Miles Davis & Milt Jackson: Complete Recordings 1954 - 1956 auf 2 CDs

This 2CD set collates Miles Davis and Milt Jackson’s complete recorded collaborations both live and in the studio. These two seminal figures in the development of modern jazz only recorded together on a few occasions (between 1954 and 1956) - but predictably, the results more than lived up to expectations.

Also featuring an all-star cast of musicians : Thelonious Monk, Jackie McLean, Lester Young, Ray Bryant, John Lewis, Percy Heath & Kenny Clarke.

As a bonus, two further examples of Miles’ sparse small group recordings with vibraphonists: the complete album “Blue Moods” (1955) with Teddy Charles, Charles Mingus & Elvin Jones (which received a 5 star rating in Down Beat) and an ultra rare 1952 Birdland broadcast with Don Elliott - appearing here on CD for the first time ever.

Includes 16-page booklet.

Personnel:
CD 1, tracks 1-6:
Miles Davis (tp), Milt Jackson (vib), Thelonious Monk (p), Percy Heath (b) and Kenny Clarke (d). Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, on December 24, 1954.

CD 1, tracks 7-8 and CD 2 tracks 1-2:
Miles Davis (tp), Milt Jackson (vib), Jackie McLean (as on 'Dr. Jekyll' and 'Minor March' only), Ray Bryant (p), Percy Heath (b) and Art Taylor (d). Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, on August 5, 1955.

CD 2, tracks 3-4:
Miles Davis (tp), Milt Jackson (vib), Lester Young (ts), John Lewis (p), Percy Heath (b) AND Connie Kay (d). Recorded at Stadthalle, Freiburg, Germany, on November 12, 1956.

CD 2, tracks 5-8:
Miles Davis (tp), Teddy Charles (vib), Britt Woodman (tb), Charles Mingus (b) and Elvin Jones (d). Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, on July 9, 1955.

CD 2, tracks 9-11:
Miles Davis (tp), Don Elliott (vib), Beryl Booker (p), Chuck Wayne (g), Clyde Lombardi (b) and Connie Kay (d). Recorded live at Birdland, New York, on April 25, 1952.