'Round About Midnight
'Round About Midnight | ||||
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Columbia 30th St (New York City) | ||||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 38:47 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | George Avakian | |||
Miles Davis chronology | ||||
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'Round About Midnight is an album by jazz trumpeter Miles Davis that was originally released by Columbia Records in March 1957.[1][2] It was Davis' first album with Columbia.
Background
At the Newport Jazz Festival in 1955, Davis performed the song "'Round Midnight" as part of an all-star jam session, with the song's composer Thelonious Monk, along with Connie Kay and Percy Heath of the Modern Jazz Quartet, Zoot Sims, and Gerry Mulligan. Davis's solo received a positive reception from many jazz fans and critics.[3] His response to this performance was typically laconic: "What are they talking about? I just played the way I always play."[4] George Avakian of Columbia Records was in the audience, and his brother Aram persuaded him that he ought to sign Davis to the label.[5]
Davis signed with Columbia and formed his "first great quintet" with John Coltrane on saxophone. 'Round About Midnight was his first album for the label. He was still under contract to Prestige, but he had an agreement that he could record material for Columbia to release after the expiration of his Prestige contract. Recording took place at Columbia studios; the first session was on October 26, 1955 at Studio D, during which the track "Ah-Leu-Cha" was recorded with three numbers that did not appear on the album. This is the first studio recording of the quintet. The remainder of the album was recorded during sessions on June 5, 1956 ("Dear Old Stockholm", "Bye Bye Blackbird" and "Tadd's Delight") and September 10, 1956 ("All of You" and the titular "'Round Midnight") at Columbia's 30th Street Studio. During the same period, the Miles Davis Quintet was also recording sessions to fulfill its contract with Prestige.
Reissues
On April 17, 2001,
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Tom Hull – on the Web | A+[12] |
In his five-star review in the May 16, 1957 issue of
Track listing
Original release
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "'Round Midnight" | 5:58 | |
2. | "Ah-Leu-Cha" | Charlie Parker | 5:53 |
3. | "All of You" | Cole Porter | 7:03 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Bye Bye Blackbird" | 7:57 | |
2. | "Tadd's Delight" | Tadd Dameron | 4:29 |
3. | "Dear Old Stockholm" |
| 7:52 |
2001 bonus tracks
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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7. | "Two Bass Hit" (previously issued on Circle in the Round) | John Lewis, Dizzy Gillespie | 3:45 |
8. | "Little Melonae" (previously issued on Basic Miles) | Jackie McLean | 7:22 |
9. | "Budo" (previously issued on Jazz Omnibus) | Bud Powell, Miles Davis | 4:17 |
10. | "Sweet Sue, Just You" (previously issued on What Is Jazz) | Will J. Harris, Victor Young | 3:40 |
2005 anniversary edition bonus disc
- All tracks were recorded live at the Pacific Jazz Festival, Pasadena Civic Auditorium, February 18, 1956, except where indicated.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "'Round Midnight" (live at the Newport Jazz Festival, July 17, 1955) | Thelonious Monk, Bernie Hanighen, Cootie Williams | 6:00 |
2. | "Introduction by Gene Norman" | 1:36 | |
3. | "Chance It (aka Max Making Wax)" | Oscar Pettiford | 4:33 |
4. | "Walkin'" | Richard Carpenter | 10:02 |
5. | "Dialogue by Gene Norman and Miles Davis" | 0:27 | |
6. | "It Never Entered My Mind" | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | 5:18 |
7. | "Woody 'n' You" | Dizzy Gillespie | 5:46 |
8. | "Salt Peanuts" | Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke | 4:33 |
9. | "Closing Theme" | Miles Davis | 0:28 |
Personnel
The Miles Davis Quintet
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
- Red Garland – piano
- Paul Chambers – double bass
- Philly Joe Jones – drums
Newport personnel bonus disc track one
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone
- Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone
- Thelonious Monk – piano
- Percy Heath – double bass
- Connie Kay – drums
Production personnel
- producer, liner notes
- Frank Laico – engineer
- mastering
- Aram Avakian, Don Hunstein, Dennis Stock – photography
- Seth Rothstein – reissue project director
- Bob Belden, Michael Cuscuna – reissue producers
- Ray Moore – reissue engineer
- Mark Wilder – reissue engineering and mastering
- Randall Martin – reissue design
- Howard Fritzson – reissue art director
- Bob Blumenthal – reissue liner notes
Notes
- ^ a b "'Round About Midnight". Miles Davis. Sony Music. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ^ ISBN 978-1135112578.
- ISBN 0-306-80849-8.
- ISBN 0-375-42072-X.
- ISBN 1-56025-241-3.
- ^ "Down Beat" May 16, 1957, Vol. 24, No. 10
- ^ Kelman, John (1 August 2005). "Miles Davis: 'Round About Midnight (Legacy Edition)". All About Jazz. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ Jurek, Thom. "'Round About Midnight". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Fordham, John (1 July 2005). "Miles Davis, Round About Midnight". the Guardian. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Grade List: Miles Davis". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-4234-3076-6. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ISBN 0-14-102327-9.
- ISBN 0-87930-308-5.
References
- Nisenson, E. 'Round About Midnight – A Portrait Of Miles Davis. Da Capo Press, 2nd ed., 1996.