‘Round About Midnight

Description

At the Newport Jazz Festival in 1955, Davis performed the song ”Round Midnight’ as part of an all-star jam session, with the song’s composer Thelonious Monk, along with Connie Kay and Percy Heath of the Modern Jazz Quartet, Zoot Sims, and Gerry Mulligan. Davis’s solo received a positive reception from many jazz fans and critics. His response to this performance was typically laconic: ‘What are they talking about? I just played the way I always play.’ George Avakian of Columbia Records was in the audience, and his brother Aram persuaded him that he ought to sign Davis to the label.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. ‘Round Midnight – Miles Davis (5.55)
2. Ah-leu-cha – Miles Davis (5.53)
3. All of You – Miles Davis (7.01)
4. Bye, Bye, Blackbird – Miles Davis (7.55)
5. Tadd’s Delight – Miles Davis (4.26)
6. Dear Old Stockholm – Miles Davis (7.49)