Miles Davis All Star WALKIN'

Miles Davis All Stars: Miles Davis (trumpet); Davey Schildkraut (alto saxophone); Lucky Thompson (tenor saxophone); J.J. Johnson (trombone); Horace Silver (piano); Percy Heath (bass); Kenny Clarke (drums).
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on April 3 & 29, 1954. Originally released on Prestige (7076). Includes liner notes by Ira Gitler and Martin Williams.
Digitally remastered using 20-bit technology by Shigeo Miyamoto (JVC
Studios).
Miles Davis All Stars: Miles Davis (trumpet); Davey Schildkraut (alto saxophone); Lucky Thompson (tenor saxophone); J.J. Johnson (trombone); Horace Silver (piano); Percy Heath (bass); Kenny Clarke (drums).
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on April 3 & 29, 1954. Originally released on Prestige (7076). Includes liner notes by Ira Gitler and Martin Williams.
Digitally remastered by JVC using XRCD (Extended Resolution Compact Disc) technology.
Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis (trumpet); Sonny Stitt (alto & tenor saxophone); Wynton Kelly (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Jimmy Cobb (drums).
Miles Davis All Stars: Miles Davis (trumpet); Davey Schildkraut (alto saxophone); Lucky Thompson (tenor saxophone); J.J. Johnson (trombone); Horace Silver (piano); Percy Heath (bass); Kenny Clarke (drums).
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on April 3 & 29, 1954. Originally released on Prestige (7076). Includes liner notes by Ira Gitler and Martin Williams.
Digitally remastered using 20-bit K2 Super Coding System technology.
This is part of the Prestige Records 50th Anniversary Commemorative Special Edition series.
THE MILES DAVIS ALL-STARS: WALKIN' comprises tracks from two different sessions recorded in 1954. Davis was in a transitional period during this time, integrating the innovations from his BIRTH OF THE COOL period with the genre-defining, forward-thinking post-bop he would perfect a couple of years later with his first great quintet.
Yet Miles's transitional albums are usually more polished, developed, and engaging than a lot of other artists' definitive albums, and such is the case with WALKIN'. Whether on originals ("Solar") or standards ("Love Me or Leave Me"), the sessions boast impeccable playing and superb interplay between the musicians, who number among the best of the era. Pianist Horace Silver, drummer Kenny Clarke, and trombonist J.J. Johnson are among the personnel, and one can hear the beginnings of the synergy Miles was searching for and would find with his quintet (especially in the dynamics between his trumpet and Lucky Thompson's sax, which foreshadows his chemistry with John Coltrane).

• RSD Release Date: n/a
• Released: 7/29/2011
• Rock & Pop: Pop
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: Jazz