Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded May 11

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Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded May 11

Miles Davis Quintet - Relaxin' / Steamin' / Workin' (1956)

Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet is an album by the Miles Davis Quintet, released in March 1958 through Prestige Records. It was recorded at two sessions on May 11 and October 26, 1956, that produced four albums — this one, Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet, Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet and Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet. These four albums are considered to be among the best performances in the whole hard bop subgenre. The album was remastered by Rudy Van Gelder in 2005 for Prestige Records. This album includes dialogue snippets taken from the original master reel. As the title suggests, it also emphasizes Miles Davis' concentrated medium-register ballad playing.

Personnel

Miles Davis – trumpet
John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
Red Garland – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums

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Chick Corea - Is (1969)

Is is the third studio album by Chick Corea, recorded over three days in May 1969 and released on Solid State Records later that year. The album features a septet with trumpeter Woody Shaw, tenor saxophonist Bennie Maupin, flautist Hubert Laws, bassist Dave Holland and drummers Jack DeJohnette & Horace Arnold.

In 2002, Blue Note Records re-released all tracks from this album, together with Sundance (1972), along with alternate takes from both albums as The Complete "Is" Sessions.

Track listing

All music composed by Chick Corea except as noted.

Side one

"Is" – 28:54

Side two

"Jamala" – 14:04 (Dave Holland)
"This" – 8:18
"It" – 0:30

Personnel

Chick Corea – piano, electric piano
Woody Shaw – trumpet
Bennie Maupin – tenor saxophone
Hubert Laws – flute, piccolo
Dave Holland – acoustic bass
Jack DeJohnette – drums
Horace Arnold – drums & percussion

Air - Air Lore (1979)

Air Lore is an album by the improvisational trio Air featuring Henry Threadgill, Steve McCall, and Fred Hopkins performing compositions by Jelly Roll Morton and Scott Joplin. It was reissued on compact disc by Bluebird/RCA in 1987 and included in the eight-CD box set, Complete Novus and Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill and Air on Mosaic Records.