Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet

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Steamin'
Studio album by Miles Davis
Released	1956
Recorded	October 26, 1956 and 11 May 1956
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:55
Label	Prestige Records
Producer(s)	?
Miles Davis chronology
Relaxin' (1956)	Steamin' (1956)	Workin' (1956)

Steamin' 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, Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet, Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet and Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet.

[edit] Track listing

1. "The Surrey With the Fringe On Top" (Richard Rodgers – Oscar Hammerstein II)
2. "Salt Peanuts" (Dizzy Gillespie-Kenny Clarke)
3. "Something I Dreamed Last Night" (Jack Yellen – Sammy Fain – Herb Magidson)
4. "Diane" (Erno Rapee – Lew Pollack)
5. "Well You Needn't" (Thelonious Monk)
6. "When I Fall In Love" (Edward Heyman – Victor Young)

All tracks are from the May session, apart from Well, You Needn't, from October.

[edit] Performers

• Miles Davis - Trumpet
• John Coltrane - Tenor saxophone
• Philly Joe Jones - Drums
• Red Garland - Piano
• Paul Chambers - Bass