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Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet

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Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly or August 1961[1][2]
RecordedMay 11 and October 26, 1956
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack
GenreJazz
Length40:00
LabelPrestige
ProducerBob Weinstock
Miles Davis chronology
Sketches of Spain
(1960)
Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
(1961)
Someday My Prince Will Come
(1961)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
DownBeat[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [6]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[7]

Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet is an album by the Miles Davis Quintet, released in 1961 through Prestige Records.[1][2] The recording was made at two sessions on May 11 and October 26, 1956 that produced four albums: Steamin, Relaxin' with The Miles Davis Quintet, Workin' with The Miles Davis Quintet and Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet.

Reception

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The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer praised all of the musicians except pianist Red Garland, and concluded: "This album is a must for anyone seriously interested in jazz".[4]

Track listing

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Prestige – LP 7200:[8]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording sessionLength
1."Surrey with the Fringe on Top"Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein IIMay 11, 19569:05
2."Salt Peanuts"Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny ClarkeMay 11, 19566:09
3."Something I Dreamed Last Night"Sammy Fain, Jack Yellen, Herb MagidsonMay 11, 19566:15
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording sessionLength
1."Diane"Lew Pollack, Ernö RapéeMay 11, 19567:49
2."Well, You Needn't"Thelonious MonkOctober 26, 19566:19
3."When I Fall in Love"Victor Young, Edward HeymanMay 11, 19564:23
Total length:40:00

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b Ostrow, Marty, ed. (July 22, 1961). "July Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. p. 21. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 21, 2024.
  2. ^ a b DeVito, Chris; Fujioka, Yasuhiro; Schmaler, Wolf; Wild, David (2013). Porter, Lewis (ed.). The John Coltrane Reference. New York/Abingdon: Routledge. p. 429. ISBN 9780415634632.
  3. ^ "Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet". All Music. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  4. ^ a b DeMichael, Don (September 14, 1961). "Miles Davis: Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet". DownBeat. Vol. 28, no. 19. pp. 25–26.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  6. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 342. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  7. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 58. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  8. ^ "Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet". Discogs. Retrieved October 28, 2016.