''Miles Davis, Vol. 3'' (BLP 5040) is the sixth 10" studio album by musician

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, recorded on March 6, 1954 and released by

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later that year, the third and last of his three ten-inches published for the label. Davis would once again record at Blue Note, but as a sideman on

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's '' Somethin' Else'' (BLP 1595), several years later. The six tracks were recorded at

Rudy Van Gelder Rudolph Van Gelder (November 2, 1924 – August 25, 2016) was an American recording engineer who specialized in jazz. Over more than half a century, he recorded several thousand sessions, with musicians including Booker Ervin, John Coltrane, Mil ...

's Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, on March 6, 1954, the third and last of three annual sessions. For the session he used exactly the same quartet he would again record with seven days later for side 2 of the '' Miles Davis Quartet'' LP (PRLP 161), released by

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. Davis says in his autobiography that these were his first recording sessions after successfully quitting his

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habit, and that he arranged them both quickly as he needed money fast, and both Blue Note's

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and Prestige's

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had given him a fair chance earlier when his reputation was in decline. This was also the first of several sessions Davis would record with the young

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, whom he liked for his funky style of playing."Miles: the Autobiography", Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe, 1989, pg.175 After the 10" LP format was discontinued, the tracks would all reappear on the 12" album version of ''

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'' (BLP 1502), alongside tracks from Davis' first two Blue Note sessions. In the CD era all six tracks would be reassigned to the CD version of ''

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''.

Track listing

Personnel

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Percy Heath Percy Heath (April 30, 1923 – April 28, 2005) was an American jazz bassist, brother of saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert Heath, with whom he formed the Heath Brothers in 1975. Heath played with the Modern Jazz Quartet througho ...

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References

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