Many 10-inch jazz LPs have an aura about them but Ascenseur Pour L’échafaud seems to possess an even greater degree of je ne sais quoi. This tiny jewel of a collector’s item combines the hipness of New York’s pre-eminent modern jazz personality with the chic of French New Wave cinema.
Category Archives: Miles Davis
Miles Davis – Workin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet (Prestige PRLP 7166)
Discographical Details Artist: Miles Davis. Title: Workin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet. Label and Catalogue Number: Prestige PRLP 7166. Personnel: Miles Davis (trumpet); John Coltrane (tenor sax); Red Garland (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); “Philly” Joe Jones (drums). Side 1: It Never Entered My Mind; Four; In Your Own Sweet Way; The Theme (Take 1). SideContinue reading “Miles Davis – Workin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet (Prestige PRLP 7166)”
Miles Davis – Steamin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet (Prestige PRLP 7200)
Discographical Details Artist: Miles Davis. Title: Steamin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet. Label and Catalogue Number: Prestige PRLP 7200. Personnel: Miles Davis (trumpet); John Coltrane (tenor sax); Red Garland (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); “Philly” Joe Jones (drums). Side 1: Surrey with the Fringe on Top; Salt Peanuts; Something I Dreamed Last Night. Side 2: Diane;Continue reading “Miles Davis – Steamin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet (Prestige PRLP 7200)”
Miles Davis – In Person: Saturday Night at the Blackhawk, San Francisco (Columbia CS 8470)
Discographical Details Artist: Miles Davis. Title: In Person: Saturday Night at the Blackhawk, San Francisco. Label and Catalogue Number: Columbia CS 8470. Personnel: Miles Davis (trumpet), Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums). Side 1: Well You Needn’t; Fran-Dance, So What. Side 2: Oleo; If I Were A Bell;Continue reading “Miles Davis – In Person: Saturday Night at the Blackhawk, San Francisco (Columbia CS 8470)”
Miles Davis – In Person: Friday Night at the Blackhawk, San Francisco (Columbia CS 8469)
Discographical Details Artist: Miles Davis. Title: In Person: Friday Night at the Blackhawk, San Francisco. Label and Catalogue Number: Columbia CS 8469. Personnel: Miles Davis (trumpet), Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums). Side 1: Walkin’; Bye Bye Blackbird. Side 2: All of You; No Blues; Bye Bye; Love,Continue reading “Miles Davis – In Person: Friday Night at the Blackhawk, San Francisco (Columbia CS 8469)”
2014’s Top Scores
The seed was sown for this blog almost exactly a year ago when, over the 2013-14 Christmas/New Year holidays, I stumbled across Andy’s London Jazz Collector blog. So, on this (more or less) first anniversary of that discovery, rather than sitting on the sidelines and posting the occasional comment, now seems a good time toContinue reading “2014’s Top Scores”
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