Miles & Monk at Newport

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Miles & Monk at Newport was a combined album of a Miles Davis appearance at Newport with an appearance of Thelonious Monk, from the LP era.

Both sides represented live appearances at the Newport Jazz Festival.

On the first side of the LP was a series of high tempo performances of bebop tunes and other staples of the Davis live repertoire from 1958. The performance was contemporaneous with Davis' Milestones album. Aside from the 1973 release Jazz at the Plaza (also a 1958 concert) during the LP era, this was the only legitimate (non-bootleg) recording of a live Davis combo performance earlier than the Blackhawk recordings. As such, this performance and Jazz at the Plaza were the only legitimate live recordings representing the Kind of Blue sextet. Compositions (in original LP configuration):

Ah-Leu-Cha
Straight, No Chaser
Fran-Dance
Two Bass Hit

On the second side were a few numbers by Thelonious Monk's combo, from a 1963 Newport appearance.. It reatured the idiosyncratic appearance by clarinetist Pee Wee Russell. Compositions:

Nutty
Blue Monk

[edit] Personnel

Side One Personnel:

Side Two personnel:

Pee Wee Russell (cl)
Charlie Rouse (ts)
Thelonious Monk (p)
Butch Warren (b)
Frankie Dunlop (d)

[edit] Discographical notes

Original mono and stereo catalog numbers for the album: (Columbia CL 2178, CS 8978).

In the 2000's the album was released with the Davis Newport performances expanded and the Monk portion released separately on the 2CD Monk compilation Live at Newport 1963-65.