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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 (Hackensack)
GenreJazz
Length40:00
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7200
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 which was released in July or August 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 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.