| Young Man with a Horn | ||||
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| Released | March 1953[1] | |||
| Recorded | May 9, 1952 | |||
| Studio | WOR Studios New York City | |||
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| Length | 22:21 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BLP 5013 Modern Jazz Series 10" vinyl, 33⅓ rpm, mono | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |   [2] |
Young Man with a Horn (also known as Miles Davis, Vol. 1) is the second 10-inch LP studio album by the American jazz musician Miles Davis. Released in March 1953, by Blue Note Records,[1] the album was recorded at the WOR studios in New York City on May 9, 1952.[3]
Overview
Young Man with a Horn was recorded on May 9, 1952, during Davis's struggles with heroin addiction. The album was the first of three 10" LPs recorded by Davis for Blue Note during the early 1950s. Davis states in his autobiography that his contract for Prestige Records, for whom he had recorded his first LP the previous year, was non-exclusive, but elsewhere he states the initial Prestige contract was for only one year.[4]
All cuts were initially issued as singles except "How Deep Is the Ocean."[5][6] The original master takes were split and merged with Davis' two other sessions for Blue Note and re-released on 12 inch LPs Miles Davis Vols. 1 & 2 in January and February 1956, shortly after Davis won the Down Beat reader's poll for best trumpeter.[7][8]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dear Old Stockholm" | Traditional, Stan Getz, arr. by Davis | 4:12 |
| 2. | "Woody 'n' You" (spelled "Would'n You" on the original artwork) | Dizzy Gillespie | 3:22 |
| 3. | "Yesterdays" | Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach | 3:42 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4. | "Chance It" (a.k.a. "Max Is Making Wax") | Oscar Pettiford, credited to Davis | 3:05 |
| 5. | "Donna" (a.k.a. "Dig") | Miles Davis | 3:22 |
| 6. | "How Deep Is the Ocean?" | Irving Berlin | 4:38 |
| Total length: | 22:21 | ||
Personnel
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- Jay Jay Johnson – trombone (omitted on tracks A3 and B3)
- Jackie McLean – alto saxophone (omitted on tracks A3 and B3)
- Gil Coggins – piano (credited on album cover as '"Gil" Coggins')
- Oscar Pettiford – bass
- Kenny Clarke – drums
References
- 1 2 Editorial Staff, Billboard (March 21, 1953). "Other Records Released this Week". The Billboard. Cincinnati: The Billboard Publishing Co.
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ↑ Miles Davis session index by the Jazz Discography Project on Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved on April 6, 2014
- ↑ "Miles: the Autobiography", Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe, 1989, pg.140, pg.153
- ↑ Bob Blumenthal in the liner notes to the RVG Edition of Miles Davis, Volume 1, Blue Note 2001. He does not mention the exception of "How Deep Is the Ocean".
- ↑ Blue Note 78 rpm singles on 78discography.com. Retrieved on April 6, 2014
- ↑ Leonard Feather in the original liner notes to Miles Davis Volume 1
- ↑ "1955 DownBeat Readers Poll". downbeat.com. March 6, 2016. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
