Music 396—Miles Davis Listening—Fall 2000



 
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
Unit 8

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Listening for Unit One—Introduction

DATE ARTIST/TITLE RECORDING
1997 Jazz Styles Demonstration CD IH202
12/26/68 Eubie Blake/Charleston Rag JAZZ 53A
6/20/37 Robert Johnson/Hellhound on My Trail JAZZ 55A
5/4/26 Bessie Smith/Lost Your Head Blues SCCJ
2/26/17 Original Dixieland Jazz Band/Dixie Jazz Band One-Step JCCD
4/6/23 King Oliver Creole Jazz Band/Dippermouth Blues SCCJ
9/21/26 Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers/Dead Man Blues SCCJ
12/13/27 Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five/Hotter Than That SCCJ
6/28/28 Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five/West End Blues SCCJ
12/5/28 Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines/Weather Bird SCCJ
1/26/33 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra/I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues SCCJ
2/4/27 Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra/Singin’ the Blues SCCJ
9/12/34 Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra/Wrappin’ It Up SCCJ
11/2/37 Benny Goodman & His Orchestra/Ridin’ High SCBBJ
9/13/37 Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra/He’s Funny That Way SCCJ
11/6/39 Count Basie & His Orchestra/Volcano SCBBJ
9/5/39 Count Basie’s Kansas City Seven/Lester Leaps In SCCJ
7/24/41 Gene Krupa & His Orchestra/Rockin’ Chair SCCJ
3/5/37 Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra/The New East St. Louis Toodle-O SCCJ
11/25/46 Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra/Happy Go Lucky Local SCBBJ
1/9/45 Dizzy Gillespie Sextet/I Can’t Get Started SCCJ
9/13/48 Tadd Dameron Sextet/Lady Bird SCCJ
1/13/58 Horace Silver Quintet/Moon Rays SCCJ (rev. ed.)
2/11/56 Sonny Rollins Plus Four/Pent-Up House SCCJ

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Listening for Unit Two—Miles 1927-1947

DATE ARTIST/TITLE RECORDING
12/23/43 Coleman Hawkins Quartet/The Man I Love SCCJ
5/11/45 Dizzy Gillespie All Star Quintet/Salt Peanuts JAZZ 85A
6/9/45 Don Byas & Slam Stewart/I Got Rhythm (see also notes in SCCJ) JAZZ 71A
5/11/45 Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Quintette/Shaw ’Nuff (see also notes in SCCJ) JAZZ 41B
1/26/45 Charlie Parker’s Re-boppers/KoKo (see also notes in SCCJ) JAZZ 43B
11/26/45 Charlie Parker’s Reboppers/Billie’s Bounce JAZZ 43B
3/28/46 Charlie Parker Septet/Yardbird Suite JAZZ 43B
9/46 Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra/Oo-Bop-Sh’Bam JAZZ 85A
5/8/47 Charlie Parker All Stars/Donna Lee JAZZ 43B
5/8/47 Charlie Parker All Stars/Chasin’ the Bird JAZZ 43B
8/14/47 Miles Davis All Stars/Sippin’ at Bells JAZZ 44A
8/14/47 Miles Davis All Stars/Half Nelson JAZZ 25A
9/26/47 Tadd Dameron Sextet/The Squirrel JAZZ 85B
7/24/42 Woody Herman & His Orchestra/Down Under SCBBJ
2/46 Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra/Cool Breeze SCBBJ
7/9/46 Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra/Things to Come SCBBJ
10/17/47 Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra/Robbins Nest SCBBJ
11/47 Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra/Donna Lee SCBBJ
——— Charlie Parker Quintet/Cool Bird IH202 CD3/3
10/28/47 Bird of Paradise (see also notes in JAZZ 44A)   " "
10/28/47 Embraceable You (see also notes in JAZZ 44A & SCCJ)   " "
11/4/47 Klact-Oveeseds-Tene (see also notes in SCCJ)   " "
11/4/47 Scrapple from the Apple (see also notes in JAZZ 44A)   " "
12/17/47 Crazeology (Little Benny) (take 4) (see also notes in SCCJ)   " "
12/21/47 Bird Gets the Worm   " "

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Listening for Unit Three—1948-1950

DATE ARTIST/TITLE RECORDING
11/21/47 Thelonious Monk Quintet/’Round Midnight JAZZ 27A
9/48 Charlie Parker All Stars/Parker’s Mood (see also notes in SCCJ) JAZZ 44A
9/13/48 Tadd Dameron Sextet/Jahbero JAZZ 90B
9/18/48 Charlie Parker All Stars/Barbados JAZZ 44A
10/9/48 Tadd Dameron Sextet/The Tadd Walk JAZZ 85B
1/3/49 Metronome All Stars/Overtime JAZZ 86A
5/49 Miles Davis-Tadd Dameron Quintet/Ornithology JAZZ 25A
5/16/49 Lennie Tristano Sextet/Intuition JAZZ 97A
7/2/48 Thelonious Monk Quartet/Misterioso (see also notes in JAZZ 27A) SCCJ
1/11/49 Lennie Tristano Quintet/Subconscious Lee SCCJ
7/13/49 Art Tatum/Willow Weep for Me SCCJ
4/13/49 Elliot Lawrence & His Orchestra/Elevation SCBBJ
——— Miles Davis/Birth of the Cool CSTC LP M12 D263C
——— Miles Davis/Complete Birth of the Cool IH202 CD3/12
1/21/49 Move   " "
1/21/49 Jeru (see also notes in JAZZ 35B)   " "
1/21/49 Budo   " "
1/21/49 Godchild   " "
4/22/49 Venus de Milo   " "
4/22/49 Boplicity (see also notes in SCCJ & JAZZ 25A)   " "
4/22/49 Israel (see also notes in JAZZ 35A)   " "
4/22/49 Rouge   " "
3/9/50 Moon Dreams (see also notes in JAZZ 61A)   " "
3/9/50 Deception   " "
3/9/50 Rocker   " "
3/9/50 Darn That Dream   " "

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Listening for Unit Four—1950-1955

DATE ARTIST/TITLE RECORDING
5/18/50 Sarah Vaughan with Jimmy Jones’ Band/It Might as Well Be Spring JAZZ 84A
1/7/51 Sonny Rollins Quartet/I Know JAZZ 69A
3/8/51 Lee Konitz Sextet/Ezz-thetic JAZZ 61A
4/13/51 Red Norvo Trio/Godchild JAZZ 63B
4/7/52 Milt Jackson Quintet/Bag’s Groove JAZZ 86B
5/19/53 Miles Davis Quartet/Smooch JAZZ 25A
3/15/54 Miles Davis Quartet/Blue Haze JAZZ 25A
4/3/54 Miles Davis Quintet/I’ll Remember April JAZZ 25B
6/29/54 Miles Davis Quintet/But Not for Me JAZZ 25B
12/24/54 Miles Davis All Stars/The Man I Love JAZZ 25B
2/6/55 Horace Silver & the Jazz Messengers/The Preacher JAZZ 87A
2/24/55 Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet/Blues Walk JAZZ 87A
5/1/51 Bud Powell Trio/Night in Tunisia SCCJ
3/26/52 Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra/These Foolish Things 
(see also notes in  JAZZ 82B)
SCCJ
7/3/55 Art Tatum/Too Marvelous for Words SCCJ
7/23/51 Thelonious Monk Quintet/Criss-Cross (see also notes in JAZZ 27A) SCCJ
12/24/54 Thelonious Monk/Bag’s Groove SCCJ
——— Miles Davis/Dig CSTC LP M12 D263D
10/5/51 Bluing   " "
——— Miles Davis/Walkin’ IH202 CD3/11
4/3/54 Solar   " "
4/3/54 You Don’t Know What Love Is   " "
4/3/54 Love Me or Leave Me   " "
4/29/54 Walkin’   " "
4/29/54 Blue’n’Boogie (see also notes in JAZZ 25B)   " "
——— Miles Davis/’Round About Midnight CSTC LP M12 D263R
10/26/55 Ah-Leu-Cha   " "

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Listening for Unit Five—1956-1960

DATE ARTIST/TITLE RECORDING
10/26/56 Miles Davis Quartet/My Funny Valentine JAZZ 26A
9/27/57 Gil Evans Plus Ten/Just One of Those Things JAZZ 72B
12/4/57 Miles Davis Ensemble/Sur l’autoroute JAZZ 26A
9/28/58 Sonny Rollins/The Surrey with the Fringe on Top JAZZ 69B
8/18/59 Dave Brubeck Quartet/Blue Rondo a la Turk JAZZ 62B
7/9/60 Horace Silver Quintet/Nica’s Dream JAZZ 36A
12/19/60 Gunther Schuller/Variants on a Theme by Thelonious Monk JAZZ 64B
6/22/56 Sonny Rollins Quartet/Blue 7 SCCJ
3/12/57 Charles Mingus Quintet/Haitian Fight Song SCCJ (rev. ed.)
5/22/59 Ornette Coleman Quartet/Lonely Woman SCCJ
12/28/59 Bill Evans Trio/Blue in Green SCCJ
4/12/60 Modern Jazz Quartet/Django SCCJ
——— Miles Davis Quintet/Workin’ and Steamin’ CSTC LP M12 D263W
5/11/56 Surrey with the Fringe on Top   " "
5/11/56 Salt Peanuts   " "
5/11/56 When I Fall in Love   " "
——— Miles Davis/’Round About Midnight CSTC LP M12 D263R
9/10/56 Round Midnight   " "
——— Miles Davis Quintet/Relaxin’ IH202 CD3/2
10/26/56 If I Were a Bell (see also notes in JAZZ 26B)   " "
——— Miles Davis with Gil Evans’ Orchestra/Miles Ahead CSTC LP M12 D263M
5/6/57 The Maids of Cadiz (see also notes in JAZZ 26A)   " "
5/6/57 The Duke (see also notes in JAZZ 26A)   " "
——— Miles Davis Sextet/Milestones CSTC LP M12 D263MS
2/4/58 Miles (Milestones)   " "
2/4/58 Straight, No Chaser   " "
3/4/58 Sid's Ahead (Weirdo)   " "
——— Miles Davis with Gil Evans’ Orchestra/Porgy and Bess IH202 CD3/9
7/29/58 It Ain’t Necessarily So (see also notes in JAZZ 26A)   " "
8/18/58 Summertime (see also notes in SCCJ)   " "
——— Miles Davis Sextet/Kind of Blue IH202 CD3/1
——— Miles Davis Sextet/Kind of Blue CSTC LP M12 D263K
3/2/59 So What (see also notes in SCCJ)   " "
3/2/59 Freddie Freeloader   " "
3/2/59 Blue in Green   " "
4/22/59 All Blues   " "
4/22/59 Flamenco Sketches (see also notes in JAZZ 26A)   " "

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Listening for Unit Six—1960-1969

DATE ARTIST/TITLE RECORDING
5/4/59 John Coltrane Quartet/Giant Steps JAZZ 70A
12/2/59 John Coltrane Quartet/Naima JAZZ 70A
4/14-15/61 Miles Davis Quintet/No Blues JAZZ 26A
11/3/61 John Coltrane Quartet/Impressions JAZZ 70B
1/20/65 Miles Davis Quintet/E.S.P. JAZZ 26B
3/17/65 Herbie Hancock Quintet/Maiden Voyage JAZZ 36B
10/24/66 Miles Davis Quintet/Circle JAZZ 26B
6/19/68 Miles Davis/Petits Machins JAZZ 26B
8/29/69 Wayne Shorter Group/Sweet Pea JAZZ 98A
12/21/60 Ornette Coleman Double Quartet/Free Jazz SCCJ
11/18/63 John Coltrane Quartet/Alabama SCCJ
7/64 Ella Fitzgerald/You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To SCCJ
6/16/66 Cecil Taylor Unit/Enter Evening SCCJ
——— Miles Davis with Gil Evans’ Orchestra/Quiet Nights CSTC LP M12 D263Q
7/27/62 Corcovado   " "
——— Miles Davis Quintet/Seven Steps to Heaven CSTC LP M12 D263S
4/16/63 I Fall in Love Too Easily   " "
5/14/63 Seven Steps to Heaven   " "
5/14/63 So Near, So Far   " "
5/14/63 Joshua   " "
——— Miles Davis Quintet/Sorcerer IH202 CD3/10
5/16/67 Limbo   " "
5/16/67 Vonetta   " "
5/17/67 Masqualero   " "
5/17/67 The Sorcerer   " "
5/24/67 Prince of Darkness   " "
5/24/67 Pee Wee   " "

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Listening for Unit Seven—1969-1979

DATE ARTIST/TITLE RECORDING
1972 Mahavishnu Orchestra/Miles Beyond JAZZ 99B
2/2/72 Chick Corea & Return to Forever/Crystal Silence JAZZ 99A
early 1973 Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters/Watermelon Man JAZZ 99A
2/27/74 Keith Jarrett Group/Le Mistral JAZZ 99A
1976 Billy Cobham Group/Nickles and Dimes JAZZ 99B
1977 Weather Report/Birdland JAZZ 99B
10/31/77 Jack Wilkins Sextet/What Is This Thing Called Love? JAZZ 100A
——— Miles Davis/Bitches Brew IH202 CD3/5-6
CSTC LP M12 D263B
8/21/69 Pharaoh's Dance   " "
8/19/69 Bitches Brew   " "
8/21/69 Spanish Key   " "
8/19/69 John McLaughlin   " "
8/20/69 Miles Runs the Voodoo Down   " "
8/19/69 Sanctuary   " "
——— Weather Report/Weather Report (1st album) CSTC LP M12 W362W
1971 Seventh Arrow   " "
1971 Orange Lady   " "
——— Miles Davis/Live-Evil IH202 CD3/7-8
2/6/70 Gemini/Double Image (see also notes in JAZZ 99A)   " "
6/3/70 Nem Um Talvez   " "
6/3/70 Selim   " "
6/4/70 Little Church   " "
12/19/70 Sivad   " "
12/19/70 What I Say   " "
12/19/70 Funky Tonk   " "
12/19/70 Inamorata and Narration   " "

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Listening for Unit Eight & Final Exam—1980-1991

DATE ARTIST/TITLE RECORDING FROM
11/47 Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra/Donna Lee SCBBJ D. Nagel
Billie Holiday, Lover Man IH202 Reserve H. Wood
4/22/49 Boplicity (from Birth of the Cool)
(see also notes in SCCJ & JAZZ 25A)
IH202 CD3/12 J. Szymanski
10/26/55 Two Bass Hit (from Miles & Coltrane) IH202 Reserve S. Hickey
5/6/57 The Duke (from Miles Ahead)
(see also notes in JAZZ 26A)
CSTC LP M12 D263M J. Giovannoni
8/18/58 Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)
(see also notes in SCCJ)
IH202 CD3/9 I. Rojo
3/2/59 So What (from Kind of Blue)
(see also notes in SCCJ)
IH202 CD3/1
CSTC LP M12 D263K
P. Simmons
4/22/59 All Blues (from Kind of Blue) IH202 CD3/1
CSTC LP M12 D263K
D. Ryan
11/20/59 Concierto de Aranjuez (from Sketches of Spain) IH202 Reserve B. Salgado
5/17/67 Masqualero (from Sorcerer) IH202 CD3/10 B. Thomas
9/24/68 Mademoiselle Mabry (from Filles de Kilimanjaro) IH202 Reserve T. Johnson
2/28/69 In a Silent Way (from In a Silent Way) IH202 Reserve P. Rodriguez
8/19/69 Bitches Brew (from Bitches Brew) IH202 CD3/5-6
CSTC LP M12 D263B
B. Larkin
8/19/69 John McLaughlin (from Bitches Brew) IH202 CD3/5-6
CSTC LP M12 D263B
P. Thorne
8/19/69 Sanctuary (from Bitches Brew) IH202 CD3/5-6
CSTC LP M12 D263B
A. Fox
5/80 The Man with the Horn (from Man with the Horn) IH202 Reserve A. Morys
12/26/84 One Phone Call/Street Scenes (from You're Under Arrest) IH202 Reserve B. Stegall
12/26/87 Human Nature (from You're Under Arrest) IH202 Reserve J. McGee
——— Miles Davis/Time After Time IH202 CD3/4 M. Harbold
2/16/88 Tutu   " "   " "
2/16/88 Movie Star   " "   " "
2/16/88 Splatch   " "   " "
2/16/88 Time After Time   " "   " "
2/16/88 Wayne's Tune   " "   " "
2/16/88 Full Nelson   " "   " "

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