''Ballads and Blues'' is a compilation album by the American jazz musician Miles Davis. It was released on March 19, 1996, by

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...

and recorded from March 9, 1950, to March 9, 1958.

Track listing

*"I Waited for You" (Fuller, Gillespie) – 3:30 *" Yesterdays" (Arkeen, Harbach, James, Johnson, Kern, Rose) – 3:44 *"One for Daddy-O" (Adderley, Adderley) – 8:25 *" Moon Dreams" ( MacGregor, Mercer) – 3:18 *" How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Berlin) – 4:38 *"Weirdo" (Davis) – 4:43 *"Enigma" (Johnson) – 3:22 *" It Never Entered My Mind" (Hart, Rodgers) – 4:01 *" Autumn Leaves" (Kosma, Mercer, Prevert) – 10:58

Personnel

Cannonball Adderley Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s. Adderley is perhaps best remembered for the 1966 soul jazz single "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", whi ...

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alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...

Nat Adderley, Jr. Nathaniel Adderley Jr. (born May 23, 1955) is an American pop and rhythm and blues music arranger and pianist who spent much of his music career arranging as music director for Luther Vandross tours and contributed as co-songwriter on most of V ...

– composing * West Arkeen – composing *

John Barber John Barber may refer to: Politics *John Barber (Lord Mayor of London) (died 1741), Jacobite printer, Lord Mayor of London in 1732 *John Barber, represented Tryon County in the North Carolina General Assembly of 1777 * John Roaf Barber (1841–1917 ...

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Art Blakey Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s. Blakey made a name for himself in the 1 ...

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drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

* Kenny Clarke – drums * Gil Coggins – piano *Miles Davis – trumpet * Walter Fuller – composing *

Dizzy Gillespie John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but addi ...

– composing * Doug Hawkins – engineering * Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone * Percy Heath – double bass * Del James – composing * J.J. Johnson – composing, trombone *

Hank Jones Henry Jones Jr. (July 31, 1918 – May 16, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts honored ...

– piano * Sam Jones – bass *

Lee Konitz Leon Konitz (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020) was an American composer and alto saxophonist. He performed successfully in a wide range of jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Konitz's association with the cool jazz ...

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Alfred Lion Alfred Lion (born Alfred Löw; April 21, 1908 – February 2, 1987), was an American record executive who co-founded the jazz record label Blue Note in 1939. Lion retired in 1967, having sold the company, after producing recordings by leading music ...

– producing * Al McKibbon – bass * Gerry Mulligan –

baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass. It is the lowest-pitched saxophone in common use - the bass, contra ...

* Oscar Pettiford – bass * Max Roach – drums * Pete Rugolo – producing * Gunther Schuller – French horn * Horace Silver – piano * Rudy Van Gelder – engineering

Charting and reviews

Reviews

Charting history

References

External links

* {{Miles Davis 1996 compilation albums Albums produced by Pete Rugolo Miles Davis compilation albums Blue Note Records compilation albums Albums recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio Albums produced by Alfred Lion