Quintet/Sextet [Gold CD]

Miles Davis, Milt Jackson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 8, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Gold CD
• Label: Dcc Compact Classics
• ASIN: B00000018V
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #509,802 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kind of Green, March 13, 2006

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Deleauvive "A newly converted Jazz fan" (Paris XIV - FRANCE) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quintet / Sextet (Audio CD)

Miles was one of the originator of the "Cool" tone, and we can't be grateful enough to him and to Gil Evans for that. This record is a brilliant example of his dueting abilities, as he and Bags steal the show. I won't say much about Milt Jackson, as everyone would agree that he masters the vibraphone with eloquence, style and impeccable technique.

In 1954, when Miles recorded with the personnel of one of his famous first Quintet (picking up his best bandmates in this period, inmho), who do you think "Bags" was in "Bag's Groove"?

If you're into mid-fifties Miles like me, grab : All of his 1952 to 54 Master Takes , the Modern Jazz Giants concert, and Bag's New Groove (it's Miles with the MJQ, whatever they call it). The Coltrane-Miles association, which occured later on, is heavily documented.

Do I need to mention that the brilliant Jackie McLean is on Alto Sax during this session?

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Got It For Milt Jackson, August 17, 2009

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Ralph Jarmon (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quintet / Sextet (Audio CD)

Obscure early Miles. Pretty with a nice edge. Definitely what you might call sophisticated as well. I bought it mostly for the Milt Jackson's vibraphone playing which happens to showcase him at a great moment in his development and spotlights him on what I consider an amazing but short solo on the track, "Changes". I think it's the best Milt Jackson I've heard; inventive and oh so cool. Hey and Miles is great here as well. I like earlier Miles better in general. Also has some interesting piano by Ray Bryant and has Percy Heath on Bass. Otherwise, it's not the greatest Miles album but definitely a good one.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Leaves you feeling hungry, August 16, 2009

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Matthew Watters (Vietnam) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quintet / Sextet (Audio CD)

Pianist Ray Bryant had something special going on in 1955. His work on Sonny Rollins' Work Time, recorded later in the year, is nonpareil, and he plays here, as well, with a spare, slightly dark tonality and an irresistible swing. Drummer Art Taylor, a veteran of so many Prestige Records 'blowing' dates in the 50s, also has an unadorned style, just digging into the beat and staying there, so the band on this album has a unique, almost minimalist sound. Miles himself is at a curious point in his playing: on one hand, he's playing here on an open horn with unusually fine intonation but, on the other hand, there's far less introspection to be heard than on some of his other albums. Only on the final two tracks (the original album's B side) do we get a hint of that later, melodically probing style of Miles'. On the A side, he's purely 'Bop Lite.' Miles' co-leader on the date, and perhaps the most up-front presence on the album, is therefore Milt Jackson, and I'll actually go out on a limb and say this is one of his better outings. Jackson never made bad records, but he made a lot of dull ones, at least to my hearing. On this album, though, Bags is clearly having a better time than usual, and he turns in a light-hearted, hard-swinging performance. His sense of fun is infectuous. Altoist Jackie McLean appears on only two of the four tunes on this all-too-brief album, meanwhile, and that's a shame. Despite his later fame as a Blue Note artist,
McLean never really sounded as good as he did during 1955-57. What a tone! If Prestige had spent a second day recording the full sextet, this could have been a five-star classic. The cover art certainly is.....