Miles Davis - Collector's Items
ARTIST.....: Miles Davis
TITLE......: Collector's Items
LABEL......: Prestige
URL........: http://www.miles-davis.com/
RIP DATE...: Feb-22-2008
STORE DATE.: Sep-25-2007
GENRE......: Jazz
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 69,4 MB
Track Listing:
01 - the serpent's tooth's (take 1) 07:02
02 - the serpent's tooth's (take 2) 06:19
03 - 'round midnight 07:07
04 - compulsion 05:47
05 - no line 05:42
06 - vierd blues 06:55
07 - in your own sweet way 04:37
08 - conception 04:04
09 - nature boy 06:16
10 - theres no you 08:06
11 - easy living 05:05
12 - alone together 07:17
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74:17 min
Release Notes:
Review by Steve Leggett
The tracks on Collector's Items may well be what the title claims,
but they aren't exactly rarities, and all have been issued several
times, originally portioned out as the Prestige LPs called
Collectors' Items (the original featured seven of the dozen sides
found in this reissue) and Conception and as Blue Moods, issued on
the Debut Records label. The four sessions these LPs covered
spanned the years 1951 to 1956 and show a Miles Davis gradually
discovering his mature sound and tone. The first four tracks were
recorded in 1953 and feature a rare glimpse of Charlie Parker
(Davis' first boss) playing tenor saxophone rather than alto in
tandem with tenor saxist Sonny Rollins, and with Walter Bishop on
piano, Percy Heath on bass, and the steady Philly Joe Jones on
drums. The next three cuts are from a 1956 session with Rollins on
tenor sax, Tommy Flanagan on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and
Arthur Taylor on drums. Track eight, "Conception," was recorded in
1951 and pairs Rollins' tenor with Jackie McLean's alto sax and
features Bishop again on piano, Tommy Potter on bass, and a young
Art Blakey on drums. The final four tracks were cut in July of
1955 with Charles Mingus on bass, Britt Woodman on trombone, Teddy
Charles on vibes, and another young drummer of note, Elvin Jones.
Given the differing personnel and dates, it's fairly remarkable
that the resulting CD actually has the arc of coherence to it, and
features a strong version of "'Round Midnight," a sturdy,
rollicking "Compulsion," just a hint of Davis' muted, mature tone
on "Vierd Blues," and a wonderfully atmospheric and hushed "Nature
Boy," given balance and feel by Teddy Charles' wonderful work on
vibes and Davis knowing exactly what to do with that, turning out
marvelously sympathetic trumpet lines, working in that deep,
stripped down, and emotionally meditative tone that would come to
be his trademark.
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