Davis, Miles | Miles 55 | 2CD
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.
55 (The Prestige Recordings) is a two CD compilation of 16 tracks recorded by Miles Davis in 1955 at Van Gelder Studio, issued on the Prestige label in 2025. The recordings feature John Coltrane, Red Garland, Ray Bryant, Oscar Pettiford, Milt Jackson, Paul Chambers, Percy Heath, Art Taylor, Philly Joe Jones and Jackie McLean alongside Davis. The set includes new liner notes by Ashley Khan and session notes by Dan Morgenstern.
Track List
Disc 1
- I Didn't
- Will You Still Be Mine?
- Green Haze
- I See Your Face Before Me
- A Night in Tunisia
- A Gal in Calico
- Dr. Jackle
- Bitty Ditty
Disc 2
- Minor March
- Changes
- Stablemates
- How Am I to Know?
- Just Squeeze Me
- There Is No Greater Love
- The Theme
- S'posin'