''Miles Davis Volume 1'' refers to two separate but related entities. The title was originally used for the first time in a pair of compilation albums of recordings made by

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in 1952, 1953 and 1954, released in 1956 (and reissued many times) as BLP 1501 on the

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label. ''Miles Davis Volume 1'' also refers to a CD compilation that contains the entirety of '' Young Man with a Horn'' (BLP 5013, 1951) plus three alternate takes, plus the entirety of ''Miles Davis, Vol. 3'' (BLP 5040, 1954), both released on 10-inch LP. The album was identified by

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in his

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essay "Hard Bop" in 2010 as one of the 17 Essential Hard Bop Recordings.

Release history

The 12-inch LP (BLP 1501) was originally released in January 1956, followed by ''

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'' (BLP 1502), after Davis won the ''

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'' readers poll as best trumpeter. The two volumes of rereleased Miles Davis material were the first releases in Blue Note's new 1500 series of 12"LPs. The music compiled on the two volumes was from three separate recording sessions made over 1952–54, some of which had been previously issued as singles, and as three now discontinued 10-inch LPs. Volume 1 contained takes of the May 9, 1952 and April 20, 1953 sessions for the label, including alternate takes of some songs. The master takes had originally been issued in 10"LP format under the titles '' Young Man with a Horn'' (BLP 5013), and ''

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'' (BLP 5022). The original BLP 1501 running order is available on some Japanese CD versions and from HDTracks. The 1988 CD edition (Blue Note CDP 7 81501 2) reused the cover from BLP 1501, but had different content. The CD compiled the entire tracks recorded on May 9, 1952, and March 6, 1954, whereas the complete 1953 session is now on ''

''. By appending the alternate takes directly after master takes, of the initial 10-inch release '' Young Man with a Horn'', it did not maintain the original order of the historic record. The 2001 CD edition (7243 5 32610 2 3) used new cover art based on 1954's Volume 3, and was remastered by Rudy Van Gelder. Like the 1988 version, it contained the entire 1952 and 1954 sessions, but with alternates following the original running order of BLP 5013.

Track listing

1956 12" LP

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– BLP 1501

2001 CD

– 7243 5 32610 2 3

Musicians

;May 9, 1952 *

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- bass *

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;April 20, 1953 * Miles Davis - trumpet * J. J. Johnson - trombone *

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* Gil Coggins - piano *

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- bass *

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- drums ;March 6, 1954 * Miles Davis - trumpet *

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- piano * Percy Heath - bass * Art Blakey - drums

References

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