JazzCodex

Prestige

Miles Davis Quintet

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Recorded1954
LabelPrestige
CatalogPrLP 185
Released1954
Personnel9 credited players
Discogsmaster 819540

The record

Ten inches, three tracks, and an alto in the front line rather than a tenor: Davey Schildkraut next to Miles, with Horace Silver at the piano and Percy Heath and Kenny Clarke behind them. "Solar" leads, followed by "You Don't Know What Love Is" and "I'll Remember April." Rudy Van Gelder engineered, Ira Gitler wrote the notes. Prestige PrLP 185, 1954.

Tracks

  1. Solar
  2. You Don´t Know What Love Is
  3. I'll Remember April

Session personnel

  • Davey Schildkraut — Alto Saxophone
  • Percy Heath — Bass
  • Kenny Clarke — Drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder — Engineer
  • Ira Gitler — Liner Notes
  • Bob Weinstock — Photography By
  • Horace Silver — Piano
  • Miles Davis — Trumpet
  • The Miles Davis Quintet

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

This is a 10-inch record and every copy we list is one. The US Prestige PrLP 185 on file is a 1955 repress rather than a first issue, and the earliest we hold outright is a 1956 UK Esquire mono, 20-072, RVG stamped. A 1957 French Barclay 84032, also 10-inch mono with an RVG stamp, is the other period option on this page.

1954Prestige · PrLP 185 — Vinyl LP 10" earliest on file
1956Esquire · 20-072 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Mono · RVG stamp
1957Barclay · 84032 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Mono · RVG stamp
Barclay · 84043 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album, Stereo · RVG stamp
1955Prestige · PrLP 185 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Repress
1986Giants Of Jazz · LPJT 57 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation
1986Giants Of Jazz · MC JT 57 — Cassette, Compilation
1986Giants Of Jazz · MC JT 57 — Cassette, Compilation, Stereo

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