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The Session<\/strong><\/p>\n

The sextet was less than two weeks old when they assembled at CBS Records\u2019s 30th Street Studio for their first session on May 26. Yet they were ready. They recorded four tunes: three ballads \u2014 two inspired by pianist Ahmad Jamal, whose 1950s group Miles adored and drew inspiration from, plus a new Miles original. In the sequence recorded, the tracks are:<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Green Dolphin Street\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0is a tune from the 1947 film\u00a0Green Dolphin Street\u00a0<\/em>that had entered the modern jazz lexicon in \u201956 by way of Jamal, whose trio had painted it in a more sophisticated light. Davis puts his trademark muted trumpet to good use, imbuing the opening with a misty glow, Chambers leading the procession, before Coltrane digs in with a strong, more direct feel, followed by Adderley\u2019s fleet, jaunty approach, and then Evans\u2019s relative sparseness \u2014 sparse yet still propulsive. \u201cBill could play a little like that Ahmad thing, too,\u201d was how Miles described Evans\u2019s touch. \u201cAlthough when he did, he sounded a little wild.\u201d<\/p>\n

This first track exposes Evans to Davis\u2019s spontaneous ability in the studio to simplify complicated musical structure. In 1979 he told jazz radio station WKCR-FM: \u201cMiles occasionally might say, \u2018Right here, I want this sound\u2019 and it turns out to be a very key thing that changes the whole character of the [song]. For instance, on \u2018On Green Dolphin Street,\u2019 the original changes of the chorus aren\u2019t the way [we recorded it]: the vamp changes being a major 7th, up a minor 3rd, down a half tone. That was [when] he leaned over and said,\u00a0\u2018I want this here.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFran-Dance\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0was the next tune recorded, which was originally listed on the\u00a0Jazz Track<\/em>\u00a0album as \u201cPut Your Little Foot Right Out,\u201d a folk melody Miles employed for this\u00a0billet-doux\u00a0<\/em>to his new love, and soon-to-be wife, Frances Davis. A whispered level of passion pervades his muted solo; even Coltrane and Adderley temper their statements appropriately. Evans\u2019s solo adds a dissonant touch before Miles\u2019s brings it home.<\/p>\n

Adderley lays out on \u201cStella By Starlight,<\/strong>\u201c another standard introduced on a film soundtrack (The Uninvited\u00a0<\/em>in 1944) and then brought into the modern jazz idiom by musicians who had Miles\u2019s ear (Charlie Parker, Chet Baker.) Another ballad opening with a sense of delicacy \u2014 Chambers playing arco, Miles blowing tenderly \u2014 the soloists (Miles, Coltrane, Evans) each uphold and add to the late-night vibe of the performance. Miles hews especially close to the contours of the tune\u2019s melody at the start, so sparsely and softly that the simple effect of the rhythm section kicking into gear as Coltrane\u2019s solo kicks off is startling. Evans\u2019s own solo is lush and laconic, suggesting the bittersweet spell he would cast over the\u00a0Kind of Blue<\/em> sessions the following year.\u00a0\u201cLove for Sale\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0is the Cole Porter original originally written for the 1930 Broadway musical\u00a0The New Yorkers<\/em>, which had long been adopted by various jazz players and vocalists. Enamored with a Jamal version from \u201956, Miles had brought the tune two months earlier to a Cannonball Adderley session for Blue Note Records (yielding the album\u00a0Somethin\u2019 Else<\/em>) on which he played as a sideman \u2014 one of the last times he would do that. Jazz historian Bob Blumenthal has compared the two versions with insight, describing the earlier, \u201cmore concise\u201d version featuring Miles and Cannonball with pianist Hank Jones, bassist Sam Jones, and drummer Art Blakey as being flavored by \u201cglorious piano from\u2026Jones, a pre-Jamal master of keyboard elegance.\u201d He adds: the great length of the [Miles] sextet version\u2026 in contrast to the starkly inflected Blue Note arrangement, Davis gets a consistently dancing groove from Chambers and Cobb, who reportedly had requested an opportunity to cook after their more restrained work on the previous tracks. The blowing atmosphere favors Davis\u2026and Adderley who excelled on these chord changes. Evans, for all his supposed prettiness, [is] a touch on the brittle side\u2026and his inventions also contain dashes of Thelonious Monk and Lennie Tristano.<\/p>\n

As Evans later told arranger Sy Johnson, the rhythm section did in fact push for the upbeat approach. \u201cPaul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb were getting edgy having to hold back, and wanted to cook on something. Miles just turned and said, \u2018Love for Sale\u2019 and kicked it off.\u201d The feel of release is palpable. It\u2019s telling that compared to the band\u2019s more meticulous handling of the first three tunes on the date \u2014 requiring up to seven takes of each \u2014 the band took but one pass at \u201cLove For Sale\u201d before calling it quits.<\/p>\n

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Artist Miles Davis<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Label Analogue Productions<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Release Date 27.12.2024<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Status Current<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Article ID 4F6633<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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EAN 0198028166218<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Catalog no. AAPJ 172<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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upid A00056734<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Packaging Gatefold Sleeve<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Edition Limited Edition<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Height 8 mm<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Width 320 mm<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Weight 494 gr<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Colour Black<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Translucency Opaque<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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