Recorded three years before his landmark album Kind Of Blue (Columbia, 1959), Cookin' was part of Davis' remaining five-album commitment to Prestige, recorded a year to the day after Georges Avakian ...

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool – American Masters *Prestige Records signed Miles Davis to a one-year deal in January 1951,, but the trumpeter would continue to record for the label into 1956.

Jazz album: “Miles Davis: The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions” by Miles Davis, released in 2006 on Prestige Records. Explore the largest collection of jazz recordings @ All About Jazz ...

Album of the Week -- Miles Davis, “Miles in France 1963 & 1964 -- Miles Davis Quintet: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8″ (Columbia/Legacy): There’s never a shortage of historic box sets coming out ...

His first solo album, Takin’ Off, caught the attention of Davis, who asked him to join his Second Great Quintet — which also included bassist Ron Carter, saxophonist Wayne Shorter, and drummer ...

Miles in France – Miles Davis Quintet 1963/64: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8 covers three nights from the Festival Mondial Du Jazz — July 26, 27, and 28, 1963 — as well as early/late gigs from ...

In the fall of 1966, the Miles Davis Quintet were recording cuts for what would become the group's 1967 album “Miles Smiles.” The album’s second track, “Circle,” was recorded on Oct., 24 ...

This group recorded some of hard bop’s most definitive albums, including “ Round About Midnight ”and “ Steamin’ With the Miles Davis Quintet.” ...