Walkin'

~ Release by Miles Davis (see all versions of this release, 19 available)

Annotation

Notes

Recording Location: Rudy van Gelder Studio, Hackensack NJ, USA
Recording Label: Prestige
Recording Dates:
#1-2: April 29, 1954
#3-5 (and I'll Remember April): April 3, 1954
Formations:
#1-2: Miles Davis Sextet, Miles Davis (tpt); J.J. Johnson (tb); Eli "Lucky" Thompson (ts); Horace Silver (p); Percy Heath (b); Kenny Clarke (d)
#3-5 (and I'll Remember April): Miles Davis Quintet, Miles Davis (tpt); Dave Schildkraut (as); Horace Silver (p); Percy Heath (b); Kenny Clarke (d)

Notes about issue history

#1 previously on:
45 rpm Prestige 45-157; Prestige PREP 1357
#2 previously on:
45 rpm Prestige PREP 1358
#1-2 previously on:
10" LP Prestige PRLP 182
#3-4 (and I'll Remember April which is now found in Blue Haze):
10" LP Prestige PRLP 185

This release was then reissued as
12" LP Analogue Productions APJ 213
12" LP Victor SMJ-6528
and a number of times by OJC, Prestige, and as Victor japanese reprints.
Note that SVICJ-41003 is a three discs bundle called Miles Davis, containing:
* Bags' Groove
* Walkin
* Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants

Issues

1954 date still needs double-checking.
Current release-artist ARs suck.

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleLength
1Walkin'
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1954-04-29)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1954-04-29)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1954-04-29)
piano:
Horace Silver (on 1954-04-29)
tenor saxophone:
Lucky Thompson (on 1954-04-29)
trombone:
Jay Jay Johnson (on 1954-04-29)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (on 1954-04-29)
performer:
Miles Davis Sextet (on 1954-04-29)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1954-04-29)
recording of:
Walkin’ (usually credited to Richard Carpenter) (on 1954-04-29)
composer:
[unknown]
13:29
2Blue 'n' Boogie
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1954-04-29)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1954-04-29)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1954-04-29)
piano:
Horace Silver (on 1954-04-29)
tenor saxophone:
Lucky Thompson (on 1954-04-29)
trombone:
Jay Jay Johnson (on 1954-04-29)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (on 1954-04-29)
performer:
Miles Davis Sextet (on 1954-04-29)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1954-04-29)
recording of:
Blue ’n’ Boogie (on 1954-04-29)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
8:19
3Solar
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1954-04-03)
alto saxophone:
Davey Schildkraut (on 1954-04-03)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1954-04-03)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1954-04-03)
piano:
Horace Silver (on 1954-04-03)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (on 1954-04-03)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1954-04-03)
recording of:
Solar (on 1954-04-03)
composer:
Miles Davis
publisher:
Prestige Music Co.
4:45
4You Don't Know What Love Is4:23
5Love Me or Leave Me
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1954-04-03)
alto saxophone:
Davey Schildkraut (on 1954-04-03)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1954-04-03)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1954-04-03)
piano:
Horace Silver (on 1954-04-03)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (on 1954-04-03)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1954-04-03)
instrumental recording of:
Love Me or Leave Me (on 1954-04-03)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
EMI Music, EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd., Keith Prowse Music Publishing Ltd., WB Music Corp., Donaldson Publishing Co. (in 1928, in 1955) and Gilbert Keyes Music Company (in 1928, in 1955)
6:56