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Length
  
33:12

Artist
  
Miles Davis

Label
  
Prestige Records

Miles Davis and Horns (1956)
  
Quintet/Sextet (1956)

Release date
  
1955

Genre
  
Jazz

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Released
  
Late March/early April 1956

Recorded
  
January 17, 1951 Apex Studios, New York City February 19, 1953 Beltone Studios, New York

Similar
  
Miles Davis albums, Jazz albums

Miles Davis and Horns (PRLP 7025) is an album by jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, released by Prestige Records in 1956.

Contents

It compiles material from different albums previously released by Prestige in the discontinued 10 inch LP format. The fifth, sixth, and eighth tracks were originally issued on the various artists album Modern Jazz Trumpets (PRLP 113), and had also been issued as 78rpm singles. Tracks 1-4 first appeared on Miles Davis Plays The Compositions Of Al Cohn (PRLP 154). Track 3 was also previously released as the b-side of the "Morpheus" single (Prestige 734). Track 7 was originally on Blue Period (PRLP 140).

The cover art was designed by MAD magazine cartoonist Don Martin, who created several album covers for Prestige before beginning his career with MAD.

12"LP track listing

PRLP7025:

Personnel

Tracks 1-4:

  • Miles Davis – Trumpet
  • Zoot Sims – Tenor Saxophone
  • Al Cohn – Tenor Saxophone
  • Sonny Truitt – Trombone
  • John Lewis – Piano
  • Leonard Gaskin – Bass
  • Kenny Clarke – Drums
  • Tracks 5-8:

  • Miles Davis – Trumpet
  • Sonny Rollins – Tenor Saxophone
  • Bennie Green – Trombone
  • John Lewis – Piano
  • Percy Heath – Bass
  • Roy Haynes – Drums
  • Songs

    1Morpheus2:22
    2Down2:52
    3Blue Room (take 2)3:00

    References

    Miles Davis and Horns Wikipedia