Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet

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{{Infobox album

| name = Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet

| type = studio

| artist = Miles Davis

| cover = Steamin'_With_the_Miles_Davis_Quintet.jpeg

| alt =

| released = July or August 1961

| recorded = May 11 and October 26, 1956

| venue =

| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack

| genre = Jazz

| length = 40:00

| label = Prestige

| producer = Bob Weinstock

| prev_title = Sketches of Spain

| prev_year = 1960

| next_title = Someday My Prince Will Come

| next_year = 1961

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite news | title= Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet| url =http://www.allmusic.com/album/r106093| publisher = All Music | access-date = October 28, 2016}}

| rev2 = DownBeat

| rev2Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite magazine |last=DeMichael |first=Don |date=September 14, 1961 |title=Miles Davis: Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet |magazine=DownBeat |volume=28 |issue=19 |pages=25–26 }}

| rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}

| rev4 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

| rev4score = {{Rating|4|4}} {{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=342}}

| rev5 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| rev5Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book

|editor-last=Swenson

|editor-first=J.

| year = 1985

| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone

| location = USA

| isbn = 0-394-72643-X

| pages = 58

}}

}}

Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet is an album by the Miles Davis Quintet, released in 1961 through Prestige Records.{{cite news |title=July Album Releases |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/60s/1961/CB-1961-07-22-OCR-Page-0021.pdf|editor-last=Ostrow|editor-first=Marty|page=21|work=The Cash Box|archive-url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/60s/1961/CB-1961-07-22-OCR-Page-0021.pdf|archive-date=May 21, 2024|url-status=live|publisher=The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc.|location=New York|date=22 July 1961}}{{Cite book |last=DeVito |first=Chris |title=The John Coltrane Reference |last2=Fujioka |first2=Yasuhiro |last3=Schmaler |first3=Wolf |last4=Wild |first4=David |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |url=https://www.routledge.com/The-John-Coltrane-Reference/Porter-DeVito-Wild-Fujioka-Schmaler/p/book/9780415634632 |isbn=9780415634632 |editor-last=Porter |editor-first=Lewis |editor-link=Lewis Porter |location=New York/Abingdon |page=429}} The recording was made at two sessions on May 11 and October 26, 1956 that produced four albums: Steamin, Relaxin' with The Miles Davis Quintet, Workin' with The Miles Davis Quintet and Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet.

Reception

The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer praised all of the musicians except pianist Red Garland, and concluded: "This album is a must for anyone seriously interested in jazz".

Track listing

Prestige – LP 7200:{{cite news | title= Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet| url =https://www.discogs.com/fr/Miles-Davis-Quintet-Steamin-With-The-Miles-Davis-Quintet/release/1488139| publisher = Discogs | access-date = October 28, 2016}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side one

|extra_column= Recording session

|title1 = Surrey with the Fringe on Top

|writer1 = Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II

|extra1 = May 11, 1956

|length1 = 9:05

|title2 = Salt Peanuts

|writer2 = Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke

|extra2 = May 11, 1956

|length2 = 6:09

|title3 = Something I Dreamed Last Night

|writer3 = Sammy Fain, Jack Yellen, Herb Magidson

|extra3 = May 11, 1956

|length3 = 6:15

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side two

| extra_column= Recording session

| total_length = 40:00

|title1 = Diane

|writer1 = Lew Pollack, Ernö Rapée

|extra1 = May 11, 1956

|length1 = 7:49

|title2 = Well, You Needn't

|writer2 = Thelonious Monk

|extra2 = October 26, 1956

|length2 = 6:19

|title3 = When I Fall in Love

|writer3 = Victor Young, Edward Heyman

|extra3 = May 11, 1956

|length3 = 4:23

}}

Personnel

References

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{{John Coltrane}}

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Category:1961 albums

Category:Miles Davis albums

Category:Prestige Records albums

Category:Albums produced by Bob Weinstock

Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio

Category:Albums recorded in a home studio

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