Name: Boppin’ The Blues
Brand: Miles Davis

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

11433

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2019-11-01

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Signed copies: No

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8436559467223

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Miles Davis

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Jazz

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Essential Jazz Classics

Essential Jazz Classics is a Spanish label that specializes in reissuing classic jazz albums. With a focus on preserving and reintroducing timeless jazz recordings, this label has become an authority in the industry. Their extensive catalog includes albums from legendary artists such as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Billie Holiday. As a label operating within the public domain in Europe, Essential Jazz Classics ensures accessibility to these iconic recordings. While there is no specification about the sources used for their masters, rest assured that each release is carefully curated to provide an exceptional listening experience.

Trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and one of the most important figures in jazz music history. Miles Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in his five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major stylistic developments in jazz. Born on May 26, 1926 in Alton, Illinois, USA and passed away on September 28, 1991 in Santa Monica, California at the age of 65. He is best known for his seminal modern jazz album "Kind of Blue" (1959), which remains the highest selling jazz album of all time with six million copies sold.Miles Davis studied at an academic school for musicians in NYC where he met Charlie Parker and they started playing together from 1945. In 1948, Miles Davis formed his own ensembles and collaborated with Gil Evans to create The Miles Davis Nonet. Their recordings from 1949 to 1950 resulted in the album "Birth of the Cool" (1957) and laid the foundation for their future collaborations.A pioneer of 'Hard Bop' in the mid-1950s, Miles Davis constantly pushed boundaries throughout his career. In the late 1960s, he ventured into experimenting with electronic instruments and incorporating rock and funk rhythms into his music. Despite health problems leading to a hiatus from playing in the mid-1970s, he made a comeback with an 'electronical' sound in 1980.

Limited edition 6-panel digipak with booklet, 2 LPs on 1 CD. The 1946 session presented here in its entirety showcases the great Miles Davis early in his career. By that time he had already recorded a few sessions with Charlie Parker and was alternatively working with the orchestras of Benny Carter and Billy Eckstine.

The group pairs him with tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons and drummer Art Blakey (both of which were members of the Eckstine band in those days), and Charlie Parker’s later bassist Tommy Potter. Along with being Miles’ only small group date with Ammons, the session represents one of his very few vocal accompaniments, backing singers Earl Coleman (who also recorded with Bird) and Ann Baker (aka Ann Hathaway, she was Eckstine’s female vocalist). The complete LP Dig (Prestige LP-7012), featuring Miles with Sonny Rollins, Jackie McLean, and again Tommy Potter and Art Blakey, has been added here as abonus.

Personnel: Miles Davis - trumpet; Gene Ammons - tenor sax; Connie Wainwright- guitar; Linton Garner- piano; Tommy Potter- bass; Art Blakey- drums; Earl Coleman &amp; Ann Baker- vocals. Hollywood session, October 1946

Bonus album Dig: Miles Davis - trumpet; Sonny Rollins - tenor sax; Jackie McLean- alto sax; Walter Bishop Jr.- piano; Tommy Potter- bass; Art Blakey-drums. Pretsige session, New York 1951.

Boppin’ The Blues

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