Artist:
Miles Davis
Genre:
Jazz
Total Time:
02:55:08
Record Label:
Craft Recordings
Purchase Album:
CD, Amazon Music, Vinyl,
Apple Music, Spotify
Release Date
June 19, 2026
Find out more about this album release after the jump.
Miles Davis
Genre:
Jazz
Total Time:
02:55:08
Record Label:
Craft Recordings
Purchase Album:
CD, Amazon Music, Vinyl,
Apple Music, Spotify
Release Date
June 19, 2026
Find out more about this album release after the jump.
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Product Description: Recorded when Miles Davis was still on the cusp of becoming a mononymous, genre-defining star, this collection—primarily made up of two marathon 1956 sessions that the trumpeter recorded with his “first great quintet” to fulfill obligations to the indie label Prestige—is more confident and easy than it is frantic and ambitious.
Davis’ quintet here featured John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones, all at the height of their powers and completely in sync. Davis fans will already be familiar with these recordings as Cookin’, Steamin’, Workin’, and Relaxin' but can listen here in chronological order. The set begins with a brief (also previously released) all-star session from the same year featuring Sonny Rollins in the place Coltrane would inherit alongside pianist Tommy Flanagan, Chambers, and drummer Art Taylor.
Though Davis and his colleagues didn’t yet use the high-concept, perennially progressive approach that would come to define his LPs, these recordings remain some of his most beloved—classic, concise, and timeless. Ballads are urbane and unrepentantly romantic, show tunes swing with a wink that never overpowers the playing itself, and new compositions show if not the shape of jazz to come, the shape of jazz in that wildly prolific mid-’50s moment.
Virtuosic and still totally approachable, this is an ensemble embracing a soon-to-be-familiar sound rather than pushing against it or onward into new territory—these were old warhorses, well-honed enough to be almost entirely recorded in first takes. If it was just another day at the office for them, the results teem with an all-too-rare combination of brilliance, simplicity, and effortlessness.
Davis’ quintet here featured John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones, all at the height of their powers and completely in sync. Davis fans will already be familiar with these recordings as Cookin’, Steamin’, Workin’, and Relaxin' but can listen here in chronological order. The set begins with a brief (also previously released) all-star session from the same year featuring Sonny Rollins in the place Coltrane would inherit alongside pianist Tommy Flanagan, Chambers, and drummer Art Taylor.
Though Davis and his colleagues didn’t yet use the high-concept, perennially progressive approach that would come to define his LPs, these recordings remain some of his most beloved—classic, concise, and timeless. Ballads are urbane and unrepentantly romantic, show tunes swing with a wink that never overpowers the playing itself, and new compositions show if not the shape of jazz to come, the shape of jazz in that wildly prolific mid-’50s moment.
Virtuosic and still totally approachable, this is an ensemble embracing a soon-to-be-familiar sound rather than pushing against it or onward into new territory—these were old warhorses, well-honed enough to be almost entirely recorded in first takes. If it was just another day at the office for them, the results teem with an all-too-rare combination of brilliance, simplicity, and effortlessness.
TRACK LIST:
1 .
In Your Own Sweet Way (March 16, 1956 .Version / Remastered 2026)
(04:34)
2 . No Line (Remastered 2026) (05:40)
3 . Vierd Blues (Remastered 2026) (06:51)
4 . In Your Own Sweet Way (May 11, 1956 .Version / Remastered 2026) (05:44)
5 . iane (Remastered 2026) (07:50)
6 . Trane's Blues (Remastered 2026) (08:33)
7 . Something I Dreamed Last Night (Remastered 2026) (06:14)
8 . It Could Happen To You (Remastered 2026) (06:31)
9 . Woody'N You (Remastered 2026) (05:02)
10 . Ahmad's Blues (Remastered 2026) (07:24)
11 . Surrey With The Fringe On Top (Remastered 2026) (09:04)
12 . It Never Entered My Mind (Remastered 2026) (05:23)
13 . When I Fall In Love (Remastered 2026) (04:25)
14 . Salt Peanuts (Remastered 2026) (06:08)
15 . Four (Remastered 2026) (07:13)
16 . The Theme (Take 1 ./ Remastered 2026) (02:00)
17 . The Theme (Take 2 ./ Remastered 2026) (01:05)
18 . If I Were A Bell (Remastered 2026) (08:16)
19 . Well, You Needn’t (Remastered 2026) (06:21)
20 . ‘Round Midnight (Remastered 2026) (05:23)
21 . Half Nelson (Remastered 2026) (04:46)
22 . You're My Everything (Remastered 2026) (05:19)
23 . I Could Write A Book (Remastered 2026) (05:10)
24 . Oleo (Remastered 2026) (06:17)
25 . Airegin (Remastered 2026) (04:27)
26 . Tune Up (Remastered 2026) (05:43)
27 . When Lights Are Low (Remastered 2026) (07:30)
28 . Blues By Five (Remastered 2026) (10:27)
29 .My Funny Valentine (Remastered 2026) (06:03)
2 . No Line (Remastered 2026) (05:40)
3 . Vierd Blues (Remastered 2026) (06:51)
4 . In Your Own Sweet Way (May 11, 1956 .Version / Remastered 2026) (05:44)
5 . iane (Remastered 2026) (07:50)
6 . Trane's Blues (Remastered 2026) (08:33)
7 . Something I Dreamed Last Night (Remastered 2026) (06:14)
8 . It Could Happen To You (Remastered 2026) (06:31)
9 . Woody'N You (Remastered 2026) (05:02)
10 . Ahmad's Blues (Remastered 2026) (07:24)
11 . Surrey With The Fringe On Top (Remastered 2026) (09:04)
12 . It Never Entered My Mind (Remastered 2026) (05:23)
13 . When I Fall In Love (Remastered 2026) (04:25)
14 . Salt Peanuts (Remastered 2026) (06:08)
15 . Four (Remastered 2026) (07:13)
16 . The Theme (Take 1 ./ Remastered 2026) (02:00)
17 . The Theme (Take 2 ./ Remastered 2026) (01:05)
18 . If I Were A Bell (Remastered 2026) (08:16)
19 . Well, You Needn’t (Remastered 2026) (06:21)
20 . ‘Round Midnight (Remastered 2026) (05:23)
21 . Half Nelson (Remastered 2026) (04:46)
22 . You're My Everything (Remastered 2026) (05:19)
23 . I Could Write A Book (Remastered 2026) (05:10)
24 . Oleo (Remastered 2026) (06:17)
25 . Airegin (Remastered 2026) (04:27)
26 . Tune Up (Remastered 2026) (05:43)
27 . When Lights Are Low (Remastered 2026) (07:30)
28 . Blues By Five (Remastered 2026) (10:27)
29 .My Funny Valentine (Remastered 2026) (06:03)
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