![]() Jazz historian Bob Blumenthal notes, "Davis understood the potential of the new, longer 12-inch album format, and used it to create definitive performances.The key was contrast, which began with the juxtaposition of Davis' concision, Coltrane's complexity, and Garland's sparkle extended to the textural variety the rhythm section provided each soloist and was capped by the distinctive range of the band's repertoire."ฤก961's Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane was recorded in 1957 but not issued until Trane (already a veteran of Davis' and Dizzy Gillespie's bands) had become a jazz superstar in his own right. (The young Coltrane had replaced Sonny Rollins in Davis' group.) Workin' captures the Quintet at its swingin' hard bop peak with both original tunes (Davis' "Four" and "Half Nelson." Coltrane's "Trane's Blues") and reinvented standards (Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's "It Never Entered My Mind," Dave Brubeck's "In Your Own Sweet Way"). These sessions, which captured the vibrancy and intimacy of the trumpet giant's live shows, featured his First Great Quintet: Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, Philly Joe Jones on drums, and John Coltrane on tenor saxophone. Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet is one of the five albums that resulted from Davis' three recording sessions for Prestige between November 1955 and October 1956. They will also be reissued digitally in 192/24 HD Audio. Reflecting OJC's new focus, the titles will be reissued on 180-gram vinyl, cut from the original master tapes in an all-analog (AAA) chain by Kevin Gray at Cohearant Audio. ![]() On April 28, Craft will reissue two classic titles in audiophile quality on the OJC imprint: Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (originally issued in 1960 on Prestige) and Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (originally issued in 1961 on Jazzland). Now, Craft Recordings has announced the relaunch of the series whose logo remains a familiar sight to jazz fans and collectors alike. Launched in 1982 by Fantasy Records, the Original Jazz Classics banner subsequently appeared on more than 850 reissues over the next three decades from the venerable catalogues of Fantasy, Prestige, Milestone, Riverside, Galaxy, Debut, Contemporary, Pablo, and Jazzland Records.
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