New Miles Davis Quintet – MILES LP

The New Miles Davis Quintet – MILES

•       Released in 1956 as the debut album by the Miles Davis Quintet, “Miles” features a combination of pop and jazz standards. Originally released on Prestige Records, the album features an all-star cast of players with John Coltrane (tenor sax), Red Garland (piano), Paul Chambers (bass) and Philly Joe Jones (drums).

•       This new edition is released as part of the newly relaunched Original Jazz Classics Series

•       All-analog mastering from the original tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio

•       Pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI

•       Single tip-on jacket with obi spine wrap.

Miles Davis, trumpet
John Coltrane, tenor sax
Red Garland, piano
Paul Chambers, bass
Philly Joe Jones, drums

Tracklist:
Side A
1. Just Squeeze Me
2. There Is No Greater Love
3. How Am I To Know?

Side B
1. S'Posin
2. The Theme
3. Stablemates

Label: Impulse
Released: 1956/2024

ARTIST OVERVIEW

The Miles Davis Quintet, or rather The First Great Quintet (1955 to 1959), consisting of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones, was one of the definitive hard bop groups along with the Brown-Roach Quintet and the Jazz Messengers. They recorded marathon sessions for Prestige Records resulting in Miles (recorded on November 16, 1955 in Rudy Van Gelder’s Hackensack, New Jersey studio) and the four albums collected onThe Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions (as well as the Columbia albums Round About Midnight and Milestones).

ORIGINAL JAZZ CLASSICS SERIES

Since its inception in 1982, Fantasy's Original Jazz Classics® (‘OJC’ series has been a tremendously successful extensive line of collectible reissues. Its premise is simple: to present memorable jazz albums-with the original covers and notes - which have been unavailable for years. The vaults of the Fantasy-affiliated labels —Fantasy, Prestige, Galaxy, Milestone, Riverside, Debut, Contemporary, Jazzland, and Pablo — hold some of the most important jazz albums ever recorded. Drawing on this vast wealth of material, Original Jazz Classics® has grown to over 850 titles. 2023 sees the continuation of this perennial jazz series on LP through the release of several of the most coveted long out-of-print albums in this vast collection.