Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet
Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet is an album by the Miles Davis quintet recorded in 1956 and released in March 1958.
Two sessions on 11 May 1956 and 26 October in the same year resulted in four albums—this one, Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet, Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet and Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet. These four albums are considered to be among the best performances in the whole hard bop subgenre. The album was remastered by Rudy Van Gelder in 2005 for Prestige Records. This album includes dialogue snippets taken from the original master reel. As the title suggests, it also emphasizes Miles Davis' concentrated medium-register ballad playing.
| Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet | ||||
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| Released | March 1958 | |||
| Recorded | May 11 and October 26, 1956 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder (Hackensack) | |||
| Genre | Jazz, hard bop | |||
| Length | 36:13 | |||
| Label | Prestige PRLP 7129 | |||
| Producer | Bob Weinstock | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  |
| Tom Hull | A |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
Track listing
Prestige – LP 7129:
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording session | Length |
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| 1. | "If I Were a Bell" | Frank Loesser | October 26, 1956 | 8:15 |
| 2. | "You're My Everything" | Harry Warren | October 26, 1956 | 5:18 |
| 3. | "I Could Write a Book" | Richard Rodgers | October 26, 1956 | 5:09 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording session | Length |
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| 1. | "Oleo" | Sonny Rollins | October 26, 1956 | 6:18 |
| 2. | "It Could Happen to You" | Jimmy Van Heusen | May 11, 1956 | 6:37 |
| 3. | "Woody 'n' You" | Dizzy Gillespie | May 11, 1956 | 5:02 |
| Total length: | 36:13 | |||
Personnel
References
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