Blue Moods

~ Release by Miles Davis (see all versions of this release, 10 available)

Annotation

Notes

Recording Date: July 9, 1955
Recording Location: Rudy van Gelder Studio, Hackensack NJ, USA
Recording Label: Debut
Formation: Miles Davis Quintet with Charles Mingus, Miles Davis (tpt); Britt Woodman (tb); Teddy Charles (Theodore Cohen) (vb); Charles Mingus (b); Elvin Jones (d)

Issue history

All tracks on:

  • 12" LP Victor LP-8814
  • CD Fantasy OJC-043
  • CD Victor VICJ-23054
  • CD Victor VICJ-41251

#1, #4 on:

  • CD Prestige PRCD 6019
Annotation last modified on 2008-01-02 20:14 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Nature Boy
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1955-07-09)
double bass:
Charles Mingus (on 1955-07-09)
drums (drum set):
Elvin Jones (jazz drummer) (on 1955-07-09)
trombone:
Britt Woodman (on 1955-07-09)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1955-07-09)
vibraphone:
Teddy Charles (on 1955-07-09)
double bass arranger:
Charles Mingus
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack - July 1,1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1955-07-09)
instrumental cover recording of:
Nature Boy (on 1955-07-09)
lyricist and composer:
eden ahbez (composer of "Nature Boy", artist name lowercase by intent) (in 1947)
publisher:
Burke-Van Heusen, Inc., Crestview Music Corp., David J. Janowiak d/b/a Golden World (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), Edwin H. Morris & Company (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
6:21
2Alone Together
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1955-07-09)
double bass:
Charles Mingus (on 1955-07-09)
drums (drum set):
Elvin Jones (jazz drummer) (on 1955-07-09)
trombone:
Britt Woodman (on 1955-07-09)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1955-07-09)
vibraphone:
Teddy Charles (on 1955-07-09)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack - July 1,1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1955-07-09)
instrumental recording of:
Alone Together (on 1955-07-09)
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Schwartz
publisher:
Arthur Schwartz Music Ltd., Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
7:22
3There's No You
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1955-07-09)
double bass:
Charles Mingus (on 1955-07-09)
drums (drum set):
Elvin Jones (jazz drummer) (on 1955-07-09)
trombone:
Britt Woodman (on 1955-07-09)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1955-07-09)
vibraphone:
Teddy Charles (on 1955-07-09)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack - July 1,1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1955-07-09)
instrumental recording of:
There’s No You (on 1955-07-09)
lyricist:
Thomas Montgomery Adair
composer:
Hal Hopper
publisher:
Barton Music Corp.
8:11
4Easy Living
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1955-07-09)
double bass:
Charles Mingus (on 1955-07-09)
drums (drum set):
Elvin Jones (jazz drummer) (on 1955-07-09)
trombone:
Britt Woodman (on 1955-07-09)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1955-07-09)
vibraphone:
Teddy Charles (on 1955-07-09)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack - July 1,1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1955-07-09)
instrumental recording of:
Easy Living (on 1955-07-09)
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
writer:
Ralph Rainger (in 1937) and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter) (in 1937)
composer:
Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) (in 1937, in 1964)
5:04