Collectors’ Items is a 1956 studio album by Miles Davis. There are two sessions collected on the album with largely different musicians. The first 1953 session is “Compulsion”, “The Serpent’s Tooth” (two takes) and “‘Round About Midnight”. The second 1956 session is “In Your Own Sweet Way”, “Vierd Blues” and “No Line”. The personnel for the first session were Davis, Sonny Rollins and Charlie Parker (credited under the pseudonym “Charlie Chan” due to his contractual obligations to a rival label) on tenor saxes, Walter Bishop on piano, Percy Heath on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums. For the second session, the tenor sax was Rollins alone, the piano was Tommy Flanagan, the bass Paul Chambers and Art Taylor on drums….read more.
Album Data
January 30, 1953 session
Miles Davis – Trumpet
Sonny Rollins – Tenor Saxophone
Charlie Parker (“Charlie Chan”) – Tenor Saxophone
Walter Bishop – Piano
Percy Heath – Bass
Philly Joe Jones – Drums
March 16, 1956 session
Miles Davis – Trumpet
Sonny Rollins – Tenor Saxophone
Tommy Flanagan – Piano
Paul Chambers – Bass
Art Taylor – Drums
Released: December, 1956
Recorded: (tracks 1 – 4) January 30th, 1953
Recorded: (tracks 5 – 7) March 16th, 1956
Record Label: Prestige
Producer:Ira Gitler (tracks 1 – 4)
Producer: Bob Weinstock (tracks 5 – 7)
Album Length: 44min / 05sec
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