- Conception (album)
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Conception Compilation album by Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Lee Konitz Released 1951 Recorded 1949-1951
Van Gelder Studio, HackensackGenre Jazz Length 39:36 Label Prestige
PRLP 7013Producer Bob Weinstock Miles Davis chronology Birth of the Cool
(1949)Conception
(1951)Blue Period
(1951)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1]
Conception is a compilation album issued in 1951 as PRLP 7013, featuring Miles Davis on a number of tracks. The album features other notable musicians such as Lee Konitz, Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan and Zoot Sims. All the pieces were recorded at the famous Van Gelder Studio. The cover was designed by Bob Parent.
Contents
Track listing
- "Odjenar" (George Russell) - 2:52
- "Hibeck" (Lee Konitz) - 3:07
- "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern) - 2:27
- "Ezz-Thetic" (Russell) - 2:54
- "Indian Summer" (Victor Herbert)" - 2:35
- "Duet for Saxophone and Guitar" (Konitz) - 2:41
- "Conception" (George Shearing) - 4:03
- "My Old Flame" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) - 6:36
- "Intoit" (Stan Getz) - 3:22
- "Prezervation" (Getz) - 2:44
- "I May Be Wrong" (Gerry Mulligan) - 3:28
- "So What" (Mulligan) - 2:44
Note: The final track, "So What", is not the composition of the same name composed by Miles Davis from the 1959 album Kind of Blue.
Recording sessions and personnel
June 21, 1949
"Prezervation"
- Stan Getz - Tenor sax
- Al Haig - Piano
- Gene Ramey - Bass
- Stan Levey - Drums
1950
January 6
"Intoit"
- Stan Getz - Tenor sax
- Al Haig - Piano
- Tommy Potter - Bass
- Roy Haynes - Drums
March 15
"I May Be Wrong"
- Don Ferrara, Howard McGhee, Al Porcino - Trumpets
- J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding - Trombones
- Charlie Kennedy - Alto sax
- Georgie Auld, Zoot Sims - Tenor saxes
- Gerry Mulligan - Baritone sax
- Tony Aless - Piano
- Chubby Jackson - Bass
- Don Lamond - Drums
"So What"
- Gerry Mulligan - Baritone sax
- Zoot Sims - Tenor sax
- Charlie Kennedy - Alto sax
- J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding - Trombones
- Tony Aless - Piano
- Chubby Jackson - Bass
- Don Lamond - Drums
1951
March 8
"Odjenar", "Hibeck", "Yesterdays", "Ezz-Thetic"
- Lee Konitz - Alto sax
- Miles Davis - Trumpet
- Sal Mosca - Piano
- Billy Bauer - Guitar
- Arnold Fishkin - Bass
- Max Roach - Drums
March 13
"Indian Summer", "Duet for Saxophone and Guitar"
- Lee Konitz - Alto sax
- Billy Bauer - Guitar
October 5
"Conception", "My Old Flame"
- Miles Davis - Trumpet
- Sonny Rollins - Tenor sax
- Walter Bishop - Piano
- Tommy Potter - Bass
- Art Blakey - Drums
References
- ^ Mason, Stewart (2011 [last update]). "Conception - Miles Davis | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r137433. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
Categories:- 1951 compilation albums
- Miles Davis compilation albums
- Prestige Records compilation albums
- Albums produced by Bob Weinstock
- Stan Getz albums
- Lee Konitz albums
- Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
- 1950s jazz album stubs
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