BLUE
MOODS
MILES
DAVIS
SONGWRITER: VARIOUS
VARIOUS MUSIC
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: BLUE MOODS
LABEL: DEBUT
GENRE: JAZZ/INSTRUMENTAL
YEAR: 1955
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 –
September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter,
bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed
figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musical
directions in a five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major
stylistic developments in jazz.
Blue Moods is the second 12" album by Miles Davis,
released on Charles Mingus' Debut Records label in late 1955. It brings Miles Davis on trumpet together with
Charles Mingus on bass, trombonista Britt Woodman,
vibraphonist Teddy Charles, and
drummer Elvin Jones. The arrangement of "Alone
Together" is by Charles Mingus, while the other tracks were arranged by
Teddy Charles.
According to the original sleeve notes, the
relatively short playing time of the album was because "the recording was
cut at 160 lines per inch (instead of the usual 210 to 260 lines per inch)
making the grooves wider and deeper and allowing for more area between the
grooves for bass frequencies... and was deemed necessary to reproduce the
extended bass range and give the listener more quality to that of high fidelity
tape recording." It was also included in the Charles Mingus "Complete
Debut Recordings" 12CD box set.
The Allmusic review by Alex Henderson stated "Blue Moods is an excellent
example of cool jazz. However, not all of the musicians who join Davis on this album were
full-time members of jazz's cool school... But even
so, Blue Moods offers considerable rewards to those who have a taste for '50s
cool jazz"
Track
listing
Side
one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Nature
Boy" Eden Ahbez 6:14
2. "Alone
Together" Arthur Schwartz, Howard
Dietz 7:17
Side
two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "There's No You" Hal Hopper, Tom Adair 8:06
2. "Easy Living" Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin 5:03
Total
length: 26:50
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