The Classic Prestige Sessions 1951-1956 Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins

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  • Release Date: 08/04/2009
  • 2 Disc Set
  • Sales Rank: 13,947
  • Label: PRESTIGE
  • UPC: 888072314610
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The Classic Prestige Sessions 1951-1956

Disc 1
1LISTENMorpheus 2:22
2LISTENDown 2:53
3LISTENBlue Room Take 1 2:52
4LISTENBlue Room Take 2 3:01
5LISTENWhispering 3:04
6LISTENI Know 2:34
7LISTENConception 4:05
8LISTENOut of the Blue 6:19
9LISTENDenial 5:42
10LISTENBluing 9:56
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Disc 2
1LISTENCompulsion 5:47
2LISTENThe Serpent's Tooth Take 1 7:02
3LISTENThe Serpent's Tooth Take 2 6:18
4LISTEN'Round Midnight 7:07
5LISTENAiregin 5:01
6LISTENOleo 5:15
7LISTENBut Not for Me Take 1 4:39
8LISTENBut Not for Me Take 2 5:46
9LISTENDoxy 4:56
10LISTENIn Your Own Sweet Way 4:37
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The Classic Prestige Sessions 1951-1956 collects all of the sides recorded by trumpeter Miles Davis and tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins for Prestige during their time together as young players in New York City. Both musicians were just past their formative years during this period, having broken free from the heavy sway of their bop elders -- especially alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, who appears here in several classic cuts originally released on Collector's Items. Both Davis and Rollins were expanding the bop mold and beginning to discover their own sound. Davis had already made his mark with the innovative West Coast jazz masterpiece Birth of the Cool and was further developing his romantic and cerebral minimalism. Similarly, Rollins was quickly becoming the heir to Parker's throne as the most searching and muscular saxophonist on the scene. The dichotomy of their sounds made Davis and Rollins a perfect rub as jazz partners and these recordings helped foreshadow and define such future jazz movements as hard bop, post-bop, and even free jazz. Included here are such stellar and classic tracks as "Dig," "Oleo," "Down," "The Serpent's Tooth," "Airegin," "Doxy," and "Vierd Blues." Although all of these recordings are available elsewhere on the original albums, Davis and Rollins' relationship was an incredibly fertile one and it is great to have all of it compiled together. Matt Collar, All Music Guide

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