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''Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet'' is an album by the Miles Davis Quintet, released in January 1960 by
Prestige Records Prestige Records is a jazz record company and label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock in New York City which issued recordings in the mainstream, bop, and cool jazz idioms. The company recorded hundreds of albums by many of the leading jazz music ...
. 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
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(see '' Blue Haze'' for more details). "Trane's Blues" (also known as "Vierd Blues", a tongue-in-cheek reference to
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founder
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's heavily accented verdict on it), also credited to Davis, is in fact a
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 ...
composition (originally titled "John Paul Jones", and from an earlier session led by bassist
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; before the closing statement of theme, Coltrane and Davis play a bit of
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's "The Hymn").


Background

As his star rose in 1955, Davis formed a new quintet, featuring saxophonist
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 ...
, pianist
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, bassist
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, and drummer
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. 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

Prestige – LP 7166: All tracks recorded on May 11, 1956, except "Half Nelson", recorded on October 26.


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 (except on "Ahmad's Blues") *
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 on "Ahmad's Blues") *
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, cello *
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

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