadd's delight - 4:26
dear old stockholm – 7:49
At long last these early recordings, which Miles Davis set down for the Columbia label in 1955 and 1956, are available on LP again
And what is more, they were made without any alternate takes or second attempts, as is the custom these days
You can sit back and enjoy the six numbers in the order which the producer, probably in conjunction with Davis, decided upon
To be sure, all of the titles are well known and have been played a thousand times over in many different versions
But what this Quintet (and here each and every individual musician is meant!) produces as regards inventiveness, thrilling improvisations and artistry is absolutely top notch
Davis’s vibrato-less sound is taken over seamlessly by John Coltrane – wonderfully demonstrated in the middle of Bye, Bye Blackbird, while Paul Chambers’ showpiece is Ack Värmeland du sköna (aka Dear Old Stockholm)
In the years 1955/56, bebop was the talk of the day, born witness to by the classics Tadd’s Delight by Tadd Dameron and Ah-Leu-Cha by Charlie Parker
Here, however, the improvised melodic strands are more moderate, pointing the way to the style that later became known as modal jazz
Although ’Round About Midnight as an album does not enjoy the reputation of Kind Of Blue, this Columbia recording contains many gems which are well worth hearing
RECORDING October 26 1955 – September 10 1956 at Columbia’s 30th Street Studio New York
ENGINEERING Frank Laico
LABEL Columbia
RE MASTERING --
RE RELEASED July 2008
AVERAGE RATING 5 Stars out of 5
PRESSING by Pallas Germany
MADE IN Germany
STYLE Jazz / Cool Jazz / Hard Bop
AVAILABLE as long as inventory
