Jazz LP MILES DAVIS “Cookin’” PRESTIGE 7094 DG mono RVG NYC W50 COLTRANE NICE

$

192

Artist:  MILES DAVIS QUINTET

Title:   “Cookin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet”

Label:   PRESTIGE ~ PRLP 7094.  Label is yellow with black text.  Monaural pressing on medium weight vinyl, with deep groove. 

Address on labels is: PRESTIGE RECORDS INC * 446 W. 50TH ST. * N.Y.C.

RVG is stamped in the dead wax. 

Year:  1956

Personnel: 

Miles Davis – trumpet

John Coltrane – tenor sax

Red Garland – piano

Paul Chambers – bass

Philly Joe Jones - drums   

Condition: 

DISC:  Vinyl is gorgeous NM-, a beauty!  Has been played a small number of times and handled with care.  There are a couple slight hairline paper scuffs but no serious or audible marks or problems.  Plays beautifully with superb fidelity.  Labels are clean.  This scarce LP is one that you will never need to upgrade. 

JACKET:   Jacket is nice VG to VG+.  Laminated front panel has some light smudge marks and light surface wear.  Seams and spine are excellent.  Non-laminated reverse has overall light smudging surface wear, pencil mark at right side, and light stains.  No splits, stickers or cutout indications.  Overall a very presentable jacket to accompany the superb disc.     

These are getting more and more difficult to find in top condition as the nicest copies disappear into collections.  Winning bidder will be extremely pleased. 

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• My Funny Valentine
• Blues by Five  

Side Two:

• Airegin
• Tune Up
• When Lights are Low     

Review:

“Cookin’ is the first of four albums derived from the Miles Davis Quintet's fabled extended recording session on October 26, 1956; the concept being that the band would document its vast live-performance catalog in a studio environment, rather than preparing all new tracks for its upcoming long-player.  The bounty of material in the band's live sets -- as well as the overwhelming conviction in the quintet's studio sides -- would produce the lion's share of the Cookin’, Relaxin’, Workin’, and Steamin’ albums. As these recordings demonstrate, there is an undeniable telepathic cohesion that allows this band -- consisting of Miles Davis (trumpet), John Coltrane (tenor sax), Red Garland (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), and Philly Joe Jones (drums) -- to work so efficiently both on the stage and the studio.  This same unifying force is also undoubtedly responsible for the extrasensory dimensions scattered throughout these recordings.  The immediate yet somewhat understated ability of each musician to react with ingenuity and precision is expressed in the consistency and singularity of each solo as it is maintained from one musician to the next without the slightest deviation.  "Blues by Five" reveals the exceptional symmetry between Davis and Coltrane that allows them to complete each other's thoughts musically.  Cookin’ features the pairing of "Tune Up/When Lights Are Low" which is, without a doubt, a highlight not only of this mammoth session, but also the entire tenure of Miles Davis' mid-'50s quintet.  All the elements converge upon this fundamentally swinging medley.  Davis' pure-toned solos and the conversational banter that occurs with Coltrane, and later Garland during "When the Lights Are Low," resound as some of these musicians' finest moments.” 

(courtesy Lindsay Planer, allmusic.com.) 

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