Young Man with a Horn (Miles Davis album)
Appearance
Young Man with a Horn | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | March 1953[1] | |||
Recorded | May 9, 1952 | |||
Studio | WOR Studios, NYC | |||
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Length | 22:21 | |||
Label | Blue Note BLP 5013 | |||
Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
Miles Davis chronology | ||||
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Young Man with a Horn, also known as Miles Davis, Vol. 1, is the second
10-inch LP by American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, recorded at WOR studios on May 9, 1952 and released on Blue Note the following year.[1][2]
Background
Personal life
Young Man with a Horn was recorded on May 9, 1952, during Davis's struggles with
first LP the previous year, was non-exclusive, but elsewhere he states the initial Prestige contract was for only one year.[3]
Release history
All cuts were initially issued as singles except "
The original master takes were split and merged with Davis' two other sessions for Blue Note and re-released on 12 inch LPs Miles Davis, Vols. 1 & 2 in January and February 1956, shortly after Davis won the DownBeat reader's poll for best trumpeter.[7][8]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [9] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music gave the album three-out-of-five stars.[9]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Dear Old Stockholm" | Traditional, Stan Getz, arr. by Davis | 4:12 |
2. | "Would'n You" | Dizzy Gillespie | 3:22 |
3. | "Yesterdays" | Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach | 3:42 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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4. | "Chance It" (a.k.a. "Max Is Making Wax") | Oscar Pettiford, credited to Davis | 3:05 |
5. | "Donna" (a.k.a. "Dig") | Miles Davis | 3:22 |
6. | "How Deep Is the Ocean?" | Irving Berlin | 4:38 |
Total length: | 22:21 |
Personnel
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- Jay Jay Johnson – trombone (except "Yesterdays", "How Deep Is the Ocean?"[6])
- Jackie McLean – alto saxophone (except "Yesterdays", "How Deep Is the Ocean?"[6])
- Gil Coggins – piano
- Oscar Pettiford – bass
- Kenny Clarke – drums
References
- ^ a b Editorial Staff, Billboard (March 21, 1953). "Other Records Released this Week". The Billboard. Cincinnati: The Billboard Publishing Co.
- ^ Miles Davis session index by the Jazz Discography Project on Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved on April 6, 2014
- ^ "Miles: the Autobiography", Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe, 1989, pg.140, pg.153
- ^ Bob Blumenthal in the liner notes to the RVG Edition of Miles Davis, Volume 1, Blue Note 2001. He does not mention the exception of "How Deep Is the Ocean".
- ^ Blue Note 78 rpm singles on 78discography.com. Retrieved on April 6, 2014
- ^ a b c "Blue Note Records Catalog: 5000 series". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- Miles Davis Volume 1
- ^ "1955 DownBeat Readers Poll". downbeat.com. March 6, 2016. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
- ^ ISBN 978-0195313734.