Miles Davis - Steamin
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Artist: Miles DavisEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2007-08-07
Music Label: Prestige
Soundtracks:
- Surrey With the Fringe On Top
- Salt Peanuts
- Something I Dreamed Last Night
- Diane
- Well, You Needn't
- When I Fall In Love
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Music Review: Full Steam Ahead
Rating: 5 Stars
Steamin' was the last to be released of the four classic albums created from the marathon two day sessions in 1956, which were recorded to fulfill Davis's Prestige contract. The quintet consisted of Davis on trumpet, John Coltrane on tenor sax, Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums. This is the second of the four albums that I've purchased, the other in my collection being Workin' With the Miles Davis Quintet.
Steamin' begins with the Rodgers and Hammerstein tune "Surrey With the Fringe on Top" from the musical Oklahoma, a light-hearted romp. The album steamrolls ahead with a frantic version of Dizzy Gillespie's "Salt Peanuts". Philly Joe's drums sound almost crazed as he sets a manic pace for the other musicians to follow, culminating with a tour-de-force percussion solo that seems to occupy most of the song's six minute running time (without once becoming stale!) before a brief stab of horns ends the piece. From there, the album settles into a more relaxed tone with Coltrane dropping out for "Something I Dreamed Last Night", prime time Davis balladry. "Diane" is another mid-tempo number that's not quite a ballad, nor quite a burner, but finds a happy medium. "Well You Needn't" has a nice call and response between Davis and Coltrane, as well as some excellent ivory work from Garland. The interplay between Garland and Chambers is especially nice on this piece. And then there's the simply devastating version of "When I Fall in Love" that closes the set. Coltrane sits this one out and I'm not sure Miles's trumpet ever sounded as poignant as it does here. I was utterly charmed by this piece, my favorite on the record. I rather wish that I had discovered this album five years ago and perhaps my wife and I would have done our first dance to this song at our wedding.
Thus far, Steamin' and Workin' have both lived up to the hype that surrounds them. Based on these, I can't wait to hear Relaxin' and Cookin'. Strongly recommended.
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