Someday My Prince Will Come (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Someday My Prince Will Come/Kodak Song
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = Miles Davis


Caption = The woman on the cover of the album was Davis' wife, Frances.
Released = 1961
Recorded = March 7-21, 1961
30th Street Studio, New York, New York
Genre = Jazz
Length = 54:39 (Reissue)
Label = Columbia
CS-8456
Producer = Teo Macero
Reviews =
*"All About Jazz" (favorable) [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=6809 link]
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:fbfixqw0ldde link]
*"Penguin Guide to Jazz" Rating|3|4 [http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/Current/A1895.htm "Someday My Prince Will Come" ratings at AcclaimedMusic.net]
*Warr.org Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.warr.org/miles.html#Someday link]
Last album = "Sketches of Spain"
(1960)
This album = "Someday My Prince Will Come"
(1961)
Next album = "Quiet Nights"
(1963)

"Someday My Prince Will Come" is a studio album by Miles Davis, recorded in March of 1961 in New York City. It garnered significant critical acclaim, with reviewers praising Davis' precision playing and expansive lyricism. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:fbfixqw0ldde AMG review] ] While the liner notes credit the Miles Davis Sextet, only the title track featured six players, with John Coltrane joining the Miles Davis Quintet, which is featured on the bulk of the record. It marked the last time Davis would record with Coltrane and drummer Philly Joe Jones and was the only Davis Quintet studio session to feature saxophonist Hank Mobley.

Track listing

All tracks written by Miles Davis unless otherwise noted.
#"Someday My Prince Will Come" (Frank Churchill and Larry Morey) – 9:04
#"Old Folks" (Willard Robison and Dedette Lee Hill) – 5:14
#"Pfrancing" – 8:31
#"Drad-Dog" – 4:29
#"Teo" – 9:34 (in reference to Teo Macero)
#"I Thought About You" (Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Mercer) – 4:53

CD reissues include "Blues No. 2" and an alternate take of "Someday My Prince Will Come".

Performers

*Miles Davis - Trumpet
*Hank Mobley - Tenor saxophone (on all tracks except #5)
*John Coltrane - Tenor saxophone (only on tracks 1 & 5)
*Wynton Kelly - Piano
*Paul Chambers - double bass
*Philly Joe Jones - drums (only on "Blues No.2")
*Jimmy Cobb - drums (on all others)

References