Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet is an album recorded in 1956 by the Miles Davis Quintet in Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, and released in July 1957. As the musicians had to pay for the studio time (a result of a rather modest contract with Prestige), their recordings are practically live. Two sessions on 11 May and 26 October 1956 resulted in four albums — this one, Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet, Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet and Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet.
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| Released | July 1957 | |||
| Recorded | October 26, 1956 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 34:02 | |||
| Label | Prestige PRLP 7094 | |||
| Producer | Bob Weinstock | |||
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It was the first of the four LPs to be released. In response to the album title, Davis said, "After all, that's what we did—came in and cooked."
The album was originally released in the US in 1957 and it was remastered for CD by Van Gelder in 2006 for Prestige Records.
Reid Miles designed the album's cover and Phil Hays provided the illustration.