Name: Walkin'
Brand: Miles Davis

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Bonus disc: No

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DOL724H

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Black

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2024-03-29

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Lasgo

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Standard:20

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0889397557249

Total Cap

Black LP

90277

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Artist

Miles Davis

Genre GB

Jazz

Label GB

Doxy

Doxy is a Russian bootleg label that specializes in vinyl reissues. They have also launched the Dig-A-Log Series, which focuses on album reissues on vinyl and includes a bonus CD of the album. In addition, they have introduced a new line called ACV, using clear-native co-polymer for their vinyl process to reduce electrical distortion on records. Doxy's catalog includes CDs and boxsets.

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.

This bop-era classic finds trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-91) leading two groups from two sessions in April 1954: a superb sextet and a compelling quintet. Both groups center on a blue-chip rhythm section consisting of pianist Horace Silver, bassist Percy Heath and drummer Kenny Clarke. But despite the rock solid foundation and substantial decoration these three provide, Walkin' is all about the horn players. Trombonist J.J. Johnson and tenor saxophonist Lucky Thompson (returning to music after the first of one of his absences) help Davis helm the sextet for Richard Carpenter's title song - a 12-bar blues that turned into a genuine jazz standard after its first reading here - and Dizzy Gillespie's "Blue 'N' Boogie." The quintet, featuring the Bird-like alto of the little known Dave Schildkraut, takes leave of the blues for some of Davis's craftiest playing — interestingly, hereafter, with his trumpet muted. Starting with "Solar," the group seems to be able to handle whatever trick Davis plays any quirk he pursues. This is most apparent on the lovely, but rather spiky version of "You Don't Know What Love Is" and the set's closer, the surprisingly sprite "Love Me Or Leave Me." Throughout, Davis sounds grand: comfortable, authoritative and well within his gamely element. His partners seem well teamed with him too, ready to walk - or run - to Davis's beat. Walkin ' offers at least two jazz essentials ("Walkin'," "Solar") and it serves as an excellent place to begin — or continue — appreciating the trumpeter's bop significance, shortly before he contributed greatly elsewhere.

CD - The complete ‘Walkin’ LP + 9 bonus tracks. Collector’s digipak series with comprehensive booklet. Walkin’ (Prestige PRLP-7076) is a key album in Miles Davis’ discography. It contains the product of two rather different 1954 sessions. The current release compiles both of these sessions in their entireties.

Personnel: Miles Daivis- trumpet; J.J. Johnson- trombone; Lucky Thompson- tenor sax; Dave Schildkraut - alto sax; Horace Silver - piano; Percy Heath - bass; Kenny Clarke- drums. Recorded New Jersey 1954.

Tracks: Walkin’ / Blue ‘n’ Boogie / Solar / You Don’t Know What Loves Id /Love Me Or Leave Me / I’ll Remember April / Dear Old Stockholm / Chance It / Yesterdays / Donna / Woody’n You / How Deep Is The Ocean / Chance It (Alt Take) / Donna (Alt Take) / Woody’n You (alt Take)

Walkin'

Music GB

Discover Walkin' by Miles Davis on Doxy label. Classic bop-era album available in LP and CD formats with bonus tracks. Essential jazz collection.