Miles Davis – Miles Davis & The Modern Jazz Giants (LP Vinyl)
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The December 1954 Prestige session captured here stands as one of the most tension-filled and creatively electric dates in bebop history. Monk's characteristically angular comping and Davis's cool, spacious phrasing pulled in genuinely different directions, and that friction turned out to be a feature, not a flaw. What you hear is two titanic musical personalities refusing to compromise, and somehow arriving at something neither could have made alone.
Including sessions recorded the same day as those on Bags Groove, this album includes more classic performances from the date that matched together trumpeter Miles Davis, vibraphonist Milt Jackson, pianist Thelonious Monk, bassist Percy Heath, and drummer Kenny Clarke. Davis and Monk actually did not get along all that well, and the trumpeter did not want Monk playing behind his solos. Still, a great deal of brilliant music occurred on the day of their encounter, including "The Man I Love," "Bemsha Swing," and "Swing Spring."
Tracklist
Side A
Side B
UPC: 888072351271
Label: Fantasy
Release Date: 5.26.15
Format: LP Vinyl