Miles Davis: First Nine Albums On Prestige

[Late]

Listened to the whole of this album—plus the two bonus tracks ("Conception" & "My Old Flame")—last night. Great bebop soloing. Blakey, a drummer I usually adore, weighs the proceedings down, in my opinion. (Miles scolds him on the album for not ending with band: "C'mon man, you know the arrangement!") Otherwise, the three horn players carry the day. 

[JSngry]

1 hour ago, Late said:

Listened to the whole of this album—plus the two bonus tracks ("Conception" & "My Old Flame")—last night. Great bebop soloing. Blakey, a drummer I usually adore, weighs the proceedings down, in my opinion. (Miles scolds him on the album for not ending with band: "C'mon man, you know the arrangement!") Otherwise, the three horn players carry the day. 

This 1970 LP gave the entire session, along with a good liner essay by Ira Gitler.

There's really no good point for not having put it on a single CD. 

[Late]

On 10/16/2022 at 11:04 AM, JSngry said:

There's really no good point for not having put it on a single CD. 

Agreed. There are Japanese editions with all the tracks.

From that Historical Series (vinyl) on Prestige, I do have the Benny Carter—it is really fine. Some of my favorite Carter.