Album
'Round About Midnight
1957 · Jazz
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'Round About Midnight is a Jazz album by Miles Davis, originally released in 1957. On Gatefold: 191 pressings tracked, owned by 59 collectors.
About
The year 1955 was significant for Miles Davis. His memorable performance at that year's Newport Jazz Festival heralded his return to form. He also formed his legendary first quintet,with John Coltrane (tenor), Red Garland (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), and Philly Joe Jones (drums), one of the great working bands in jazz annals. Davis's star was in ascendance, so his celebrated contract with giant Columbia, catalyzed by his Newport performance, came as no surprise, a coup for both artist and label. However, Davis had already signed to the independent Prestige label, and the quintet would record a series of five acclaimed albums for the smaller outfit. While fulfilling his obligation to Prestige, Davis and company also waxed a pair of sessions for Columbia - one in October of 1955, the other in June of '56 - the glorious results of which emerged in 1957 on <i>Round About Midnight</i>, his renowned label debut. It was Davis's smoky, muted take on Thelonious Monk's "'Round Midnight" that so delighted the Newport crowd in '55, and the stunning studio version found here is worthy of a time capsule. The luminous "Bye Bye Blackbird" displays the band's deft touch with midtempo ballads- their signature - while Charlie Parker's "Ah-Leu-Cha" returns them to burning bop territory.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1'Round Midnight
- A2Ah-Leu-Cha
- A3All Of You
Side B
- B1Bye Bye Blackbird
- B2Tadd's Delight
- B3Dear Old Stockholm
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Bebop & Hard Bop
- warm
- brooding
- smoky
It was his debut on Columbia Records, and was originally released on March 4, 1957 (CL 949). The album took its name from the Thelonious Monk song "Round Midnight".
Miles Davis, Trumpet
John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone
Red Garland, Piano
Paul Chambers, Bass
Philly Joe Jones, Drums
George Avakian, Producer
Frank Laico, Engineer
GRAMMY Hall of Fame Inductee, Feb 10, 2019
6 Track Album (some editions from 2001 onwards published with 4 Bonus-Tracks)
Recording sessions took place at Columbia Studio D on October 26 1955, and at Columbia's 30th Street Studio on June 5 and September 10 1956. 'Round About Midnight' is widely recognized by jazz critics as a landmark album in hard bop and one of the greatest jazz albums of all time. On April 17 2001, Sony reissued the album for compact disc on its Columbia/Legacy label, which featured 24-bit remastering and included bonus tracks and master takes from the initial sessions. A further two-disc reissue on June 14, 2005, was released, as part of Sony's Legacy Edition series, which featured the 2001 reissue and a second disc containing Davis' celebrated Newport Jazz Festival of 1955 performance of "'Round Midnight", along with a recording of the quintet's set from the 1956 Pacific Jazz Festival.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- "Philly" Joe JonesDRUMS PERFORMER , DRUMS
- John ColtranePERFORMER , TENOR SAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Miles DavisLEADER, TRUMPET PERFORMER , TRUMPET TRUMPET
- Paul ChambersBASS CONTRABASS DOUBLE BASS
- Red GarlandPERFORMER , PIANO PIANO
- The Miles Davis Quintet
- Connie KayDRUMS
- Davey SchildkrautALTO SAXOPHONE
- Gerry MulliganBARITONE SAXOPHONE
- Horace SilverPIANO
- J.J. JohnsonTROMBONE
- Kenny ClarkeDRUMS
- Lucky ThompsonTENOR SAXOPHONE
- Percy HeathBASS
- Thelonious MonkFEATURING FEATURING, PIANO PIANO
- Zoot SimsTENOR SAXOPHONE
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