dvii. DAVIS, Miles: Half Nelson

dvii. DAVIS, Miles (1926-1991)

Half Nelson (1956)
MD, trumpet
John Coltrane, tenor saxophone
Red Garland, piano
Paul Chambers, bass
Philly Joe Jones, drums
(4:48)

from Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet

Very cool early MD bop. A momentous head which features off-beat 1/8ths (bar 5) and rushing 16ths (bars 7-8).

Miles solos, then Trane, then they do an ensemble thing trading fours with Jones and repeat the head.

A head-spinning bowl of bop.