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Miles 54: The Prestige Recordings (Craft Recordings CR00689)

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Title: Miles 54: The Prestige Recordings
Label: Craft Recordings CR00689 (12" LP)
Number of tracks: 20
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Details: March 15, 1954; April 3, 1954; April 29, 1954; June 29, 1954; December 24, 1954

Note: Only tracks on which Davis is present (140:47) are displayed below.

Record 1
1 Four (E. Vinson) [Mar 15, 1954] 3:59
2 Old Devil Moon (B. Lane-E.Y. Harburg) [Mar 15, 1954] 3:21
3 Blue Haze (M. Davis) [Mar 15, 1954] 6:06
4 Solar (M. Davis) [Apr 3, 1954] 4:40
5 You Don't Know What Love Is (D. Raye-G. DePaul) [Apr 3, 1954] 4:20
6 Love Me or Leave Me (W. Donaldson-G. Kahn) [Apr 3, 1954] 6:53
7 I'll Remember April (D. Raye-G. DePaul-P. Johnston) [Apr 3, 1954] 7:50

Record 2
1 Blue 'n' Boogie (D. Gillespie-F. Paparelli) [Apr 29, 1954] 8:14
2 Walkin' (R. Carpenter) [Apr 29, 1954] 13:22
3 Airegin (S. Rollins) [Jun 29, 1954] 4:57
4 Oleo (S. Rollins) [Jun 29, 1954] 5:10
5 But Not for Me (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) [take 1] [Jun 29, 1954] 5:39
6 But Not for Me (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) [take 2] [Jun 29, 1954] 4:33

Record 3
1 Doxy (S. Rollins) [Jun 29, 1954] 4:51
2 Bags' Groove (M. Jackson) [take 1] [Dec 24, 1954] 11:10
3 Bags' Groove (M. Jackson) [take 2] [Dec 24, 1954] 9:18
4 Bemsha Swing (T. Monk-D. Best) [Dec 24, 1954] 9:24

Record 4
1 Swing Spring (M. Davis) [Dec 24, 1954] 10:40
2 The Man I Love (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) [take 1, with fs + chatter] [Dec 24, 1954] 8:25
3 The Man I Love (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) [take 2] [Dec 24, 1954] 7:55


March 15, 1954
Miles Davis (tpt); Horace Silver (p); Percy Heath (b); Art Blakey (d)

April 3, 1954
Miles Davis (tpt); Dave Schildkraut (as); Horace Silver (p); Percy Heath (b); Kenny Clarke (d)

April 29, 1954
Miles Davis (tpt); J.J. Johnson (tb); Eli "Lucky" Thompson (ts); Horace Silver (p); Percy Heath (b); Kenny Clarke (d)

June 29, 1954
Miles Davis (tpt); Sonny Rollins (ts); Horace Silver (p); Percy Heath (b); Kenny Clarke (d)

December 24, 1954
Miles Davis (tpt); Milt Jackson (vb); Thelonious Monk (p); Percy Heath (b); Kenny Clarke (d)

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