Music CD - Miles Davis: 'Round About Midnight

	Music CD: 'Round About Midnight Artist: Miles Davis List Price: $11.98 Our Price: $6.00 Your Save: $ 5.98 ( 50% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Sony
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Tracks: 1. 'Round Midnight 2. Ah-Leu-Cha 3. All Of You 4. Bye Bye Blackbird 5. Tadd's Delight 6. Dear Old Stockholm 7. Two Bass Hit 8. Little Melonae 9. Budo 10. Sweet Sue, Just You
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0696998520127 Format: Original recording remastered Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Release Date: 2001-04-17 Studio: Sony
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: MILES DAVIS' FIRST COLUMBIA RECORD Comment: 'Round About Midnight was Miles Davis' Columbia debut LP and one of his calmest recordings ever. The first song 'Round Midnight is an excellent old '50s song, recorded on 9/10/1956. The next song which was the first session Ah-Leu-Cha is excellent, recorded on 10/26/1955. All of You and Bye Bye Blackbird have really great piano. Bye Bye Blackbird is my favorite song here, it has the best piano. All the songs in this album are excellent as well as other Miles Davis. Get this with Kind of Blue and you can enjoy a relaxing late 1950s. Customer Rating: Summary: embrionic Miles Comment: This album captures the magic and lyricism of Miles and his quintet at their beginning of what for Miles will be a iconic jazz career. Even at this early stage of his development it is a serious blend of laconic sounds and melodies with an undertone of nervous energy and exploration. The track 'Round midnight' demonstrates that it was always meant for a Miles interpretation. He and his group place their own credentials on this jazz classic and in many ways expand the genius of Thelonius Monks' composition. Miles is ably supported by the other members of the group. John Coltrane applies his talents to expand on Miles' leads and successfully complements his playing. Red Garland on piano provides a counterpoint to the two brass players and rounds and finishes the broad spectrum of the music. Philly Joe Jones and Paul Chambers on drums and bass keep the performances tight and disciplined without dampening the improvisation and exploration of the melodies. A great introduction to all artists. Customer Rating: Summary: The Ma-je-st-er-y of the 1st Quintet Comment: Mastery, majesty, yeah, it's all that! The Miles Davis Quintet's recording of 'Round Midnight on this release is the GREATEST JAZZ RECORDING of ALL TIME. No Question. I normally don't like proclamations like the greatest this or the greatest that. I'm making an exception for 'Round Midnight. I'm not going to dissect these tracks one by one. However, notice I said "on this release" That's because another version of 'Round Midnight by this quintet also exists on the Prestige label. It was released on "The Modern Jazz Giants" which is a mixture of music by this quintet and other tracks from the famous "Bag's Groove" session. I own every single track available from this line-up and that should tell you something about how I feel about this group's music. I also highly recommend the The Legendary Prestige Sessions box set on the Prestige label - check my review on that one, it's a four disc set that comes exquisitely packaged and at a very reasonable price. This band was perhaps the greatest small ensemble in the history of jazz, but then that argument can also be made for the later quintet/sextet that featured Davis, Coltrane, Adderly, Cobb, and Chambers. It can also be made for the Davis, Williams, Shorter, Hancock, Carter quintet. Sometimes it just depends on what line-up I happen to be listening to at the time as to which one I think was Miles' best band. When I started collecting Miles, it was his funky electric music that really grabbed me. I even started my own band that specialized in his 70's era music. But then I picked up 'Round About Midnight' and started collecting the music of these earlier Davis quintets. I have to say, very honestly, that Miles' later music lacks the "richness" of these earlier bands. That doesn't mean I don't like the later stuff, I LOVE it. But it lacks the substance of this earlier period. Miles sure isn't/wasn't a god (some regard him as such) but when it comes to jazz, even though he hated the "J" word, well he is just awesome and incomparable! Thank you God for the music of Miles Dewey Davis! as mentioned above: The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions Miles Davis & the Modern Jazz Giants (20 Bit Mastering) Bags Groove Customer Rating: Summary: awesome quintet...legendary recording.. Comment: Miles Davis first recording with Columbia Records. Miles, trumpet, John Coltrane, tenor saxophone, Philly Joe Jones, drums, Red Garland, piano, and Paul Chambers, bass. If there was a jazz Hall of Fame(why isn't there one?) they all would be in it. From that first note of 'Round About Midnight(a Thelonius Monk composition) this album just blows you away. Add this to your jazz collection and you'll find yourself listening to it over and over. A masterpiece. If DaVinci played jazz, it would sound something like this. I put this one along with Porgy and Bess and Kind of Blue as the essential Miles. Customer Rating: Summary: jazz and why it's hot Comment: This 'Round about Midnight, is not as good as some of the jazz I've heard. It sounds like Miles just got out of a treatment center and he simply asked John Coltrane to help him up.I think jazz should be free flowing improvised and jazz man, you know. Example, John Coltrane's: Love Supreme. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: In 1955, Miles Davis signed on with jazz powerhouse Columbia Records. With alto and tenor saxophonists Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane, drummer Philly Joe Jones, bassist Paul Chambers, and pianist Red Garland, Davis released 'Round About Midnight, which evinces even more clearly what a phenomenal unit Davis was nurturing. Stylistically, Midnight encompasses standards (or soon-to-be standards) such as "Dear Old Stockholm," "Bye-Bye Blackbird," Tadd Dameron's "Tadd's Delight," and Jackie McLean's forward-thinking composition "Little Melonae." Miles and company reprise "Budo" from the historic Birth of the Cool sessions. The standout track is Davis's Harmon-muted reading of Thelonious Monk's ballad, "'Round Midnight, which is still a Miles standard bearer. Three alternate takes round out the session: "Two Bass Hit" and "Sweet Sue" feature adventuresome solos by Coltrane that preview his masterpiece "Giant Steps." And Garland moves away from his Ahmad Jamal pianisms with his introspective ivory ticklings. If you want to hear the origins of post-bop modern jazz, this is it. --Eugene Holley Jr.