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'''''Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet''''' is a studio album by the [[Miles Davis]] [[quintet|Miles_Davis_Quintet#First_Great_Quintet/Sextet_(1955–58)]] recorded in 1956 and released in March 1958.<ref name=ColtraneReference>{{cite book |editor-last1=Porter |editor-first1=Lewis |title=The John Coltrane Reference |date=2013 |editor-link=Lewis Porter |publisher=Routledge |location=New York/Abingdon |isbn=1135112576 |page=446}}</ref><ref name="CashBoxMar58">{{cite news |title=Prestige's March Release |url=https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/50s/1958/CB-1958-03-15-OCR-Page-0033.pdf |accessdate=22 October 2019 |work=The Cash Box |publisher=The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY |date=15 March 1958}}</ref> 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.<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. It also emphasizes Miles Davis' concentrated medium-register ballad playing.
'''''Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet''''' is a studio album by the [[Miles Davis]] [[Miles_Davis_Quintet#First_Great_Quintet/Sextet_(1955–58)|quintet]] recorded in 1956 and released in March 1958.<ref name=ColtraneReference>{{cite book |editor-last1=Porter |editor-first1=Lewis |title=The John Coltrane Reference |date=2013 |editor-link=Lewis Porter |publisher=Routledge |location=New York/Abingdon |isbn=1135112576 |page=446}}</ref><ref name="CashBoxMar58">{{cite news |title=Prestige's March Release |url=https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/50s/1958/CB-1958-03-15-OCR-Page-0033.pdf |accessdate=22 October 2019 |work=The Cash Box |publisher=The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY |date=15 March 1958}}</ref> 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.<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. It also emphasizes Miles Davis' concentrated medium-register ballad playing.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==

Revision as of 19:49, 22 October 2019

Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
Studio album by
Miles Davis
ReleasedMarch 1958[1][2]
RecordedMay 11 and October 26, 1956
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreJazz, hard bop
Length36:13
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7129
ProducerBob Weinstock
Miles Davis chronology
Bags' Groove
(1957) 		Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
(1958) 		Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants
(1959)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet is a studio album by the Miles Davis quintet recorded in 1956 and released in March 1958.[1][2] 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.[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. It also emphasizes Miles Davis' concentrated medium-register ballad playing.

Track listing

Prestige – LP 7129:[4]

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

References

  1. ^ a b Porter, Lewis, ed. (2013). The John Coltrane Reference. New York/Abingdon: Routledge. p. 446. ISBN 1135112576.
  2. ^ a b "Prestige's March Release" (PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. 15 March 1958. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Miles Davis – Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet". AllMusic. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  4. ^ "Miles Davis – Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet". Discogs. Retrieved October 28, 2016.


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