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	Miles Davis & Sonny Rollins: The Classic Prestige Sessions 1951-1956 (CD: Prestige, 2 CDs) In the early 1950s Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins developed a friendship and working relationship that produced some of the best and most important jazz of that decade, and were then propelled, each in his separate orbit, to musical triumphs into the Sixties and beyond. The two CD set includes new liner notes of memories and reflections from Ira Gitler. (Concord Music Group) Price: £16.99


Miles Davis: Dig (CD: Prestige- US Import) Price: £15.49


	Miles Davis: The Musings Of Miles (CD: Prestige RVG) Price: £9.99


Miles Davis Quintet: Miles (CD: Prestige- US Import) Price: £15.49


	Miles Davis Quintet: Miles (Vinyl LP: Prestige/ Craft Recordings) The album is the debut record by the Miles Davis Quintet, and generally known by the original title Miles as indicated on the cover. It features the same personnel that played on the classic 1956 sessions, consisting of Davis, John Coltrane, Red Garland and Philly Joe Jones. Reissued on vinyl by Craft Recordings, released as part of the Craft Jazz Essentials series. (Universal Music) Price: £29.99


Miles Davis and Horns (CD: Prestige- US Import) Price: £15.49


	Miles Davis: Blue Moods (CD: Debut- US Import) Price: £15.49


Miles Davis All Stars: Walkin' (Vinyl LP: Prestige/ Craft Recordings) More than sixty years old, Walkin' still remains a crucial staging post in the history of jazz. Originally recorded in 1954 and initially issued on a couple of 10 albums, it features a mix of quintet and sextet material, recorded during his spell with Prestige Records and produced by Bob Weinstock. The various tracks were gathered together, along with a previously unreleased track, and issued as a 12 album in 1957. The end result is an important album in the development of bop music, a genre Miles Davis practically owned. (Universal Music) Price: £29.99


	Miles Davis: Bags' Groove (Vinyl LP: Prestige/ Craft Recordings) Bags' Groove was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder and originally released by Prestige Records. It compiles material from two 10" LPs recorded in 1954, plus two alternative takes. It is described in Allmusic as "…a cornerstone of the post-bop genre." It features Thelonious Monk on the two takes of the title track, Sonny Rollins on tenor saxophone, Kenny Clarke on drums, Milt Jackson on vibraphone, Percy Heath on bass, and Horace Silver on piano in "Airegin" and "But Not For Me (Take 1)." Reissued on vinyl by Craft Recordings, released as part of the Craft Jazz Essentials series. (Universal Music) Price: £29.99


Miles Davis: And The Modern Jazz Giants (CD: Prestige- US Import) 'God Bless Thomas Edison' said pianist Dick Katz once in praise of recording unrepeatable events like this. Half of Bags Groove and most of this album consist of the unforgettable Christmas Eve session from 1954, one shrouded in mystery and controversy. Rumours abound about Miles' distraction by Monk's accompaniments, the latter disgruntled by being told to lay out during the trumpeter's solos and a subsequent punch up. However, the two takes of The Man I Love, the first one preceded by some interesting verbal exchanges, and the second containing Monk's failed attempt to spread the melody over more bars than was possible, is priceless. Price: £14.99


	Miles Davis: Blue Haze (CD: Prestige- US Import) Like a number of Prestige albums from the early fifties, 'Blue Haze' is assembled from music recorded at different sessions, these dating from 1953-4. The blues of the title track was taped, under Miles' instruction, with the studio lights turned off, the 'haze' illuminated only by the control booth's dim lighting. Horace Silver (Davis' new discovery on piano), Percy Heath and Art Blakey are in fine form and the album is also notable for the first appearance of the tune 'Four'. 'I'll Remember April' is from a spring '54 date (mostly covered on the album 'Walkin') and adds the enigmatic alto of Parker imitator Davey Schildkraut. Rumoured to have been an unwelcome addition to the group, his fragmented, bird-like solo, accompanied by Kenny Clarke's impeccable brush work, is (for this listener) a highlight of a very enjoyable record from a year of inspired Miles waxings for the label. Price: £15.49


Miles Davis with Milt Jackson: Quintet/ Sextet (CD: Prestige- US Import) Recorded in the summer of 1955, this session was a half-year after the famed meeting of Davis and Jackson with Thelonious Monk on Christmas Eve 1954. The special chemistry of Miles and Milt is further enhanced on the two numbers written by Jackie McLean where the composer's alto saxophone makes the group a sextet. McLean is yet another of the young talents fostered by Davis. Ray Bryant, in his introduction to a wider jazz audience, is also represented by one tune. The second number is Thad Jones. (Fantasy, Inc.) Price: £15.49


	Miles Davis Quintet: The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions (CD: Prestige, 4 CDs) This package includes the quintet's complete Prestige Records output, recorded between 1956 and 1961: the albums Miles, Cookin', Relaxin', Workin', Steamin and the classic track "Round Midnight," which appears on Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants. Joined by John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones on 32 classic tunes like "Stablemates," "There Is No Greater Love," "In Your Own Sweet Way," "Trane's Blues," "Ahmad's Blues," "Surrey with the Fringe on Top," "Well You Needn't," "Half Nelson," "I Could Write a Book," "Oleo," "My Funny Valentine," and more. The fourth disc consists of eight additional audio recordings from various TV and radio appearances, including several bonus tracks not among the 32 studio recordings: "Max Is Making Wax" (Tonight Starring Steve Allen), "Walkin'" (live at the Blue Note), "Bye Bye Blackbird" (live at the Café Bohemia) and "Two Bass Hit" (live at the Café Bohemia). Also includes a 52-page booklet with notes by jazz historian Bob Blumenthal. Price: £47.99


Miles Davis Quintet: Cookin' With..(CD: Prestige RVG) "Cookin'," "Steamin'," "Workin'," and "Relaxin'," are terms used to describe "in-the-groove" jazz blowing and the titles of albums made by trumpeter Miles Davis in the 1950s. In 1955, Davis formed his great quintet, with John Coltrane (tenor sax), Red Garland (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), and Philly Joe Jones (drums.) "Cookin" and "Relaxin' " (both 1956) feature boppish originals and jazz "ballad" standards, and demonstrate a group cohesion and interaction probably unsurpassed since Louis Armstrong's 1920s Hot Five recordings. Jazz writer Ralph Gleason once wrote of the quintet's "intuitive creative dynamic"---jazz of a special and classic kind here, the interaction of Davis and Coltrane, and the working of a superlative rhythm section. For some of us out there, early Miles gives the most smiles. (Andrew Clark, Editor, Riffs & Choruses: A New Jazz Anthology. Continuum Publishing.) Price: £9.99


	Miles Davis Quintet: Relaxin' With..(CD: Prestige RVG) The second to be issued in the classic series of Davis quintet LPs in the mid-1950s, this is yet another helping of that quintessential group's output from one day's marathon recording session. It demonstrates Miles's mastery with a mute (he only plays open on Dizzy Gillespie's "Woody'n You"); the emerging talent of the young John Coltrane; and the subtlety and strength of the rhythm section, headed by pianist Red Garland. (Fantasy, Inc.) Price: £9.99


Miles Davis Quintet: Steamin' With (CD: Prestige RVG) Price: £9.99


	Miles Davis Quintet: Steamin' With (Vinyl LP: Prestige/ Craft Recordings) Featuring an all-star personnel of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones, Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet is one of the four albums that came out of the two legendary 1956 sessions of the quintet. Features compositions by Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Richard Rodgers and more. (Universal Music) Price: £29.99


Miles Davis Quintet: Workin' With..(CD: Prestige RVG) Price: £9.99