Portrait

~ Release by Miles Davis (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1▶Medium: Conception
2▶Medium: Rocker
3▶Medium: Round Midnight
4▼Medium: Compulsion
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1Compulsion
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1953-01-30)
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1953-01-30)
bass and double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1953-01-30)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1953-01-30)
piano:
Walter Bishop, Jr. (American jazz pianist) (on 1953-01-30)
tenor saxophone:
“Charlie Chan” (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1953-01-30) and Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1953-01-30)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1953-01-30)
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1953-01-30)
recording of:
Compulsion (on 1953-01-30)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
5:45
2Weird Blues
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1956-03-16)
bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1956-03-16)
drums (drum set):
Art Taylor (on 1956-03-16)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (on 1956-03-16)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1956-03-16)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1956-03-16)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-03-16)
recording of:
Vierd Blues (on 1956-03-16)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1956)
publisher:
Prestige Music Co. (US, affiliated with BMI)
46:53
3Trane's Blues
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1956-05-11)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1956-05-11)
piano:
Red Garland (on 1956-05-11)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1956-05-11)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1956-05-11)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-05-11)
recording of:
Trane’s Blues (on 1956-05-11)
composer:
John Coltrane (in 1956)
is based on:
Vierd Blues
8:32
4Well You Needn't
recording of:
Well, You Needn’t
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Regent Music (BMI)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
9:18
5You're My Everything
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1956-10-26)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1956-10-26)
piano:
Red Garland (on 1956-10-26)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1956-10-26)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1956-10-26)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-10-26)
instrumental cover recording of:
You’re My Everything (on 1956-10-26)
lyricist:
Mort Dixon and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
4:48
6If I Were a Bell
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1956-10-26)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1956-10-26)
piano:
Red Garland (on 1956-10-26)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1956-10-26)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1956-10-26)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-10-26)
instrumental cover recording of:
If I Were a Bell (Guys and Dolls) (on 1956-10-26)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Frank Music Corp., Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
part of:
Guys and Dolls (Broadway musical)
part of:
Guys and Dolls (1955 musical film)
38:11
7Dig
recording of:
Dig
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
publisher:
Jazz Horn Music and Second Floor Music
7:37
5▶Medium: Oleo
6▶Medium: Flamenco Sketches
7▶Medium: No Blues
8▶Medium: There is No Greater Love
9▶Medium: Concierto de Aranjuez
10▶Medium: I Thought About You