Session details: Columbia 30th Street Studio (October 23, 1956)

Miles Ahead session details

October 23, 1956 (2 items; TT = 14:22)

Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York NY

Commercial for Columbia

Miles Davis (flh); John Ware (tpt); Bernie Glow (tpt); Arthur Statter (tpt); Mel Broiles (tpt); Carmine Fornarotto (tpt); Joe Wilder (tpt); J.J. Johnson (tb); Urbie Green (tb); John Clark (tb); Joe Singer (frh); Ray Alonge (frh); Art Sussman (frh); Jimmy Buffington (frh); John Swallow (bhn); Ronald Ricketts (bhn); Bill Barber (tuba); Milt Hinton (b); Osie Johnson (d); Dick Horowitz (perc); Gunther Schuller (cond)

1	Poem for Brass [Jazz Suite for Brass] (J.J. Johnson)	9:55
2	Pharaoh (J. Giuffre)	4:27
	Davis out


1 Poem for Brass 12" LP: Columbia CL 941 (= PC 37012), CBS/Sony 20AP 1480 CD: Columbia CK 64929, CBS/Sony 25DP 5328, Sony SRCS 5696
2 Pharaoh 12" LP: Columbia CL 941 (= PC 37012), CBS/Sony 20AP 1480 CD: Columbia CK 64929, CBS/Sony 25DP 5328, Sony SRCS 5696

"Poem for Brass" -- sometimes listed as "Jazz Suite for Brass" -- comprises four "movements":

Sonnet for Brass (4:57)
Ballad for Joe [Wilder] (1:25)
Meter and Metal (1:02)
Finale (2:25)

Davis solos on flugelhorn on "Poem for Brass"; the trumpet solo is by Joe Wilder. Davis does not play on "Pharaoh," and Joe Singer and Bernie Glow are impressive for both accuracy and range.