Miles Davis / John Coltrane - Miles & Coltrane 1958 torrent

Miles Davis / John Coltrane

Miles & Coltrane

1958


CD / 1988 / 320Kbps


Tracklist:

1 Ah-Leu-Cha
2 Straight, No Chaser
3 Fran-Dance
4 Two Bass Hit
5 Bye Bye Blackbird
6 Little Melonae
7 Budo


Tracks 1-5 recorded at The Newport Jazz Festival on July 4, 1958
Tracks 6 & 7 recorded in New York on 27 October, 1955


Personnel:

Miles Davis (trumpet)
Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone)
John Coltrane (tenor saxophone)
Red Garland, Bill Evans (piano)
Paul Chambers (bass)
Jimmy Cobb, Philly Joe Jones (drums)



The record is ebullient, bubbling over with energy, and it showcases the contrast between Davis' spare, intense coolness and Coltrane's intricacy, limber sense of time, and passionate tone.

The difference is striking, but rarely are the two musicians out of sync. Especially fabulous is "Bye Bye Blackbird," which allows Davis to show off his talent for turning a simple theme into a complex improvisation using one variation after another. The theme is picked up seamlessly by Coltrane, who precedes each note with his trademark blasts of sound, bringing the tune increasingly far away from the original melody.

The inclusion of the 1955 sessions highlights Coltrane's evolution away from straight-ahead bebop toward a new intensity and a bold, complex new rhythmic sense.



Straight, no chaser.
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