Session details: Carnegie Hall (December 25, 1949)

Miles Ahead session details

December 25, 1949 (6 items; TT = 21:12)

Carnegie Hall, New York NY

Voice of America (VOA) broadcast (B)

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Miles Davis (tpt); Bennie Green (tb); Sonny Stitt (as); Serge Chaloff (bs); Earl "Bud" Powell (p); Dillon "Curley" Russell (b); Max Roach (d); Symphony Sid Torin (ann)

1	Introduction (Symphony Sid Torin)	0:39
	"We'd like to bring you right now, ladies and gentlemen, one of the most exciting trios of our time... We bring you a gentleman who's probably, along with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk and all the great gentlemen of sounds, probably the most exciting. So let's bring him on with a great big hand, Bud Powell, ladies and gentlemen... Bud Powell, the trio, with Max Roach on drums, Curley Russell on bass. Bud Powell..."
2	All God's Children Got Rhythm (W. Jurmann-B. Kaper-G. Kahn)	2:54
3	Introduction (Symphony Sid Torin)	0:38
	"Bud Powell, ladies and gentlemen. Max Roach and Curley Russell... To this exciting rhythm section we bring to you the Stars of Jazz. First, on trumpet, Miles Davis... Little Miles Davis... On baritone, Serge Chaloff. On alto, Sonny Stitt. And finally, on trombone, Benny Green. Here they are. (Off-mic: Blow!)"
4	Move (D. Best)	5:34
5	Hot House (T. Dameron)	7:54
	During the applause (7:46) one of the musicians calls for "How High the Moon."
6	Ornithology (incomplete) (C. Parker-B. Harris)	3:33
	Cut off in the middle of Stitt's solo


1 Introduction (Symphony Sid Torin) 12" LP: IAJRC 20 CD: Jass JCD 16, Hi-Hat HHCD 3030
2 All God's Children Got Rhythm 12" LP: IAJRC 20 CD: Jass JCD 16, Hi-Hat HHCD 3030
3 Introduction (Symphony Sid Torin) 12" LP: IAJRC 20 CD: Jass JCD 16, Hi-Hat HHCD 3030
4 Move 12" LP: IAJRC 20 CD: Jass JCD 16, Hi-Hat HHCD 3030
5 Hot House 12" LP: IAJRC 20 CD: Jass JCD 16, Hi-Hat HHCD 3030
6 Ornithology (incomplete) 12" LP: IAJRC 20 CD: Jass JCD 16, Hi-Hat HHCD 3030

The Davis group (billed as "The Stars of Modern Jazz") participated in "Symphony Sid's Christmas Party," a gala event that began at 8:30 pm on Christmas Day. Produced by Symphony Sid, Monte Kay, and Leonard Feather, other performers included the Charlie Parker Quintet (Parker, Red Rodney, Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Roy Haynes); the Bud Powell Trio (Powell, Russell, Roach); the Kai Winding/Stan Getz group (Winding, Getz, Haig, Potter, Haynes); the Lennie Tristano Sextet (Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, Tristano, Joe Schulman, Jeff Morton); Sarah Vaughan and Jimmy Jones. According to an ad in the Daily News (December 24, p. 19), George Shearing, Errol Garner, and Buddy DeFranco were also to appear; but the surviving recordings do not include their performances.

From mid-November through December 10 Davis was booked along with Anita O'Day at the Hi-Note Club on the north side of Chicago; he was backed by Eddie Baker (p), Bob Peterson (b), and Hal Russell (d, vb).