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Format Details: Purple Vinyl
Release Date: 10 October 2025
Label: Jazz Wax
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8435723701842
Release Date: 05 June 2026
Label: 20th Century Masterworks
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436563186943
Description
180g audiophile pressing - the complete album + 2 bonus tracks. Miles Davis was in the process of forming his first classic quintet when he recorded this 1955 quartet session, 'The Musings Of Miles'. with celebrated bassist Oscar Pettiford, pianist Red Garland, and drummer Philly Joe Jones - both of whom would also form part of the aforementioned quintet with John Coltrane and Paul Chambers.
'The Musings Of Miles' consists of four standards, a blues, 'Green Haze', and the original tune 'I didn't' - which was Miles' humorous answer to Thelonious Monk's 'Well, You Needn't'.
Two quartet tracks from a 1952 Davis session with Oscar Pettiford, Gil Coggins and Kenny Clarke have been added as a bonus.
Description
The complete album + 2 bonus tracks - limited edition pressing on 180g purple coloured vinyl, contains new specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz's writer Brian Morton and by Paris' prestigious Jazz Magazine. The Musings of Miles shows Miles Davis in a relaxed yet deeply lyrical mood, blending cool elegance with hard-bop drive. Featuring Red Garland, Oscar Pettiford, and Philly Joe Jones, the quartet delivers intimate, swinging performances with great restraint. A tasteful early statement that highlights space, melody, and Miles' unmistakable tone.
Includes the bonus tracks: 'How Deep Is The Ocean' & 'Yesterdays'.
"Miles is fine, and plays with so much heart and intelligently original conception that he's consistently cooking." - ***** Ralph J. Gleason, DownBeat
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Nina Simone
Ella Fitzgerald
Bill Evans Trio
Elvis Presley
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Sonny Rollins
Oscar Peterson
Quincy Jones
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
