Miles Davis and Horns is a compilation album by Miles Davis, released in 1956 on Prestige Records. It brings together recordings from sessions in 1951 and 1953, featuring various ensembles of musicians. The album is notable for its mix of bebop and cool jazz influences, showcasing Davis’s evolving sound during the early 1950s.
These sessions feature larger ensembles than a typical quintet or sextet, incorporating multiple horns, which was somewhat unusual for Davis at the time. The music reflects the hard bop and early cool jazz sounds that Davis was experimenting with before moving into his more refined styles later in the decade.
Artist(s): Trumpet – Miles Davis
Bass – Leonard Gaskin (tracks: 1-4), Percy Heath (tracks: 5-8)
Drums – Kenny Clarke (tracks: 1-4), Roy Haynes (tracks: 5-8)
Piano – John Lewis
Supervised By – Bob Weinstock, Ira Gitler
Tenor Saxophone – Al Cohn (tracks: 1-4), Sonny Rollins (tracks: 5-8), Zoot Sims (tracks: 1-4)
Trombone – Bennie Green (tracks: 5-8), Sonny Truitt (tracks: 1-4)
Recording Info: Tracks 1-4 recorded at Beltone Studios, NYC, February 19, 1953.
Tracks 5-8 recorded at Apex Studios, NYC, January 17, 1951.
Sourced from a 15ips 2-track Mono Tape
Analog: Transferred using a modified Studer 810 tape deck feeding a Merrill Tape Preamp
Digital: Merging Hapi Analog to Digital Converter clocked by a Antelope Audio 10MX Atomic Clock
Power Conditioning: Shunyata Research Everest 8000 for all components
This is a monophonic recording
1 Tasty Pudding 3:23
2 Floppy 6:03
3 Willie The Wailer 4:28
4 For Adults Only 5:36
5 Morpheus 2:23
6 Down 2:53
7 Blue Room 3:01
8 Whispering 3:00
Please Note: This release was mastered in DSD with no PCM. (Pure DSD)
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