Miles Davis Volume 1
BLP 1501[1]
Compilation album by
Miles Davis
ReleasedJanuary 1956[2]
Recorded
  • May 9, 1952 (1952-05-09)
  • April 20, 1953 (1953-04-20)
  • March 6, 1954 (1954-03-06)
StudioVan Gelder Studio
Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre
Length43:36 LP
58:18 CD reissue
LabelBlue Note
BLP 5101
ProducerAlfred Lion
Michael Cuscuna (2001)
Miles Davis chronology
Dig
(1956)		 Miles Davis Volume 1
(1956)		 Miles Davis Volume 2
(1956)
Miles Davis Volume 1
RVG Edition
Miles Davis Volume 2
Studio album by
Miles Davis
ReleasedFebruary 1956 (1956-02)
Recorded
  • May 9, 1952 (1952-05-09)
  • April 20, 1953 (1953-04-20)
  • March 6, 1954 (1954-03-06)
StudioWOR Studios
New York City
GenreJazz
Length44:31 LP
39:17 CD reissue
LabelBlue Note
BLP 1502
ProducerAlfred Lion
Miles Davis chronology
Miles Davis Volume 1
(1956)		 Miles Davis Volume 2
(1956)		 Quintet / Sextet
(1956)
Miles Davis Vol. 2
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All Music[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [4]

Miles Davis, Volumes 1 & 2 are a pair of separate but related compilation albums by Miles Davis released in January and February of 1956 on Blue Note as Miles Davis, Volume 1 and Miles Davis, Volume 2, compiling the recordings Miles made for the label over three sessions in 1952, 1953 and 1954 and originally distributed over three 10" records as Young Man with a Horn (1953), also sometimes called Miles Davis, Vol. 1, and the separate Miles Davis, Vol. 2 (1953) and Miles Davis, Vol. 3 (1954), as well as a couple singles.

Initially released as BLP 1501 and 1501 respectively, they mark the first two releases on Blue Note's 1500 series, their first one hundred 12" records after they discontinued their line of 10" records—the first many of which were also two volume compilations of previous 10" releases.[5]

Reception

The album was identified by Scott Yanow in his AllMusic essay "Hard Bop" in 2010 as one of the 17 Essential Hard Bop Recordings.[6]

Release history

Volume 1 was originally released in January 1956 shortly after Davis won the Down Beat readers poll as best trumpeter and shortly followed in February by Volume 2 (BLP 1502).[7]

While the original BLP 1501 running order is available on some Japanese CD versions and from HDTracks, most CD reissues recompile the three sets with an entirely different track listing, grouping the sessions together and appending alternate takes, placing the 1952 and 1954 sessions on Volume 1 and the 1953 session on Volume 2.

When Rudy Van Gelder remastered the pair of the 2001 RVG edition, he reused the CD track list and replaced the covers for the two volumes with new covers based on the originals from Miles Davis, Vol. 3 and Miles Davis, Vol. 2 respectively.

Track listing

Original release

Miles Davis Volume 1 (Blue Note – BLP 1501)[5]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)SessionLength
1."Tempus Fugit"Bud PowellApril 20, 19533:53
2."Kelo"Jay Jay JohnsonApril 20, 19533:30
3."Enigma"Jay Jay JohnsonApril 20, 19533:25
4."Ray's Idea"Gil Fuller, Ray BrownApril 20, 19533:46
5."How Deep Is the Ocean?"Irving BerlinMay 9, 19524:40
6."C.T.A" (Alternate Take)Jimmy HeathApril 20, 19533:18
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)SessionLength
1."Dear Old Stockholm"TraditionalMay 9, 19524:13
2."Chance It"Oscar PettifordMay 9, 19523:04
3."Yesterdays"Jerome Kern, Otto HarbachMay 9, 19523:46
4."Donna" (Alternate Take)Jackie McLeanMay 9, 19523:12
5."C.T.A"Jimmy HeathApril 20, 19533:36
6."Woody 'n' You" (Alternate Take)Dizzy GillespieMay 9, 19523:23
Total length:43:36

Miles Davis Volume 2

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)SessionLength
1."Take Off"Miles DavisMarch 6, 19543:41
2."Weirdo"Miles DavisMarch 6, 19544:45
3."Woody 'n' You"Dizzy GillespieMay 9, 19523:26
4."I Waited For You"Gil Fuller, Dizzy GillespieApril 20, 19533:31
5."Ray's Idea" (Alternate Take)Gil Fuller, Ray BrownApril 20, 19533:53
6."Donna"Jackie McLeanMay 9, 19523:14
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)SessionLength
1."Well, You Needn't"Thelonious MonkMarch 6, 19545:24
2."The Leap"Miles DavisMarch 6, 19544:32
3."Lazy Susan"Miles DavisMarch 6, 19544:03
4."Tempus Fugit" (Alternate Take)Bud PowellApril 20, 19533:31
5."It Never Entered My Mind"Richard Rodgers, Lorenz HartMarch 6, 19544:01
Total length:44:31

CD Editions (1988, 2001 RVG Edition)

Miles Davis Volume 1 (Blue Note – 7243 5 32610 2 3)[8]

No.TitleWriter(s)SessionLength
1."Dear Old Stockholm"TraditionalMay 9, 19524:13
2."Chance It"Oscar PettifordMay 9, 19523:04
3."Donna" (a.k.a. Dig)Jackie McLeanMay 9, 19523:14
4."Woody 'n' You"Dizzy GillespieMay 9, 19523:26
5."Yesterdays"Jerome Kern, Otto HarbachMay 9, 19523:46
6."How Deep Is the Ocean?"Irving BerlinMay 9, 19524:40
7."Chance It" (Alternate Take)Oscar PettifordMay 9, 19522:54
8."Donna" (Alternate Take)Jackie McLeanMay 9, 19523:12
9."Woody 'n' You" (Alternate Take)Dizzy GillespieMay 9, 19523:23
10."Take Off"Miles DavisMarch 6, 19543:41
11."Lazy Susan"Miles DavisMarch 6, 19544:03
12."The Leap"Miles DavisMarch 6, 19544:32
13."Well, You Needn't"Thelonious MonkMarch 6, 19545:24
14."Weirdo"Miles DavisMarch 6, 19544:45
15."It Never Entered My Mind"Richard Rodgers, Lorenz HartMarch 6, 19544:01
Total length:43:36

Miles Davis Volume 2

No.TitleWriter(s)Session dateLength
1."Kelo"Jay Jay JohnsonApril 20, 1953 (1953-04-20)3:20
2."Enigma"Jay Jay JohnsonApril 20, 1953 (1953-04-20)3:25
3."Ray's Idea"Gil Fuller, Ray BrownApril 20, 1953 (1953-04-20)3:46
4."Tempus Fugit"Bud PowellApril 20, 1953 (1953-04-20)3:53
5."C.T.A."Jimmy HeathApril 20, 1953 (1953-04-20)3:36
6."I Waited for You"Gil Fuller, Dizzy GillespieApril 20, 1953 (1953-04-20)3:31
7."Kelo" (Alternate Take)Jay Jay JohnsonApril 20, 1953 (1953-04-20)3:27
8."Enigma" (Alternate Take)Jay Jay JohnsonApril 20, 1953 (1953-04-20)3:27
9."Ray's Idea" (Alternate Take)Gil Fuller, Ray BrownApril 20, 1953 (1953-04-20)3:53
10."Tempus Fugit" (Alternate Take)Bud PowellApril 20, 1953 (1953-04-20)4:01
11."C.T.A." (Alternate Take)Jimmy HeathApril 20, 1953 (1953-04-20)3:18
Total length:39:17

Personnel

May 9, 1952[9]

April 20, 1953[10]

March 6, 1954[11]

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • Horace Silver – piano
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Art Blakey – drums

References

  1. ↑ This is the original cover for the 1956 12" LP and earlier CD releases. The 2001 RVG edition of the album (below) is a slightly altered version of the cover for Miles Davis Volume 3, Blue Note 5040 (10" LP).
  2. ↑ "The Billboard, February 4, 1956". Billboard. 4 February 1956. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Miles Davis Volume 1 (All Music review)". All Music. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 341. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. 1 2 "Miles Davis Volume 1". Discogs. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Hard Bop (Essay) by Scott Yanow". All Music. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  7. ↑ Leonard Feather in the original liner notes to Miles Davis Volume 1 (1956).
  8. ↑ "Miles Davis Volume 1 (CD Reissue)". Discogs. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  9. ↑ May 9, 1952 Session Details, Miles Ahead: A Miles Davis Website, accessed July 14, 2014
  10. ↑ April 20, 1953 Session Details, Miles Ahead: A Miles Davis Website, accessed July 14, 2014
  11. ↑ March 6, 1954 Session Details, Miles Ahead: A Miles Davis Website, accessed July 14, 2014
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