Davis Miles | Miles 54 The Prestige | 1LP

Miles Davis was an American trumpeter, bandleader and composer, born in Alton, Illinois on 26 May 1926 and died in Santa Monica, California on 28 September 1991. His career spanned five decades and included several major developments in jazz, among them the creation of the hard bop style in the mid-1950s and, in the late 1960s, the introduction of electronic instruments and rock and funk rhythms into his music. Around 1975 he took a hiatus over health and personal problems, returning in 1980.

54 (The Prestige Recordings) is a box set of four vinyl LPs released on 22 November 2024 by Prestige. It brings together 20 tracks recorded by Miles Davis in 1954, including cuts from the albums Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis Quintet, Miles Davis All Star Sextet and Miles Davis Quartet. The collection features Sonny Rollins, Charles Mingus, Horace Silver, Art Blakey and Thelonious Monk, with new liner notes by Ashley Kahn and session notes by Dan Morgenstern. Nick Phillips is credited as compilation producer.

Track List

Side A

1. Four
2. Old Devil Moon
3. Blue Haze
4. Solar

Side B

1. You Don't Know What Love Is
2. Love Me Or Leave Me
3. I'll Remember April

Side C

1. Blue 'N' Boogie
2. Walkin'

Side D

1. Airegin
2. Oleo
3. But Not for Me (Take 1)
4. But Not for Me (Take 2)

Side E

1. Doxy
2. Bags' Groove (Take 1)

Side F

1. Bags' Groove (Take 2)
2. Bemsha Swing

Side G

1. Swing Spring

Side H

1. The Man I Love (Take 1)
2. The Man I Love (Take 2)