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Miles Davis – Miles '56 (3-CD)

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The May 1956 marathon sessions that produced those four Prestige albums were famously arranged so Davis could fulfill his contract and sign with Columbia, where "Kind of Blue" awaited three years later. What he left behind was anything but contractual obligation: a working band at the peak of its collective instincts, with a then-19-year-old Philly Joe Jones anchoring rhythms that still feel inevitable, and a 29-year-old Coltrane still finding the voice that would soon change everything.

Released to celebrate Miles Davis’ centennial, Miles ’56 collects together recordings from the year that Davis recorded his most influential work on Prestige. With cuts from “Cookin,” “Relaxin,” “Workin” and “Steamin”, this collection includes the Quintet of Davis, Coltrane, Garland, Chambers, & Jones. Released on limited 4-LP and remastered from the original analog tapes by GRAMMY-winning engineer Paul Blakemore the set Included new liner notes by GRAMMY-winners Ashley Kahn and Dan Morgenstern.

Tracklist

Disc 1

1. In Your Own Sweet Way (March 16, 1956 Version) (4:34)
2. No Line (5:40)
3. Vierd Blues (6:50)
4. In Your Own Sweet Way (May 11 1956 Version) (5:43)
5. Diane (7:49)
6. Trane's Blues (8:33)
7. Something I Dreamed Last Night (6:14)
8. It Could Happen To You (6:31)
9. Woody'N You (5:01)
10. Ahmad's Blues (7:23)

Disc 2

1. Surrey With The Fringe On Top (9:03)
2. It Never Entered My Mind (5:23)
3. When I Fall In Love (4:25)
4. Salt Peanuts (6:08)
5. Four (7:12)
6. The Theme (Take 1) (1:59)
7. The Theme (Take 2) (1:04)
8. If I Were A Bell (8:16)
9. Well, You Needn't (6:20)

Disc 3

1. 'Round Midnight (5:23)
2. Half Nelson (4:46)
3. You're My Everything (5:18)
4. I Could Write A Book (5:09)
5. Oleo (6:17)
6. Airegin (4:27)
7. Tune Up (5:43)
8. When Lights Are Low (7:30)
9. Blues By Five (10:27)
10. My Funny Valentine (6:03)

UPC: 888072745643
Label: Craft Recordings
Release Date: 6.19.26
Format: CD