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{{Infobox album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = The Musings of Miles
| name = The Musings of Miles
| Type = studio
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Miles Davis]]
| artist = [[Miles Davis]]
| Cover = TheMusingsOfMiles_Davis.jpg
| cover = TheMusingsOfMiles_Davis.jpg
| Released = 1955
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1955|9}}<ref name=DBSep55/>
| Recorded = June 7, 1955<br><small>[[Van Gelder Studio]], [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]]
| Genre = [[Jazz]]
| recorded = June 7, 1955
| Length = 35:46
| venue =
| Label = [[Prestige Records|Prestige]]<br><small>PRLP 7007
| studio = [[Van Gelder Studio]]<br>[[Hackensack, New Jersey]]
| Producer = [[Bob Weinstock]]
| genre = [[Jazz]]
| length = 35:46
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| Last album = ''[[Miles Davis All Stars, Volume 2]]'' <br /> (1955)
| label = [[Prestige Records|Prestige]]<br /><small>PRLP 7007</small>
| This album = '''''The Musings of Miles''''' <br /> (1955)
| Next album = ''[[Blue Moods]]'' <br /> (1955)
| producer = [[Bob Weinstock]]
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| prev_title = [[Miles Davis All Stars, Volume 2]]
| prev_year = 1955
| next_title = [[Dig (Miles Davis album)|Dig]]
| next_year = 1956
}}
}}


'''''The Musings of Miles''''' is the first 12" [[LP record|LP]] by [[Miles Davis]], issued by [[Prestige Records]] in 1955, following several LPs in the discontinued [[LP record#Playing time|10 inch format]]. The six tracks were all recorded at [[Rudy Van Gelder]]'s home studio, June 7, 1955.<ref>[http://www.plosin.com/MilesAhead/Sessions.aspx?s=550607 June 7, 1955 Session Details], Miles Ahead: A Miles Davis Website, accessed July 8, 2014</ref> The rhythm section of this quartet is the nucleus of the group that later became known as Miles' [[Miles Davis Quintet|First Great Quintet]]. The First Great Quintet would record in the same year.<ref>[http://www.plosin.com/MilesAhead/Sessions.aspx?s=551026 October 26, 1955 Session Details], Miles Ahead: A Miles Davis Website, accessed July 8, 2014</ref>
'''''The Musings of Miles''''' is the first 12" [[LP record]] by [[Miles Davis]]. It was issued by [[Prestige Records]] in September 1955, following several LPs issued in the [[LP record#Playing time|10 inch format]].<ref name=DBSep55>{{cite news |title=Prestige Congratulates its Poll Winning Musicians|author=Prestige Records|author-link=Prestige Records|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/DownBeat/IDX/50s/Down-Beat-1955-09-07-22-18-IDX-29.pdf |work=[[DownBeat|Down Beat]]|volume=22|issue=18|page=25|publisher=Maher Publications|location=Chicago/New York|date=September 7, 1955}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Miles Davis |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/DownBeat/IDX/50s/Down-Beat-1955-11-02-22-22-IDX-23.pdf |work=[[DownBeat|Down Beat]]|editor-last=Tracy|editor-first=Jack|editor-link=Jack Tracy|page=21|publisher=Maher Publications|location=Chicago/New York|volume=22|issue=22|date=November 2, 1955|quote=Miles’ first 12" LP enlists the aid of bassist Oscar Pettiford, Philadelphia pianist Red Garland, and drummer Philly Jo Jones.}}</ref> The six tracks were all recorded at [[Rudy Van Gelder]]'s home studio on June 7, 1955.<ref>[http://www.plosin.com/MilesAhead/Sessions.aspx?s=550607 June 7, 1955 Session Details], Miles Ahead: A Miles Davis Website, accessed July 8, 2014</ref>

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"[[A Night in Tunisia]]" features [[Philly Joe Jones]] playing with special drum sticks which had bells riveted to the shaft.<ref>''The Musings of Miles...'' at [http://www2.concordmusicgroup.com/albums/The-Musings-Of-Miles-Rudy-Van-Gelder-Remaster/ concordmusicgroup.com/...]</ref>
Pianist [[Red Garland]] and drummer [[Philly Joe Jones]] would go on to join Miles' [[Miles Davis Quintet|First Great Quintet]], that would record later in 1955.<ref>[http://www.plosin.com/MilesAhead/Sessions.aspx?s=551026 October 26, 1955 Session Details], Miles Ahead: A Miles Davis Website, accessed July 8, 2014</ref>
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"[[A Night in Tunisia]]" features Jones playing with special drum sticks which had bells riveted to the shaft.<ref>''The Musings of Miles...'' at [http://www2.concordmusicgroup.com/albums/The-Musings-Of-Miles-Rudy-Van-Gelder-Remaster/ concordmusicgroup.com/...]</ref>

==Reception==
==Reception==
The [[Allmusic]] review by [[Scott Yanow]] called it "Likable if not essential music".<ref name="Allmusic">{{Allmusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id= mw0000197207 |title=''The Musings of Miles'' – Review |accessdate=May 15, 2015}}</ref>
The [[AllMusic]] review by [[Scott Yanow]] called it "likable if not essential music."<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id= mw0000197207 |title=''The Musings of Miles'' – Review |access-date=May 15, 2015}}</ref>
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = ''[[Allmusic]]''
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
|rev2 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]''
| rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>
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| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=RSJRG> {{Cite book
|rev4 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]''
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| last = Swenson
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| rev4Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book
| first = J. (Editor)
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|editor-last=Swenson
| author-link =
|editor-first=J.
| year = 1985
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
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| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 58
| pages = 58
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]''
|rev3score = {{Rating|2.5|4}} <ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=342}}</ref>
}}
}}

==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| headline = Side one
| writing_credits = yes
|title1 = Will You Still Be Mine?
|title1 = Will You Still Be Mine?
|writer1 = [[Matt Dennis]] & [[Tom Adair]]
|writer1 = [[Matt Dennis]], [[Tom Adair]]
|length1 = 6:23
|length1 = 6:23
|title2 = [[I See Your Face Before Me]]
|title2 = [[I See Your Face Before Me]]
|writer2 = [[Arthur Schwartz]] & [[Howard Dietz]]
|writer2 = [[Arthur Schwartz]], [[Howard Dietz]]
|length2 = 4:46
|length2 = 4:46
|title3 = I Didn't
|title3 = I Didn't
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{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| headline = Side two
| writing_credits = yes
| total_length = 35:46
| total_length = 35:46
|title1 = [[A Gal in Calico]]
|title1 = [[A Gal in Calico]]
|writer1 = Arthur Schwartz & Leo Robin
|writer1 = Arthur Schwartz, Leo Robin
|length1 = 5:18
|length1 = 5:18
|title2 = [[A Night in Tunisia]]
|title2 = [[A Night in Tunisia]]
|writer2 = [[Dizzy Gillespie]] & Frank Paparelli
|writer2 = [[Dizzy Gillespie]], Frank Paparelli
|length2 = 7:23
|length2 = 7:23
|title3 = Green Haze
|title3 = Green Haze
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}}
}}


==Performers==
==Personnel==
*[[Miles Davis]] – [[trumpet]]
*[[Miles Davis]] – [[trumpet]]
*[[Red Garland]] – piano
*[[Red Garland]] – [[piano]]
*[[Oscar Pettiford]] – [[Double Bass|bass]]
*[[Oscar Pettiford]] – [[Double Bass|bass]]
*[[Philly Joe Jones]] – [[Drum kit|drums]]
*[[Philly Joe Jones]] – [[Drum kit|drums]]
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Latest revision as of 15:56, 19 November 2023

The Musings of Miles
Studio album by
Miles Davis
ReleasedSeptember 1955 (1955-09)[1]
RecordedJune 7, 1955
StudioVan Gelder Studio
Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length35:46
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7007
ProducerBob Weinstock
Miles Davis chronology
Miles Davis All Stars, Volume 2
(1955) 		The Musings of Miles
(1955) 		Dig
(1956)

The Musings of Miles is the first 12" LP record by Miles Davis. It was issued by Prestige Records in September 1955, following several LPs issued in the 10 inch format.[1][2] The six tracks were all recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's home studio on June 7, 1955.[3]

Pianist Red Garland and drummer Philly Joe Jones would go on to join Miles' First Great Quintet, that would record later in 1955.[4] "A Night in Tunisia" features Jones playing with special drum sticks which had bells riveted to the shaft.[5]

Reception

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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow called it "likable if not essential music."[6]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[7]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [9]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[8]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitelWriter(s)Length
1."Will You Still Be Mine?"Matt Dennis, Tom Adair6:23
2."I See Your Face Before Me"Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz4:46
3."I Didn't"Miles Davis6:06
Side two
No.TitelWriter(s)Length
1."A Gal in Calico"Arthur Schwartz, Leo Robin5:18
2."A Night in Tunisia"Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli7:23
3."Green Haze"Miles Davis5:50
Total length:35:46

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b Prestige Records (September 7, 1955). "Prestige Congratulates its Poll Winning Musicians" (PDF). Down Beat. Vol. 22, no. 18. Chicago/New York: Maher Publications. p. 25.
  2. ^ Tracy, Jack, ed. (November 2, 1955). "Miles Davis" (PDF). Down Beat. Vol. 22, no. 22. Chicago/New York: Maher Publications. p. 21. Miles' first 12" LP enlists the aid of bassist Oscar Pettiford, Philadelphia pianist Red Garland, and drummer Philly Jo Jones.
  3. ^ June 7, 1955 Session Details, Miles Ahead: A Miles Davis Website, accessed July 8, 2014
  4. ^ October 26, 1955 Session Details, Miles Ahead: A Miles Davis Website, accessed July 8, 2014
  5. ^ The Musings of Miles... at concordmusicgroup.com/...
  6. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. The Musings of Miles – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  7. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  8. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 58. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  9. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 342. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  • Prestige Records LP 7007 (1955)
  • Prestige 30651 (CD)
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