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In 1992, Prestige/Fantasy combined both of Miles Davis' Live at the Barrel LPs on a 74-minute CD titled Our Delight. For hardcore collectors, the release of Our Delight was very good news. However, there are various reasons why this CD can hardly be called essential. The performances, which find Davis and tenor saxman Jimmy Forrest joining forces in a St. Louis club called the Barrel, are competent and likable but not mind-blowing. And the sound quality, although listenable, is not great (by early-'50s hi-fi standards). So when you add those things up, there is no way that Our Delight should be recommended to anyone who isn't a serious collector. Nonetheless, these performances are not without historic value. Davis and Forrest (who are joined by a St. Louis rhythm section that consists of pianist Charles Fox, bassist John Mixon, drummer Oscar Oldham, and an unknown percussionist) did not play together very much, and Our Delight gives listeners a rare chance to hear them playing side by side on familiar standards like "All the Things You Are," Tadd Dameron's "Our Delight," and Dizzy Gillespie's "A Night in Tunisia." The CD also contains a dusky performance of the ballad "What's New," although ballads are not a high priority. And the type of funky, groove-oriented soul-jazz and honker music that Forrest was famous for is excluded; the musicians don't perform "Night Train" (the saxman's biggest hit), and they stick to a bop/standards program. Our Delight certainly isn't bad, but it doesn't deserve five-star praise either (unlike much of the bop and cool work that Davis offered in the '50s). Even so, collectors will find Our Delight to be interesting -- shortcomings, flaws, and all.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
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Miles Davis, MainArtist - RAY BROWN, ComposerLyricist - Gil Fuller, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Forrest, MainArtist
℗ 1983 Prestige Records, Inc.
Miles Davis, MainArtist - Dizzy Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - FRANK PAPARELLI, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Forrest, MainArtist
℗ 1983 Prestige Records, Inc.
Miles Davis, MainArtist - J.J. Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Forrest, MainArtist
℗ 1983 Prestige Records, Inc.
Robert Haggart, ComposerLyricist - Miles Davis, MainArtist - Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Forrest, MainArtist
℗ 1983 Prestige Records, Inc.
Miles Davis, MainArtist - Ervin Drake, ComposerLyricist - Juan Tizol, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Forrest, MainArtist - Hans Lengsfelder, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1984 Prestige Records, Inc.
Jerome Kern, Composer - Miles Davis, MainArtist - Oscar Hammerstein II , Author - Jimmy Forrest, MainArtist
℗ 1984 Prestige Records, Inc.
Miles Davis, MainArtist - Tadd Dameron, Composer - Jimmy Forrest, MainArtist
℗ 1984 Prestige Records, Inc.
Miles Davis, MainArtist - Tadd Dameron, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Forrest, MainArtist
℗ 1984 Prestige Records, Inc.
George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Miles Davis, MainArtist - Jimmy Forrest, MainArtist
℗ 1984 Prestige Records, Inc.
Album review
In 1992, Prestige/Fantasy combined both of Miles Davis' Live at the Barrel LPs on a 74-minute CD titled Our Delight. For hardcore collectors, the release of Our Delight was very good news. However, there are various reasons why this CD can hardly be called essential. The performances, which find Davis and tenor saxman Jimmy Forrest joining forces in a St. Louis club called the Barrel, are competent and likable but not mind-blowing. And the sound quality, although listenable, is not great (by early-'50s hi-fi standards). So when you add those things up, there is no way that Our Delight should be recommended to anyone who isn't a serious collector. Nonetheless, these performances are not without historic value. Davis and Forrest (who are joined by a St. Louis rhythm section that consists of pianist Charles Fox, bassist John Mixon, drummer Oscar Oldham, and an unknown percussionist) did not play together very much, and Our Delight gives listeners a rare chance to hear them playing side by side on familiar standards like "All the Things You Are," Tadd Dameron's "Our Delight," and Dizzy Gillespie's "A Night in Tunisia." The CD also contains a dusky performance of the ballad "What's New," although ballads are not a high priority. And the type of funky, groove-oriented soul-jazz and honker music that Forrest was famous for is excluded; the musicians don't perform "Night Train" (the saxman's biggest hit), and they stick to a bop/standards program. Our Delight certainly isn't bad, but it doesn't deserve five-star praise either (unlike much of the bop and cool work that Davis offered in the '50s). Even so, collectors will find Our Delight to be interesting -- shortcomings, flaws, and all.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 01:13:03
- Main artists: Miles Davis Jimmy Forrest
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Prestige
- Genre: Jazz
© 1992 Fantasy, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1992 Fantasy, Inc.
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