[ Columbia / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 3 April 2009
Tenor saxophonist John Coltrane's return to Davis' group in 1958 coincided with the "modal phase" albums: Milestones and Kind of Blue (1959) are both considered essential examples of 1950s modern jazz. Davis at this point was experimenting with modes - scale patterns other than major and minor.
Davis plays both trumpet and piano on "Sid's Ahead," a blues which is reminiscent of "Walkin'." He plays trumpet in the ensemble passages and solos on trumpet but moves to the piano to accompany the saxophonists in Garland's absence. "Billy Boy" is a solo feature for Garland and the rhythm section. (Wiki)
Recorded in New York City at Columbia 30th Street Studio on February 4, 1958 (#3-8) and March 4, 1958 (#1 & 2).
"Dr. Jekyll" - 5:55 (Jackie McLean)
"Sid's Ahead" - 13:13 (Miles Davis)
"Two Bass Hit" - 5:19 (John Lewis, Dizzy Gillespie)
"Miles" (titled "Milestones" on later LP and CD releases) - 5:49 (Davis)
"Billy Boy" - 7:19 (Traditional; arranged by Ahmad Jamal)
"Straight, No Chaser" - 10:41 (Thelonious Monk)
CD reissue bonus tracks
"Two Bass Hit" (alternate take) - 4:29
"Milestones" (alternate take) - 5:58
"Straight, No Chaser" (alternate take) - 10:28