[PREORDER] Miles Davis - Miles '56: The Prestige Recordings

*Limited Edition 4LP Box Set / 180 Gram*

Released for Miles Davis's centennial, Miles '56: The Prestige Recordings gathers the year that produced his most influential work for Prestige: the four albums — Cookin', Relaxin', Workin', and Steamin' — drawn from the two marathon sessions Davis cut with Rudy Van Gelder to close out his contract before moving to Columbia.

The sessions document Davis's first great quintet — Miles Davis on trumpet, John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and "Philly Joe" Jones on drums — with Sonny Rollins, Tommy Flanagan, and Art Taylor appearing across the broader set. The 180-gram 4-LP edition was newly mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original analog tapes; all audio was first transferred and restored by Plangent Processes and remastered by Grammy-winning engineer Paul Blakemore. The set includes a new essay by Grammy-winning music historian Ashley Kahn alongside session notes by the late Dan Morgenstern.

Tracklist

Disc 1 — Side A

1. In Your Own Sweet Way
2. No Line
3. Vierd Blues
4. In Your Own Sweet Way

Disc 1 — Side B

1. Diane
2. Trane's Blues
3. Something I Dreamed Last Night

Disc 2 — Side C

1. It Could Happen To You
2. Woody'N You
3. Ahmad's Blues

Disc 2 — Side D

1. Surrey With The Fringe On Top
2. It Never Entered My Mind
3. When I Fall In Love
4. Salt Peanuts

Disc 3 — Side E

1. Four
2. The Theme - Take 1
3. The Theme - Take 2
4. If I Were A Bell
5. Well, You Needn't

Disc 3 — Side F

1. 'Round Midnight
2. Half Nelson
3. You're My Everything
4. I Could Write A Book

Disc 4 — Side G

1. Oleo
2. Airegin
3. Tune Up
4. When Lights Are Low

Disc 4 — Side H

1. Blues By Five
2. My Funny Valentine