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Milestones: Miles Davis Pre 1960 And His Collaborators

By David Brown | The Jazz Continuum
July 5, 2022
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This week, a mix to mirror book one of the 1983 Miles Davis biography by Jack Chambers that I'm reading. Two full hours, celebrating the music of Miles and his collaborators pre-1960.

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Thelonious Monk "Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 01:30
Miles Davis Quintet "Milestones" from single (Columbia) 02:20
Lee Konitz Sextet "Ezz-Thetic" from single (Prestige) 07:50
George Russell Sextet "Nardis" from Ezz-Thetics (Riverside) 10:41
Miles Davis Quintet "'Round Midnight" from "Round About Midnight (Columbia) 16:15
Cannonball Adderley "Dancing in the Dark" from "Somethin' Else (Blue Note) 22:10
Red Garland "Solar" from Solar (Jazzland) 26:14
Ahmad Jamal "Billy Boy" from Jamal At The pershing Vol. 2 (Jazzland) 32:11
Miles Davis Sextet "On Green Dolphin Street" from Jazz Track (Columbia) 35:10
Charlie Parker "Now's The Time" from The Savoy 10-Inch LP Collection (Craft Recordings) 44:55
Charlie Parker "Now's The Time" from The Savoy 10-Inch LP Collection (Craft Recordings) 44:55
John Coltrane "Naima" from Giant Steps (Atlantic) 49:10
Miles Davis Sextet "Old Folks" from Some Day My Prince Will Come (Columbia) 53:30
Wynton Kelly "Autumn Leaves" from Wynton Kelly! (Vee Jay Jazz) 58:46
Cassandra Wilson "Seven Steps" from Traveling Miles (Blue Note) 1:04:46
Ran Blake, Anthony Braxton "Four" from A Memory of Vienna (Hat Ology) 1:11:32
Hampton Hawes "Blue in Green" from Hampton Hawes at the Piano (Contemporary Records) 1:16:57
Bill Evans "Nardis" from Explorations (Riverside) 1:22:57
Marian McPartland "Milestones" from Interplay (Halcyon) 1:28:38
Miles Davis Quintet "So What" from "Four & More (Columbia) 1:34:32
Sonny Rollins "Tune Up" from Newk's Time (Blue Note) 1:50:38
Paul Bley Trio "The Theme" from My Standard (SteepleChase) 1:58:30

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