Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
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Relaxin' | ||
Studio album by Miles Davis | ||
Released | 1956 | |
Recorded | October 26, 1956 and 11 May 1956 | |
Genre | Jazz | |
Length | 33:15 | |
Label | Prestige Records | |
Producer(s) | Bob Weinstock | |
Miles Davis chronology | ||
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Cookin' (1956) |
Relaxin' (1956) |
Steamin' (1956) |
Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet is an album recorded in 1956 by Miles Davis. Two sessions on 11 May 1956 and 26 October in the same year resulted in four albums - this one, Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet, Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet and Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet.
[edit] Track listing
- "If I Were A Bell" (Frank Loesser)
- "You're My Everything" (Mort Dixon – Joe Young – Harry Warren)
- "I Could Write a Book" (Richard Rodgers – Lorenz Hart)
- "Oleo" (Sonny Rollins)
- "It Could Happen to You" (Johnny Burke – Jimmy van Heusen)
- "Woody 'n' You" (Dizzy Gillespie)
The first four tracks are from the October session, the other two from May.
[edit] Performers
- Miles Davis - Trumpet
- John Coltrane - Tenor saxophone
- Philly Joe Jones - Drums
- Red Garland - Piano
- Paul Chambers - Bass