MILES DAVIS LP “Relaxin' With” PRESTIGE 7129 RVG orig MONO dg W50 NYC NICE HEAR

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Artist:   MILES DAVIS QUINTET

Title:   “Relaxin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet”

Label:   PRESTIGE.  Monaural pressing on medium thick vinyl.   Label is yellow with black text, with deep groove.   Catalog number is PRLP 7129. 

Labels display “446 W. 50th St., N.Y.C.” address.   “RVG” is stamped in the runout area on both sides.

Session date:  1956. 

Personnel: 

Miles Davis – trumpet

John Coltrane – tenor sax

Red Garland – piano

Paul Chambers – bass

Philly Joe Jones - drums 

Condition: 

DISC:  Vinyl is nice VG+ to VG++ with 100% of original gloss, appears to have been played a very small number of times and handled with care.  There are a few slight scuffs, no serious marks or distractions.  Plays beautifully with superb fidelity.  Labels are clean, except small numbered index sticker affixed to A-side label. 

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JACKET:   Laminated jacket is nice VG+.  Front panel has some light surface wear, and 2 small stickers at the upper left corner.  Nice seams, spine and corner tips.  Reverse has slight darkening and faint staining, and pencil price notation at upper left corner. 

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• If I Were a Bell
• You’re My Everything
• I Could Write a Book

Side Two:

• Oleo
• It Could Happen to You
• Woodyn’ You     

Review: 

“Relaxin’ features the Miles Davis Quintet in a pair of legendary recording dates -- from May and October of 1956 -- which would generate enough music to produce four separate long-players: Cookin’, Relaxin’, Workin’, and Steamin’.   Each of these is considered not only to be among the pinnacle of Davis' work, but of the entire bop subgenre as well.  As with the other titles, Relaxin’ contains a variety of material which the band had concurrently been performing in their concert appearances.  In a brilliant stroke of time conservation, the scheme was hatched for the quintet -- who includes: Davis (trumpet), John Coltrane (tenor sax), Philly Joe Jones (drums), and Red Garland (piano) -- to perform the equivalent of their live repertoire in the studio for eventual release.  The results are consistently superior both in terms of song selection as well as performance.  The solid nature of the unit as a singular musical force is immediately apparent.  "If I Were a Bell" -- from the play Guys and Dolls -- includes some remarkable soloing via Coltrane and Garland.  Davis' solos are additionally impressive, as they're derived from the same four-note motive as the melody.  Hearing the many variations that he comes up with throughout the song conveys how intrigued Davis must have been by the tune, as it stayed in his performance repertoire for decades.  Tracks such as "You're My Everything" and "Oleo" highlight the synchronic nature of Davis and Coltrane as they carry each other's melodies while trading off solos.  The steady syncopation of Philly Joe Jones keeps the rhythms tight and the delicate interplay all the more conspicuous.   Relaxin’ offers something for every degree of jazz enthusiast.  Likewise, the quintet's recordings provide a tremendous introduction for the curious jazz consumer.”

(courtesy Lindsay Planer, allmusic.com.) 

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