Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet is an album by the Miles Davis quintet recorded in 1956 and released circa January 1960. Two sessions on May 11, 1956, and October 26 in the same year resulted in four albums—this one, Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet, Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet and Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet.
| Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet | ||||
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| Released | ca. January 1960 | |||
| Recorded | May 11 and October 26, 1956 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder (Hackensack) | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 41:59 | |||
| Label | Prestige PRLP 7166 | |||
| Producer | Bob Weinstock | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz | favorable |
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| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| Tom Hull | A− |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
Track 2 is a composition written for Davis by Eddie Vinson (see Blue Haze for more details). "Trane's Blues" (also known as "Vierd Blues", a tongue-in-cheek reference to Blue Note founder Francis Wolff's heavily accented verdict on it), also credited to Davis, is in fact a John Coltrane composition (originally titled "John Paul Jones", and from an earlier session led by bassist Paul Chambers; before the closing statement of theme, Coltrane and Davis play a bit of Charlie Parker's "The Hymn").