Miles Davis - Morpheus (Quadromania, APE+CUE)

Miles Davis - Morpheus (Quadromania, APE+CUE)

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From amazon.com review
These Quadromania packages are an insane bargain, but it takes some work to figure out what you're getting - not when the sessions were recorded, which these days you can find on the Web in various places, but how they fit with other products on the market. I did the research for this Miles package when I considered buying it and, although ultimately I decided I wanted more than it included, I thought my labor might help others.

This CD package serves as a nice bridge between the first great 1949-1950 Miles album from Capitol (the nonet recording Birth of the Cool) and his high-quality mid-1950's Prestige recordings (including the famous five quintet albums - Miles, Relaxin', Steamin', Cookin', Workin' - with John Coltrane that Prestige recently released in a boxed set along with an extra CD of live material). Miles was struggling at times during the early 1950's, so unless you really want an exhaustive Miles Davis collection, this inexpensive set ought to do the trick.

First, a summary: You get every song appearing on two Blue Note albums (Miles Davis Vol. 1 & Miles Davis Vol. 2) and on three Prestige albums (Dig, & Horns 1951-1953, and Bag's Groove), although without additional takes. You also get the bulk of what Miles contributed to the Prestige collection Conception as well as half of the Prestige albums Collector's Item and Walkin'. Finally, you get a sprinkling of tunes from the Capitol album Birth of the Cool and the Prestige album Blue Haze.

CD 1

01 Israel (Carisi) 2:16
02 Rouge (Davis) 3:14
03 Darn That Dream (DeLange - Van Heusen) 3:23
04 Odjenar (G. Russell) 2:52
05 Hibeck (L. Konitz) 3:05
06 Yesterdays (Kern - Harbach) 2:25
07 Ezz-Thetic (Russell) 2:52
08 Morpheus (Lewis) 2:22
09 Down (Davis) 2:51
10 Blue Room (Rodgers - Hart) 3:00
11 Whispering (Schonburger - Coburn - Rose) 3:03
12 Dig (Davis) 7:34
13 It's Only A Papermoon (Arlen - Harburg - Rose) 5:24
14 Denial (Davis) 5:39
15 Bluing (Davis) 9:56
16 Out Of The Blue (Davis) 6:14

CD 2

01 Donna (Parker) 3:12
02 Yesterdays (O. Harbach - J. Kern) 3:44
03 Chance It (Davis) 3:02
04 How Deep Is The Ocean (Berlin) 4:38
05 Dear Old Stockholm (Davis) 4:12
06 Woody 'N You (Davis) 3:24
07 The Serpent's Tooth (Take 1)(Davis) 7:00
08 The Serpent's Tooth (Take 2)(Davis) 6:17
09 'Round Midnight (Monk - Williams - Hanighen) 7:05
10. Compulsion (Davis) 5:48
11. Tasty Pudding (Cohn) 3:20
12. Floppy (Cohn) 5:58

CD 3

01 Willie The Wailer (Cohn) 4:26
02 For Adults Only (Cohn) 5:33
03 Ray's Idea (Brown - Fuller) 3:44
04 Kelo (Johnson) 3:17
05 Enigma (Johnson) 3:23
06 Tempus Fugit (Powell) 3:50
07 I Waited For You (Fuller - Gillespie) 3:30
08 C.T.A. (Heath) 3:33
09 Tune Up (Davis) 3:51
10 Well You Needn’t (Davis) 5:22
11 Take Off (Davis) 3:40
12 Weirdo (Davis) 4:43
13 Lazy Susan (Davis) 4:02
14 It Never Entered My Mind (Rodgers - Hart) 4:02
15 The Leap (Davis) 4:29

CD 4

01 Old Devil Moon (Harburg - Lane) 3:23
02 It Never Entered My Mind (Rodgers - Hart) 4:04
03 I'll Remember April (DePaul - Johnston - Raye) 7:51
04 Walkin' (G. & I. Gershwin) 13:31
05 Blue 'N' Boogie (Gillespie - Paparelli) 8:16
06 But Not For Me (G. & I. Gershwin) 4:37
07 Airegin (Rollins) 4:59
08 Oleo (Rollins) 5:12
09 Doxy (Rollins) 4:53
10 Bags' Groove (Jackson) 9:19

CD 1

Israel

Rouge

New York City, April 22, 1949

Miles Davis (tp), J.J. Johnson (tb), Sandy Siegelstein (fh), Bill Barber (tuba), Lee Konitz (as), Gerry Mulligan (bar), John Lewis (p), Nelson Boyd (b), Kenny Clarke (d)

Darn That Dream

New York City, March 09, 1950

Miles Davis (tp), J.J. Johnson (tb), Gunter Schuller (fh), Bill Barber (tuba), Lee Konitz (as), Gerry Mulligan (bar), John Lewis (p), Al McKibbon (b), Max Roach (d)

Odjenar

Hibeck

Yesterdays

Ezz-Thetic

Hackensack, New York, between June 21, 1949 and October 05, 1951

Miles Davis (tp), Stan Getz (ts), Lee Konitz (as), Gerry Mulligan (bar) and Band

Morpheus

Down

Blue Room

January 17, 1951

Miles Davis (tp), Bennie Green (tb), Sonny Rollins (ts), John Lewis (p), Percy Heath (b), Roy Haynes (d)

Whispering

January 17, 1951

Miles Davis (tp), Bennie Green (tb), Sonny Rollins (ts), John Lewis (p), Percy Heath (b), Roy Hanes (d)

Dig

It's Only A Papermoon

Denial

Out Of The Blue

New York City, October 05, 1951

Miles Davis (tp), Sonny Rollins (ts), Jackie McLean (as), Walter Bishop (p), Tommy Potter (b), Art Blakey (d)

CD 2

Donna

Yesterdays

Chance It How Deep Is The Ocean

Dear Old Stockholm

Woody 'N You

New York City, May 09, 1952

Miles Davis (tp), J.J. Johnson (tb), Jackie McLean (as), Gil Coggins (p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Kenny Clarke (d)

The Serpent's Tooth (Take1)

The Serpent's Tooth (Take2)

'Round Midnight

Hackensack, January 30, 1953

Miles Davis (tp), Sonny Rollins, Charlie Chan (ts), Walter Bishop (p), Percy Heath (b), Philly Joe Jones (d)

Compulsion

New York City, January 30, 1953

Miles Davis (tp), Sonny Rollins (ts), Charlie Parker (ts), Walter Bishop 8p), Percy Heath (b), Philly Joe Jones (d)

Tasty Pudding

Floppy

February 19, 1953

Miles Davis (tp), Sonny Truit (tb), Al Cohn, Zoot Sims (ts), John Lewis (p), Leonard Gaskin (b), Kenny Clarke (d)

CD 3

Willie The Wailer

For Adults Only

February 19, 1953

Miles Davis (tp), Sonny Truit (tb), Al Cohn, Zoot Sims (ts), John Lewis (p), Leonard Gaskin (b), Kenny Clarke (d)

Ray's Idea

Kelo

Enigma

Tempus Fugit

I Waited For You

C.T.A.

New York City, April 20, 1953

Miles Davis (tp), J.J. Johnson (tb), Jimmy Heath (ts), Gil Coggins (p), Percy Heath (b), Art Blakey (d)

Tune Up

New York City, May 19, 1953

Miles Davis (tp), John Lewis (p), Percy Heath (b), Art Blakey (d)

Well You Needn't

Take Off

Weirdo

Lazy Susan

It Never Entered My Mind

The Leap

Hackensack, March 06, 1954

Miles Davis (tp), Horace Silver (p), Percy Heath (b), Art Blakey (d)

CD 4

Old Devil Moon

New York City, March 15, 1954

Miles Davis (tp), Horace Silver (p), Percy Heath (b), Art Blakey (d)

It Never Entered My Mind

Hackensack, March 06, 1954

Miles Davis (tp), Horace Silver (p), Percy Heath (b), Art Blakey (d)

I'll Remember April

Hackensack, April 03, 1954

Miles Davis (tp), Dave Schildkraut (as), Horace Silver (p), Percy Heath (b), Kenny Clarke (d)

Walkin'

Blue 'N' Boogie

Hackensack, April 29, 1954

Miles Davis (tp), J.J. Johnson (tb), Lucky Thompson (ts), Horace Silver (p), Percy Heath (b), Kenny Clarke (d)

But Not For Me

Hackensack, June 29, 1954

Miles Davis (tp), Sonny Rollins (ts), Horace Silver (p), Percy Heath (b), Kenny Clarke (d)

Airegin

Oleo

Doxy

New York City, December 24, 1954

Miles Davis (tp), Sonny Rollins (ts), Milt Jackson (vib), Horace Silver (p), Percy Heath (b), Kenny Clarke (d)

Bags' Groove

Same, except Thelonious Monk replaces Horace Silver


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Miles Davis - Morpheus (Quadromania, APE+CUE)