Boxset / Compilation · 2001
Tracklist
1 Pointless Mama Blues (R. Williams-T. Reig) [Apr 24, 1945] 2:49
2 That's the Stuff You Gotta Watch (R. Battles-N. Sissle-D. Meredith-B. Ram) [take 3] [Apr 24, 1945] 3:14
3 Deep Sea Blues (R. Williams-T. Reig) [Apr 24, 1945] 3:12
4 Bring it on Home (R. Williams-T. Reig) [take 3] [Apr 24, 1945] 2:47
5 Oo Bop Sh'Bam (D. Gillespie) [Oct 5, 1946] 3:02
6 I Love the Loveliness of You (B. Schell) [Oct 5, 1946] 3:02
7 In the Still of the Night (C. Porter) [Oct 5, 1946] 2:51
8 Jelly Jelly (B. Eckstine) [Oct 5, 1946] 3:16
9 Don't Sing Me the Blues (E. Coleman) [take 2] [Oct 18, 1946] 2:51
10 I've Always Got the Blues (A. Baker) [take 2] [Oct 18, 1946] 3:07
11 Don't Explain to Me Baby (E. Coleman) [take 4] [Oct 18, 1946] 2:52
12 Baby, Won't You Make up Your Mind? (A. Baker) [take 3] [Oct 18, 1946] 3:09
13 Ain't Misbehavin' (A. Razaf-F. Waller-H. Brooks) [May 18, 1950] 2:58
14 Goodnight My Love (M. Gordon-H. Revel) [May 18, 1950] 3:26
15 Can't Get out of This Mood (F. Loesser-J. McHugh) [May 18, 1950] 2:47
16 It Might as Well Be Spring (R. Rodgers-O. Hammerstein) [May 18, 1950] 3:10
17 Mean to Me (R. Turk-F. Ahlert) [May 19, 1950 (a)] 2:52
18 Come Rain or Come Shine (H. Arlen-J. Mercer) [May 19, 1950 (a)] 3:22
19 Nice Work if You Can Get It (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) [May 19, 1950 (a)] 2:33
20 East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) (B. Bowman) [May 19, 1950 (a)] 3:05
Line-up/Musicians
April 24, 1945
Miles Davis (tpt); Herbie Fields (ts, cl); Henry "Rubberlegs" Williams (voc); Teddy Brannon (p); Leonard Gaskin (b); Ed Nicholson (d)
October 5, 1946
Miles Davis (tpt); Hobart Dotson (tpt); Leonard Hawkins (tpt); King Kolax (tpt); Gerald Valentine (tb); Walter Knox (tb); Chippy Outcalt (tb); Sonny Stitt (as); John Cobbs (as); Arthur Simmons (ts); Gene Ammons (ts); Cecil Payne (bs); Connie Wainwright (g); Linton Garner (p); Tommy Potter (b); Art Blakey (d); Billy Eckstine (voc)
October 18, 1946
Miles Davis (tpt); Gene Ammons (ts); Connie Wainwright (g); Linton Garner (p); Tommy Potter (d); Art Blakey (d); Earl Coleman (voc); Ann Hathaway [Ann Baker] (voc)
May 18, 1950
Miles Davis (tpt); Bennie Green (tb); Budd Johnson (ts); Tony Scott (cl); Freddie Green (g); Jimmy Jones (p); Billy "Pickles" Taylor, Jr. (b); J.C. Heard (d); Sarah Vaughan (voc)
May 19, 1950 (a)
Miles Davis (tpt); Bennie Green (tb); Budd Johnson (ts); Tony Scott (cl); Mundell Lowe (g); Jimmy Jones (p); Billy "Pickles" Taylor, Jr. (b); J.C. Heard (d); Sarah Vaughan (voc)
About this release
Definitive Records DRCD 11160
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