01	Just Squeeze Me						07:29
	02	There Is No Greater Love						05:21
	03	How Am I To Know ?						04:41
	04	S' Posin						05:17
	05	The Theme						05:51
	06	Stablemates						05:20
	07	It Never Entered My mind						05:26
	08	Four						07:15
	09	In Your Own Sweet Way						05:44
	10	The Theme (take 1)						02:01
	11	Trane's Blues						08:34
	12	Ahmad's Blues						07:25
	13	Half Nelson						04:47
	14	The Theme (take 2)						01:02

The New Miles Davis Quintet
Date of Release Nov 16, 1955 (recording)
Styles Hard Bop


Stirring work from the then-emerging group, with John Coltrane (ts) coming of age. - Ron Wynn

1. Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) (Ellington/Gaines) - 7:26
2. There Is No Greater Love (Jones/Symes) - 5:18
3. How Am I to Know? (King/Parker) - 4:38
4. S'posin' (Denniker/Razaf) - 5:14
5. The Theme (Davis) - 5:48
6. Stablemates (Golson) - 5:21

Miles Davis - Trumpet
Red Garland - Piano
Philly Joe Jones - Drums
Paul Chambers - Bass
Alice Coltrane - Piano
John Coltrane - Sax (Tenor)
Rudy Van Gelder - Engineer
Ira Gitler - Liner Notes
Robert Levin - Liner Notes
Bob Weinstock - Supervisor
Joe Tarantino - Digital Mastering

1995 LP Original Jazz Classics 6
1992 CS Prestige OJC-5006
1992 CD Prestige OJCCD-006-2
1992 LP Prestige OJC-006
1956 Prestige 7014
1955 Original Jazz Classics OJC-006
CD Original Jazz Classics 6
LP Prestige 7014



Theme
Composed By Miles Davis
Performed By Davis, Miles

AMG REVIEW: A peppy, two-step, bebop full of energy and swing composed by Miles Davis from his 1955 Prestige album Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet. Davis takes the first solo then alternates with John Coltrane throughout the nearly six-minute excursion. Coltrane solos in a harmonic style he later abandoned in favor of a more esoteric, aggressive persona. Red Garland (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), and Philly Joe Jones' steady drumming completes Davis' new quintet. Called "The Theme" because the group used it as a sign-off tune, Cassandra Wilson and the Jacky Terrasson Trio and many others have redone the ageless composition. - Andrew Hamilton







Workin'
Date of Release May 11, 1956 - Oct 26, 1956
Styles Hard Bop

This release is the third in a series of four featuring the classic Miles Davis quintet: Davis (trumpet), John Coltrane (tenor sax), Red Garland (piano), and Philly Joe Jones (drums). Like its predecessors Cookin' and elaxin', Workin' is the product of not one - as mythology would claim - but two massively productive recording sessions in May and October of 1956, respectively. Contradicting the standard methodology of preparing fresh material for upcoming albums, Davis and company used their far more intimate knowledge of the tunes the quintet was performing live, to inform their studio recordings. As was often the case with Davis, the antithesis of the norm is the rule. Armed with some staggering original compositions, pop standards, showtunes, and the occasional jazz cover, Workin' is the quintessence of group participation. Davis, as well as Coltrane, actually contribute compositions as well as mesmerizing performances to the album. The band's interaction on "Four" extends the assertion that suggests this quintet plays with the consistency of a single, albeit ten-armed, musician. One needs listen no further than the stream of solos from Davis, Coltrane, Garland, and Jones, with Chambers chasing along with his rhythmic metronome. Beneath the smouldering bop of "Trane's Blues" are some challenging chord progressions that are tossed from musician to musician with deceptive ease. Paul Chambers solo stands as one of his defining contributions to this band. In sly acknowledgement to the live shows from which these studio recording sessions were inspired, Davis concludes both sets (read: album sides) with "The Theme" - a brief and mostly improvised tune - indicating to patrons that the tab must be settled. In this case, settling the tab might include checking out Steamin', the final Miles Davis quintet recording to have been culled from these historic sessions. - Lindsay Planer

1. It Never Entered My Mind performed by Davis, Miles Quintet - 5:23
2. Four performed by Davis, Miles Quintet - 7:12
3. In Your Own Sweet Way performed by Davis, Miles Quintet - 5:42
4. The Theme [Take 1] performed by Davis, Miles Quintet - 2:00
5. Trane's Blues performed by Davis, Miles Quintet - 8:32
6. Ahmad's Blues performed by Davis, Miles Quintet - 7:24
7. Half Nelson performed by Davis, Miles Quintet - 4:45
8. The Theme [Take 2] performed by Davis, Miles Quintet - 1:03

Miles Davis - Trumpet, Performer
Red Garland - Piano
Milt Jackson - Vibraphone
Philly Joe Jones - Drums
Sonny Rollins - Sax (Tenor)
Horace Silver - Piano
Percy Heath - Bass
Paul Chambers - Bass
Kenny Clarke - Drums
John Coltrane - Sax (Tenor)
Esmond Edwards - Photography, Cover Photo
Rudy Van Gelder - Engineer
Jack Maher - Liner Notes
Thelonious Monk - Piano
Akira Taguchi - Supervisor
Bob Weinstock - Producer, Supervisor
Alan Yoshida - Mastering
Miles Davis Quintet - Performer
Shigeo Miyamoto - Mastering
Steve Hoffman - Mastering
Del Costello - Executive Producer
Tamaki Beck - Supervisor

2003 CD Prestige 7166
1999 CD JVC 60126
1995 LP Prestige/OJC 296
1994 CD DCC 1063
1991 LP Prestige/OJC OJC-296
1991 CS Prestige/OJC OJC-5296
1991 CD Prestige/OJC OJCCD-296-2
1959 Prestige PRP-7166
1956 LP Prestige 7166
CD Prestige/OJC 296
LP Prestige 7166