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It's compilations like this that make adjectives all but meaningless. The Definitive Miles Davis on Prestige is a two-disc, budget-priced compilation produced by Nick Phillips that pulls together cuts from Davis' early period with the distinguished label between 1951 and 1956 just prior to signing with Columbia. The word "definitive" here is what's in question, simply because it is so utterly subjective that virtually any hardcore Davis aficionado might have picked no less than half-a-dozen cuts that are different from what appears here, and be no less correct. Presented as a chronological compendium, they do reveal his development as a trumpeter and bandleader. The vast majority of these tracks are taken from the series of Miles Davis Quintet & All Stars dates including Walkin', Steamin', Relaxin', Cookin', and Workin'. They account for 11 of the 24 cuts. Ironically, one of Davis' finest outings for the label, Dig: Miles Davis Featuring Sonny Rollins, is represented only by its title track. Likewise curious are the inclusions of John Lewis' "Morpheus," from Miles Davis and Horns, his debut outing for Prestige, the reading of George Russell's "Ezz-Thetic," from the Lee Konitz-led Conception recording, and "Four" from Blue Haze. Other cuts are taken from the New Miles Quintet, The Musings of Miles, Collector's Items, Bags' Groove, and Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants offerings. The earlier material doesn't hold up to the Quintet and New Quintet sides, and the cuts from the Collectors' Items disc are debatable choices, even if Ashley Khan's fine liner notes make a case for their inclusion. This is a decent but far from definitive introduction to Miles Davis on Prestige.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Miles Davis, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Percy Heath, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Lewis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Sonny Rollins, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Haynes, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Weinstock, Producer - Bennie Green, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1951 Prestige Records, Inc.
Lee Konitz, Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Davis, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sal Mosca, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Max Roach, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Russell, ComposerLyricist - Bob Weinstock, Producer - Arnold Fishkin, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Bill Bauer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Prestige Records, Inc.
Miles Davis, Composer, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Art Blakey, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Rollins, Saxophone, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie McLean, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Weinstock, Producer - Walter Bishop, Jr., Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Potter, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 1951 Prestige Records, Inc.
Miles Davis, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Art Blakey, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Silver, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Percy Heath, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Bob Weinstock, Producer - Miles Davis Quartet, MainArtist - Les Cahan, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1954 Fantasy, Inc.
Miles Davis, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charlie Parker, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Percy Heath, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Sonny Rollins, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Bishop, Jr., Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ira Gitler, Producer
℗ 1987 Fantasy, Inc.
Miles Davis, Composer, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Horace Silver, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Clarke, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Percy Heath, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Weinstock, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - The Miles Davis Quintet, MainArtist - Davey Schildkraut, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Phil De Lancie, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1954 Prestige Records
Miles Davis, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Horace Silver, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Clarke, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Percy Heath, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gene De Paul, Composer - Don Raye, Composer - Patricia Johnston, Composer - Bob Weinstock, Producer - Davey Schildkraut, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1955 Prestige Records, Inc.
Miles Davis, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Horace Silver, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Clarke, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - J.J. Johnson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Percy Heath, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Richard Carpenter, ComposerLyricist - Lucky Thompson, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Weinstock, Producer - Miles Davis Sextet, MainArtist
℗ 1954 Prestige Records, Inc.
Miles Davis, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Horace Silver, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Clarke, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Percy Heath, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Rollins, Composer, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Weinstock, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Phil De Lancie, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1957 Prestige Records
Miles Davis, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Chambers, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Art Taylor, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Rollins, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Brubeck, Composer - Bob Weinstock, Producer
℗ 1987 Fantasy, Inc.
Thelonious Monk, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Davis, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Milt Jackson, Composer, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Clarke, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Percy Heath, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Sonny Rollins, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Weinstock, Producer
℗ 1954 Prestige Records, Inc.
Miles Davis, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Pettiford, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Dennis, ComposerLyricist - Tom Adair, ComposerLyricist - Red Garland, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Weinstock, Producer
℗ 1989 Fantasy, Inc.
DISC 2
John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Davis, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Marty Symes, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Chambers, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Isham Jones, ComposerLyricist - Red Garland, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Weinstock, Producer - The Miles Davis Quintet, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Prestige Records, Inc.
John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Miles Davis, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Chambers, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Red Garland, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Weinstock, Producer - The Miles Davis Quintet, MainArtist
℗ 1956 Prestige Records, Inc.
John Coltrane, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Davis, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Chambers, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Art Taylor, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dizzy Gillespie, Composer - Kenny Clarke, Composer - Red Garland, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Weinstock, Producer - The Miles Davis Quintet, MainArtist
℗ 1956 Prestige Records, Inc.
John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - Miles Davis, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Chambers, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Red Garland, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Weinstock, Producer - The Miles Davis Quintet, MainArtist
℗ 1959 Prestige Records, Inc.
John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Davis, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - FRANK LOESSER, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Chambers, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Red Garland, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Weinstock, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - The Miles Davis Quintet, MainArtist - Phil De Lancie, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1958 Prestige Records
John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thelonious Monk, Composer - Miles Davis, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Hanighen, Composer - Cootie Williams, Composer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Chambers, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Red Garland, Piano, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Weinstock, Producer
℗ 1958 Prestige Records, Inc.
John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - Miles Davis, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Chambers, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Red Garland, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Weinstock, Producer - The Miles Davis Quintet, MainArtist
℗ 1957 Prestige Records, Inc.
John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Davis, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Chambers, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Rollins, Composer - Red Garland, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - The Miles Davis Quintet, MainArtist
℗ 1957 Prestige Records, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - Miles Davis, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Chambers, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Red Garland, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Weinstock, Producer - The Miles Davis Quintet, MainArtist
℗ 1956 Prestige Records, Inc.
John Coltrane, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Davis, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Chambers, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Red Garland, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Weinstock, Producer - The Miles Davis Quintet, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Concord Music Group, Inc
John Coltrane, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Davis, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Chambers, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Red Garland, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Weinstock, Producer - The Miles Davis Quintet, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Concord Music Group, Inc
John Coltrane, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Davis, Composer, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Chambers, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Red Garland, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Weinstock, Producer - The Miles Davis Quintet, MainArtist
℗ 1959 Prestige Records, Inc.
Album review
It's compilations like this that make adjectives all but meaningless. The Definitive Miles Davis on Prestige is a two-disc, budget-priced compilation produced by Nick Phillips that pulls together cuts from Davis' early period with the distinguished label between 1951 and 1956 just prior to signing with Columbia. The word "definitive" here is what's in question, simply because it is so utterly subjective that virtually any hardcore Davis aficionado might have picked no less than half-a-dozen cuts that are different from what appears here, and be no less correct. Presented as a chronological compendium, they do reveal his development as a trumpeter and bandleader. The vast majority of these tracks are taken from the series of Miles Davis Quintet & All Stars dates including Walkin', Steamin', Relaxin', Cookin', and Workin'. They account for 11 of the 24 cuts. Ironically, one of Davis' finest outings for the label, Dig: Miles Davis Featuring Sonny Rollins, is represented only by its title track. Likewise curious are the inclusions of John Lewis' "Morpheus," from Miles Davis and Horns, his debut outing for Prestige, the reading of George Russell's "Ezz-Thetic," from the Lee Konitz-led Conception recording, and "Four" from Blue Haze. Other cuts are taken from the New Miles Quintet, The Musings of Miles, Collector's Items, Bags' Groove, and Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants offerings. The earlier material doesn't hold up to the Quintet and New Quintet sides, and the cuts from the Collectors' Items disc are debatable choices, even if Ashley Khan's fine liner notes make a case for their inclusion. This is a decent but far from definitive introduction to Miles Davis on Prestige.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 02:28:48
- Main artists: Miles Davis
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Prestige
- Genre: Jazz
© 2011 Concord Music Group Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2011 Concord Music Group Inc.
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