Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet

Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet is an album recorded in 1956 by the Miles Davis Quintet in Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, and released in July 1957.[1][2] As the musicians had to pay for the studio time (a result of a rather modest contract with Prestige), their recordings are practically live. Two sessions 11 May 1956 and 26 October in the same year resulted in four albums—this one, Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet, Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet and Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet.

Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
Studio album by
Miles Davis
ReleasedJuly 1957[1][2]
RecordedOctober 26, 1956
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack
GenreJazz
Length34:02
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7094
ProducerBob Weinstock
Miles Davis chronology
Walkin'
(1957)		 Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
(1957)		 Bags' Groove
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Music Box[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[5]
Tom HullA–[6]

It was the first of the four LPs to be released. In response to the album title, Davis said, "After all, that's what we did—came in and cooked".[7]

The album was originally released on CD in the U.S. in 1987, and it was remastered for CD most recently by Rudy Van Gelder again in 2006 for Prestige Records.

Reid Miles designed the album's cover and Phil Hays provided the illustration.[8]

Track listing

Prestige – LP 7094:[9]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."My Funny Valentine"Richard Rodgers6:04
2."Blues by Five"Miles Davis10:23
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Airegin"Sonny Rollins4:26
2."Tune Up"
"When Lights are Low"		Miles Davis
Benny Carter, Spencer Williams		13:09
Total length:34:02

Personnel

References
  1. Porter, Lewis [ed.] (2013). The John Coltrane Reference. New York/Abingdon: Routledge. p. 447. ISBN 1135112576.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  2. "July Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. 20 July 1957. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  3. AllMusic review
  4. Music Box review
  5. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 57. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  6. Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Jazz (1940s-50s)". tomhull.com. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  7. PRESTIGE LP 7094: Cookin' with The Miles Davis Quintet Archived 2013-04-11 at Archive.today. Retrieved 20 July 2008.
  8. http://www.jazzanddraw.com/miles-davis-lp-cover/
  9. "Miles Davis – Cookin' with The Miles Davis Quintet". Discogs. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
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