MILES DAVIS – Relaxin’ (20th Century Masterworks Reissue w/ 2 bonus tracks) – LP – 180g Blue Vinyl [MAR 6]

LP – Limited Edition 180g Blue Coloured Vinyl featuring the complete album + 2 bonus tracks. Contains new liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz’s writer Brian Morton (20th Century Masterworks Reissue).

The 1956 album Relaxin’ with The Miles Davis Quintet – recorded by Rudy Van Gelder
for Bob Weinstock‘s Prestige Records label – is widely acknowledged as Miles Davis‘
first classic quintet. Formed in 1955 and featuring John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul
Chambers and Philly Joe Jones, it is one of the greatest combos in jazz history.
Relaxin’ was the second in a series of four albums featuring the group recorded
between May and October of 1956. It contains Miles’ first version of “If I Were a Bell“
from the play Guys and Dolls, a tune he would include in his concert repertoire until
1965.

Includes the bonus tracks ‘How Am I To Know?” and “Stablemates”.

“The results are consistently superior both in terms of song selection as well as
performance. The solid nature of the unit as a singular musical force is immediately
apparent. Relaxin’ offers something for every degree of jazz enthusiast. Likewise, the
quintet’s recordings provide a tremendous introduction for the curious jazz consumer.”
– ***** Lindsay Planer, AllMusic

Tracklist:

Side A
1 If I Were A Bell
2 You’re My Everything
3 I Could Write A Book
4 How Am I To Know? *

Side B
1 Oleo
2 It Could Happen To You
3 Woody’n You
4 Stablemates *

* = Bonus track