Bags' Groove

Bags' Groove
Bags' Groove
Compilation album by Miles Davis
Released	Early December 1957
Recorded	June 29 & December 24, 1954
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	46:11
Label	Prestige; PRLP 7109
Producer	Bob Weinstock
Miles Davis chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Tom Hull	A–^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Bags' Groove (PRLP 7109) is a jazz album by Miles Davis, released in 1957 by Prestige Records, compiling material from two 10" LPs recorded in 1954, plus two alternative takes.

Recording[]

Both takes of the title track come from a session on December 24, 1954, the first version having been previously released on Miles Davis All Stars, Volume 1 (PRLP 196). ("Bags" was vibraphonist Milt Jackson's nickname.) The other tracks recorded during this session may be found on Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (PRLP 7150), and all of them are also featured on the compilation album Thelonious Monk: The Complete Prestige Recordings. The rest of the album was recorded earlier in the year, on June 29, and four of the tracks had already been released as Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins (PRLP 187), with the fifth being a previously unreleased alternative take.

Music[]

The title track was written by Milt Jackson (“Bags” is his nickname) and the three compositions written by the young Sonny Rollins all went on to become jazz standards. On "Oleo", Davis used the Harmon mute to obtain a peculiar sound, and it would become an important feature of his playing.

Track listing[]

Prestige – LP 7109:

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bags' Groove" (Take 1)	Milt Jackson	11:16
2.	"Bags' Groove" (Take 2)	Milt Jackson	9:24

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Airegin"	Sonny Rollins	5:01
2.	"Oleo"	Sonny Rollins	5:14
3.	"But Not for Me" (Take 2)	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	4:36
4.	"Doxy"	Sonny Rollins	4:55
5.	"But Not for Me" (Take 1)	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	5:45
Total length:			46:11

Personnel[]

Miles Davis – trumpet
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Horace Silver – piano
Percy Heath – bass
Kenny Clarke – drums

On "Bags' Groove":

Miles Davis – trumpet
Milt Jackson – vibraphone
Thelonious Monk – piano
Percy Heath – bass
Kenny Clarke – drums

References[]

^ "Billboard – December 16, 1957 (Page 38)". Billboard. 16 December 1957. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
^ "Miles Davis – Bags' Groove". AllMusic. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 341. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Jazz (1940s-50s)". tomhull.com. Retrieved March 3, 2020.

[1] "Billboard – December 16, 1957 (Page 38)". Billboard. 16 December 1957. Retrieved October 28, 2016.

[2] "Miles Davis – Bags' Groove". AllMusic. Retrieved October 28, 2016.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 341. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[4] Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Jazz (1940s-50s)". tomhull.com. Retrieved March 3, 2020.

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