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Blue Moods

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Released
  
1955 (1955)

Length
  
26:50

Artist
  
Label
  
Recorded
  
July 9, 1955

Blue Moods(1955)
  
Dig(1956)

Release date
  
1955

Genre
  
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Similar
  
Miles Davis albums, Jazz albums

Miles davis blue mood 1955 full album


Blue Moods is a 1955 album by Miles Davis, released on Charles Mingus' Debut Records label. It brings Davis together with Mingus on bass, trombonist Britt Woodman, vibraphonist Teddy Charles, and drummer Elvin Jones. The arrangement of "Alone Together" is by Mingus, while the other tracks were arranged by Charles.

Contents

According to the original sleeve notes, the relatively short playing time of the album was because "the recording was cut at 160 lines per inch (instead of the usual 210 to 260 lines per inch) making the grooves wider and deeper and allowing for more area between the grooves for bass frequencies ... and was deemed necessary to reproduce the extended bass range and give the listener more quality to that of high fidelity tape recording." It was reissued onto CD pairing up with Collectors' Items.

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Critical reception

The Allmusic review by Alex Henderson stated "Blue Moods is an excellent example of cool jazz. However, not all of the musicians who join Davis on this album were full-time members of jazz's cool school... But even so, Blue Moods offers considerable rewards to those who have a taste for '50s cool jazz".

Personnel

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • Britt Woodmantrombone
  • Charles Mingus – bass
  • Teddy Charles – vibes
  • Elvin Jones – drums
  • Songs

    1Nature Boy6:19
    2Alone Together7:22
    3There's No You8:11

    References

    Blue Moods Wikipedia


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