''Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet'' is an album by the Miles Davis Quintet, released in 1961 through

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. The recording was made at two sessions on May 11 and October 26, 1956 that produced four albums: ''Steamin'', '' Relaxin' with The Miles Davis Quintet'', '' Workin' with The Miles Davis Quintet'' and '' Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet''.

Reception

The contemporaneous ''

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'' reviewer praised all of the musicians except pianist Red Garland, and concluded: "This album is a must for anyone seriously interested in jazz".

Track listing

Prestige – LP 7200:

Personnel

Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music, 20th-century music. Davis ado ...

– trumpet *

John Coltrane John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the Jazz#Post-war jazz, history of jazz and 20th-century musi ...

– tenor saxophone (except 3 and 6) *

Red Garland William McKinley "Red" Garland Jr. (May 13, 1923 – April 23, 1984) was an American modern jazz pianist. Known for his work as a bandleader and during the 1950s with Miles Davis, Garland helped popularize the block chord style of playing in jazz ...

– piano *

Paul Chambers Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers Jr. (April 22, 1935 – January 4, 1969) was an American jazz double bassist. A fixture of rhythm sections during the 1950s and 1960s, he has become one of the most widely-known jazz bassists of the hard bop er ...

– bass *

Philly Joe Jones Joseph Rudolph "Philly Joe" Jones (July 15, 1923 – August 30, 1985) was an American Jazz drumming, jazz drummer. Biography Early career As a child, Jones appeared as a featured tap dancer on ''The Kiddie Show'' on the Philadelphia radio stat ...

– drums

References

1961 albums Miles Davis albums Prestige Records albums Albums produced by Bob Weinstock Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Albums recorded in a home studio {{1960s-jazz-album-stub