Bags' Groove

Bags Groove
Studio album by Miles Davis
Released	1957
Recorded	June 29 & December 24, 1954 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre	Jazz
Length	46:11
Label	Prestige PRLP 7109
Producer	Bob Weinstock
Miles Davis chronology
Collectors' Items (1956) Bags' Groove (1957) Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (1958)

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Bags Groove is a jazz album by Miles Davis, recorded in 1954 for Prestige Records but not released until 1957. Both takes of the title track come from a session on December 24, 1954 ("Bags" was vibraphonist Milt Jackson's nickname). The rest of the album was recorded earlier in the year, on June 29. The other tracks recorded during the December 24 session may be found on Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants. All of them are also featured on the compilation album Thelonious Monk: The Complete Prestige Recordings.

The title composition and the three compositions written by the young Sonny Rollins went on to become jazz standards. On "Oleo", Davis used the Harmon mute to obtain a peculiar sound: it was the first time it was used on a studio recording and it would become an important feature of his playing.

Track listing

1. "Bags' Groove" (Milt Jackson) [Take 1] – 11:16
2. "Bags' Groove" (Milt Jackson) [Take 2] – 9:24
3. "Airegin" (Sonny Rollins) – 5:01
4. "Oleo" (Sonny Rollins) – 5:14
5. "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) [Take 2] – 5:45
6. "Doxy" (Sonny Rollins) – 4:55
7. "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) [Take 1] – 4:36

Performers

• Miles Davis – trumpet
• Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
• Horace Silver – piano
• Percy Heath – bass
• Kenny Clarke – drums

On "Bags' Groove":

• Miles Davis – trumpet
• Milt Jackson – vibraphone
• Thelonious Monk – piano
• Percy Heath – double bass
• Kenny Clarke – drums

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