Someday My Prince Will Come (album)

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Someday My Prince Will Come is an album recorded in March 1961 by Miles Davis. While the cover credits the Miles Davis Sextet, only the title track features six players, with John Coltrane joining the then-current Miles Davis Quintet, which is featured on the bulk of the record: (Davis, trumpet; Hank Mobley, tenor sax; Wynton Kelly, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums). The only other track upon which Coltrane plays (as lone saxophonist) is "Teo."

This is the only Davis quintet studio session to feature Mobley; it also marked the last time Davis would record with Coltrane (a veteran of Davis's previous quintet), and with drummer Philly Joe Jones. Jones, another alumnus of Davis's band, sat in for Cobb on "Blues No. 2," a CD bonus track that wasn't issued on the original LP. (This is why Jones is missing from the personnel list on the original album cover shown here.) The title track has been used for decades by Hal Jackson as the theme music for his "Hal Jackson's Sunday Morning Classics" radio show in New York on WBLS.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Someday My Prince Will Come" (F.E. Churchill-L. Morey)
2. "Old Folks" (D.L. Hill-W. Robison)
3. "Pfrancing" (Miles Davis) [No Blues]
4. "Drad-Dog" (Miles Davis)
5. "Teo" (Miles Davis)
6. "I Thought About You" (J. Mercer-J. Van Heusen)

CD reissues include "Blues No. 2" and an alternate take of "Someday My Prince Will Come".

[edit] Performers

• Miles Davis - Trumpet
• Hank Mobley - Tenor saxophone (on all tracks except #5)
• John Coltrane - Tenor saxophone (only on tracks 1 & 5)
• Wynton Kelly - Piano
• Paul Chambers - double bass
• Philly Joe Jones - Drums (only on "Blues No.2")
• Jimmy Cobb - Drums (on all others)