AOTW, December 19-25

[Gary]

And btw, Miles buffs who can't get enough of stuff like this are strongly encouraged to go here http://www.plosin.com/milesAhead/ amd revel in the glory of it all, if they haven't already done so.

An amazing site.

Guy

Yes I wish there was a site for Trane that was as thorough & with discography information so easy to look up.

[Nate Dorward]

The BAG"S GROOVE album was a 12"(?), Prestige 7109, as was the AND THE MODERN JAZZ GIANTS, Prestige 7150. Considering that the latter contains a piece from 10-26-1956 ("Round Midnight" w/Trane, Red, et al, and tell me THAT wasn't a piece of marketing calculation...), it seems that the album got its title in very late 1956 at the earliest, and wuite possible in early-mid 1957, or maybe even later (wish I could find release date info for all this stuff..), by which time the buzz about Miles was very high (he began recording for Columbia in mid-1956, remember, although the results weren't released until a bit later, once the Prestige contact had been fulfilled), that about Monk beginning to rise w/his Riverside dates, and the MJQ already being on Atlantic and making a lot of noise.

So the title MILES DAVIS & THE MODERN JAZZ GIANTS seems to very much be an "after the fact" thing, no doubt aimed at targeting the then-rising "celebrity" status of Miles as well as the "rising star" ascendency of the other parties involved.

Prestige tended to get in quick, record a hell of a lot, & then once the artists (inevitably) moved on they could continue to release "new" material for years afterwards.... Stockpiling, really. As witness the record-as-much-as-possible approach to Dolphy (discussed in skeptical detail in Stuart Broomer's fine review of the Prestige box).

Maybe I missed it on a quick skim of the thread to date but given Miles' strong reservations about Monk, who was actually responsible for putting the date together?

[mikeweil]

Yes I wish there was a site for Trane that was as thorough & with discography information so easy to look up.

I don't know if it is as easy to use for ya, but as far as discographical accuracy is concerned, David Wild's Place serves the Trane lover pretty well ...

[BruceH]

That sucks that you have to buy at least 2 CDs to get the entire session. I've got it all on on 12" LP, Prestige 7650, from the late 60s/early 70s (liner notes are dated March 1969). Still called MILES DAVIS AND THE MODERN JAZZ GIANTS, but the complete session is on one LP & a different cover is used.

I've got this stuff on a 2-LP re-issue with a silly, round-framed cover painting, if memory serves. A double-album re-issue, called, I believe, "Tallest Trees." Absolutely great music, dumb cover. That's the rekkid biz fer ya.

Edited December 30, 2004 by BruceH

[JSngry]

"Tallest Trees" was, for the longest, the only place to find the Prestige Miles/Trane version of "'Round Midnight".

[JohnS]

Just got around to playing the session. In common with everyone elses opinion here it's lovely stuff.

[GA Russell]

Putting the entire session on one CD is exactly what I expect from Concord. I'm not optimitic about their keeping things in print, but I do see them taking sessions spread over more than one LP (and therefore OJC) and putting them onto a CD they can charge $18 for.