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GhostNote
03-10-2006, 07:53 AM
Hi guys. I was just wondering what are some good early milesdavis albums (dont say kind of blue or bitches brew if they're early, i have them). Any opinions welcome.

Cheers:chug:



-GN
jazzfromhell
03-10-2006, 09:38 AM
Most of the stuff with the first great quintet (Miles, Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones) is fantastic, esp. the marathon sessions (Steamin', Cookin', Walkin', etc.).
LF96
03-10-2006, 10:10 AM
I believe Birth of the Cool was his first album. It's a very good one too, although all the tracks on it are relatively short (around 5 minutes). I like Miles more in long compositions full of improvisation. Milestones is a very good album as well, it came just before Kind of Blue and has a somewhat similar style, although less chilled out. The song Straight, No Chaser on it in particular is very nice.
And that's about all I have which came before Kind of Blue (besides Cookin', but that's already been mentioned).
Rams
03-10-2006, 10:35 AM
The two Miles Davis & The Modern Jazz Giants albums are the only ones I can really think of up until he started the first quintet.
baggagebassman
03-10-2006, 08:27 PM
Anything he did for the Prestige label.
halfdeadhippo
03-11-2006, 01:54 PM
Most of the stuff with the first great quintet (Miles, Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones) is fantastic, esp. the marathon sessions (Steamin', Cookin', Walkin', etc.).
Walkin' wasn't by the first quintet. It was recorded a year before Miles formed the quintet, and had a quintet (not the famous one) on some tracks and a sextet on others. The marathon session albums are Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet, Cookin' with..., Workin' with..., and Relaxin' with...
jazzfromhell
03-11-2006, 02:07 PM
Walkin' wasn't by the first quintet. It was recorded a year before Miles formed the quintet, and had a quintet (not the famous one) on some tracks and a sextet on others. The marathon session albums are Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet, Cookin' with..., Workin' with..., and Relaxin' with...


My bad. Great album, either way.
halfdeadhippo
03-11-2006, 02:31 PM
Yeah. Anything with J.J. Johnson on trombone is cool.
Joseph India
03-11-2006, 06:21 PM
You can hear him with Parker on - Burnin' Bird - a collection of uptempo recordings from the 40s, Davis is on most of it
GhostNote
03-12-2006, 12:13 AM
sweet, guys. thanks heaps, i'll be looking into them!

cheers again


-GN
Interstate
03-12-2006, 12:59 PM
Birth Of The Cool is where it's at.
some jive turkey
03-15-2006, 03:33 AM
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yep

some essential early Miles