Miles Davis Quintet

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The Miles Davis Quintet was an American jazz band from 1955 to early 1969 led by Miles Davis. The quintet underwent frequent personnel changes toward its metamorphosis into a different ensemble in 1969. Most references pertain to two distinct and relatively stable bands: the First Great Quintet from 1955 to 1958; and the Second Great Quintet from late 1964 to early 1969, Davis being the only constant throughout. In the summer of 1955, Davis performed a noted set at the Newport Jazz Festival, and had been approached by Columbia Records executive George Avakian, offering a contract with the label if he could form a regular band. Davis assembled his first regular quintet to meet a commitment at the Café Bohemia in July with Sonny Rollins on tenor saxophone, Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums. By the autumn, Rollins had left to deal with his heroin addiction, and later in the year joined the hard bop quintet led by Clifford Brown and Max Roach. At the recommendation of drummer Jones, Davis replaced Rollins with John Coltrane, beginning a partnership that would last five years and finalizing the Quintet's first line-up. Expanded to a sextet with the addition of Cannonball Adderley on alto saxophone in 1958, the First Great Quintet was one of the definitive hard bop groups along with the Brown-Roach Quintet and the Jazz Messengers, recording the Columbia albums Round About Midnight, Milestones, and the marathon sessions for Prestige Records

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Workin' With The Miles Davis Quintet

Cookin' With The Miles Davis Quintet

Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet

Steamin' With The Miles Davis Quintet

Workin'

The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings 1965-1968 Disc 1

'Round About Midnight

The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings 1965-1968 Disc 2

Workin' With Miles Davis Quintet

The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions

Workin' (RVG Remaster)

Cookin' With The Miles Davis Quintet [Rudy Van Gelder edition] (Remastered)

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