Cookin', Workin', Relaxin', and Steamin': The Miles' First Quintet on Prestige Poll

Voted Workin' - 'It Never Entered My Mind' is so beautiful, and I love the cover pic of Miles and steamroller!

generally think of these as one big album, so i'm not sure what to vote for...maybe "steamin'"? the long "surrey" is perfect. these albums are so great.

WORKIN'

it's always been my fav, but they're all great.

Probably going with Steamin'. Always loved that version of "Salt Peanuts." But tylerw otm re: one big album.

the red garland records from this period are awesome too.

What about the first album by this quintet, which predates these sessions by about a year? Lots of killer stuff on that disc, too.

I knew who started this poll before I even looked :)

A key factor to Miles' minimalism was his aversion to the letter g

It's the g's he doesn't say.

Workin' is definitely the one I listen to the most, plus it's how I found out about Ahmad Jamal.

It's the g's he doesn't say.

he plays them instead

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/03/restraint-what-cooks-can-learn-from-miles-davis/72017/

anyhoo! listened to workin' last night and ward fowler otm -- "it never entered my mind" is pretty remarkable, such a perfect rendering of that tune (though the one miles did a few years earlier w/ horace silver is amazing too). it's funny, before i heard these records I had an entirely different idea of what they would sound like -- i think because of miles' badass personality, i thought they'd be these raw, bluesy workouts (probably more along the lines of art blakey/jazz messengers). but they're actually super-focused on melody, delicacy and just plain prettiness.

Relaxin' for me: "I'll play it for you and tell you what it is later."

I would love to poll raspy on mic Miles quotes

ha, yeah. the thing on that all stars date where they're all making fun of monk: "put this on the record, rudy! all of it!"

"How's that, Bob?"

I love how on the mid-60s quintet records he says "Let's hear some of that, Teo!" before the band even stops playing.

teeeeeoooooo

teeeeeoooooo

otm

teeeeeeooooo
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garland is so playful on "blues by five"

fucking band!

I like digging out Garland's Groovy sometimes (also w/ Chambers) which is another ace album.

didn't even notice this, just posted about Workin' on the "bands you keep trying to get into" thread. It's impossible to choose between all these...

was just playing art pepper meets the rhythm section, recorded in '57 with garland, jones, chambers. pretty great stuff.