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Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
Studio album by Miles Davis
Released	July or August 1961
Recorded	May 11 and October 26, 1956
Studio	Van Gelder (Hackensack)
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:00
Label	Prestige PRLP 7200
Producer	Bob Weinstock
Miles Davis chronology
Sketches of Spain (1960) Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1961) Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)

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Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet is an album by the Miles Davis Quintet which was released in July or August 1961 through Prestige Records. The recording was made at two sessions on May 11 and October 26, 1956 that produced four albums: Steamin, Relaxin' with The Miles Davis Quintet, Workin' with The Miles Davis Quintet and Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet.

Reception

The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer praised all of the musicians except Garland, and concluded: "This album is a must for anyone seriously interested in jazz".

Track listing

Prestige – LP 7200:

Personnel

• Miles Davis – trumpet
• John Coltrane – tenor saxophone (except 3 and 6)
• Red Garland – piano
• Paul Chambers – bass
• Philly Joe Jones – drums

References

1. ^ Ostrow, Marty, ed. (July 22, 1961). "July Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. p. 21. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 21, 2024.
2. ^ DeVito, Chris; Fujioka, Yasuhiro; Schmaler, Wolf; Wild, David (2013). Porter, Lewis (ed.). The John Coltrane Reference. New York/Abingdon: Routledge. p. 429. ISBN 9780415634632.
3. "Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet". All Music. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
4. ^ DeMichael, Don (September 14, 1961). "Miles Davis: Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet". DownBeat. Vol. 28, no. 19. pp. 25–26.
5. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
6. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 342. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
7. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 58. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
8. "Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet". Discogs. Retrieved October 28, 2016.

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