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{{Infobox album
{{ Album infobox | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Relaxin'
| name = Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
| Type = [[Album (music)|Album]]
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Miles Davis]]
| artist = [[Miles Davis]]
| Cover = Miles_Davis_relaxin.png
| cover = Miles_Davis_relaxin.png
| Background = orange
| alt =
| released = {{startdate|1958|3}}<ref name=CoRef/><ref name=CbMar58/>
| Released = 1956
| Recorded = [[October 26]] [[1956]] and [[11 May]] [[1956]]
| recorded = May 11 and October 26, 1956
| Genre = [[Jazz]]
| venue =
| studio = [[Van Gelder Studio|Van Gelder]] ([[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]])
| Length = 33:15
| Label = [[Prestige Records]]
| genre = [[Jazz]], [[hard bop]]
| Producer = ?
| length = 36:13
| label = [[Prestige Records|Prestige]]<br /> {{small|PRLP 7129}}
| Reviews = <nowiki></nowiki>
| producer = [[Bob Weinstock]]
| Last album =
| prev_title = [[Bags' Groove]]
| This album = ''Relaxin''' <br /> (1956)
| Next album = <br />
| prev_year = 1957
| next_title = [[Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (soundtrack)|Ascenseur pour l'échafaud]]
| next_year = 1958
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
'''''Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet''''' is an album recorded in [[1956]] by [[Miles Davis]]. Two sessions on the 11th of May 1956 and the 26th of 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]]''.
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite news|title=Miles Davis – Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/relaxin-with-the-miles-davis-quintet-mw0000188060|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=October 28, 2016}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]''
|rev4score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref name=Penguin>{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=342}}</ref>
|rev3 = [[Tom Hull (critic)|Tom Hull]]
|rev3Score = A<ref>{{cite web|last=Hull|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Hull (critic)|date=n.d.|url=http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/nm/jazz-40s.html|title=Jazz (1940s-50s)|website=tomhull.com|access-date=March 3, 2020}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev5score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |pages=179, 181}}</ref>
}}
'''''Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet''''' is an album by the [[Miles Davis Quintet#First Great Quintet/Sextet (1955–58)|Miles Davis Quintet]] which was released in March 1958 through [[Prestige Records]].<ref name=CoRef>{{Cite book |last=DeVito |first=Chris |title=The John Coltrane Reference |last2=Fujioka |first2=Yasuhiro |last3=Schmaler |first3=Wolf |last4=Wild |first4=David |date=2013 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |url=https://www.routledge.com/The-John-Coltrane-Reference/Porter-DeVito-Wild-Fujioka-Schmaler/p/book/9780415634632 |access-date=2 January 2020 |isbn=9780415634632 |editor-last=Porter |editor-first=Lewis |editor-link=Lewis Porter |location=New York/Abingdon |page=446}}</ref><ref name=CbMar58>{{cite news |title=Prestige's March Release|editor-last=Parnes|editor-first=Sid|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/50s/1958/CB-1958-03-15-OCR-Page-0033.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028083907/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/50s/1958/CB-1958-03-15-OCR-Page-0033.pdf|archive-date=Oct 28, 2021|url-status=live|page=33|work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|The Cash Box]] |publisher=The Cash Box Publishing Co.|location=New York |date=March 15, 1958}}</ref> It was recorded at two sessions on May 11 and October 26, 1956 that produced 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.<ref name="allmusic" /> 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.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
Prestige – LP 7129:
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
|extra_column= Recording session
|title1 = [[If I Were a Bell]]
⚫
|writer1 = [[Frank Loesser]]
|extra1 = October 26, 1956
|length1 = 8:15
|title2 = [[You're My Everything (1931 song)|You're My Everything]]
|writer2 = [[Harry Warren]]
|extra2 = October 26, 1956
|length2 = 5:18
|title3 = [[I Could Write a Book]]
|writer3 = [[Richard Rodgers]]
|extra3 = October 26, 1956
|length3 = 5:09
}}


{{Track listing
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#"[[If I Were a Bell]]" ([[Frank Loesser]])
| headline = Side two
#"You're My Everything" (M. Dixon-J. Young-H. Warren)
| extra_column= Recording session
#"I Could Write a Book" ([[Rodgers and Hart|R. Rodgers-L. Hart]])
| total_length = 36:13
⚫
#"Oleo" ([[Sonny Rollins]])
|title1 = [[Oleo (song)|Oleo]]
#"It Could Happen to You" (J. Burke-J. Van Heusen)
⚫
|writer1 = [[Sonny Rollins]]
⚫
#"Woody 'n' You" ([[Dizzy Gillespie]])
|extra1 = October 26, 1956
|length1 = 6:18
|title2 = [[It Could Happen to You (song)|It Could Happen to You]]
|writer2 = [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
|extra2 = May 11, 1956
|length2 = 6:37
|title3 = [[Woody 'n' You]]
⚫
|writer3 = [[Dizzy Gillespie]]
|extra3 = May 11, 1956
|length3 = 5:02
}}


==Personnel==
The first four tracks are from the October session, the other two from May.
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*[[Miles Davis]] – [[trumpet]]
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*[[John Coltrane]] – [[tenor saxophone]]
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*[[Red Garland]] – [[piano]]
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*[[Paul Chambers]] – [[Bass guitar|bass]]
⚫
*[[Philly Joe Jones]] – [[Drum kit|drums]]


==Perfomers==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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*[[Miles Davis]] - [[Trumpet]]
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*[[John Coltrane]] - Tenor [[saxophone]]
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*[[Philly Joe Jones]] - [[Drums]]
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*[[Red Garland]] - [[Piano]]
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*[[Paul Chambers]] - [[Bass guitar|Bass]]


{{Miles Davis}}
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[[Category:1956 albums]]
{{John Coltrane}}
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[[Category:Miles Davis albums]]


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[[Category:1958 albums]]
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[[Category:Miles Davis albums]]
[[Category:Prestige Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Bob Weinstock]]
[[Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio]]
[[Category:Albums recorded in a home studio]]


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Latest revision as of 05:59, 21 May 2024

Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
Studio album by
Miles Davis
ReleasedMarch 1958 (1958-03)[1][2]
RecordedMay 11 and October 26, 1956
StudioVan Gelder (Hackensack)
GenreJazz, hard bop
Length36:13
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7129
ProducerBob Weinstock
Miles Davis chronology
Bags' Groove
(1957) 		Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
(1958) 		Ascenseur pour l'échafaud
(1958)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Tom HullA[6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]

Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet is an album by the Miles Davis Quintet which was released in March 1958 through Prestige Records.[1][2] It was recorded at two sessions on May 11 and October 26, 1956 that produced 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.[3] 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.

Track listing

[edit]

Prestige – LP 7129:

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording sessionLength
1."If I Were a Bell"Frank LoesserOctober 26, 19568:15
2."You're My Everything"Harry WarrenOctober 26, 19565:18
3."I Could Write a Book"Richard RodgersOctober 26, 19565:09
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording sessionLength
1."Oleo"Sonny RollinsOctober 26, 19566:18
2."It Could Happen to You"Jimmy Van HeusenMay 11, 19566:37
3."Woody 'n' You"Dizzy GillespieMay 11, 19565:02
Total length:36:13

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b DeVito, Chris; Fujioka, Yasuhiro; Schmaler, Wolf; Wild, David (2013). Porter, Lewis (ed.). The John Coltrane Reference. New York/Abingdon: Routledge. p. 446. ISBN 9780415634632. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b Parnes, Sid, ed. (March 15, 1958). "Prestige's March Release" (PDF). The Cash Box. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. p. 33. Archived (PDF) from the original on Oct 28, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Miles Davis – Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet". AllMusic. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 342. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ^ Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Jazz (1940s-50s)". tomhull.com. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  7. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 179, 181.
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