Bags' Groove

Artist: Miles Davis & Modern Jazz Giants
Label: Ojc
Category: Music

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Media: LP Record

UPC: 025218024518
EAN: 0025218024518
ASIN: B000000YDS

Release Date: 1995-01-01

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Tracks:

Bags' Groove [Take 1] - Miles Davis
Bags' Groove [Take 2] - Miles Davis
Airegin - Miles Davis, Miles Davis, The Modern Jazz Giants
Oleo - Miles Davis, Miles Davis, The Modern Jazz Giants
But Not for Me [Take 2] - Miles Davis, Miles Davis, The Modern Jazz Giants
Doxy - Miles Davis, Miles Davis, The Modern Jazz Giants
But Not for Me [Take 1] - Miles Davis

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Customer Reviews:

Before the Quintet - The Modern Jazz Giants.......2007-02-22

Bags' Groove title cut (both takes) was recorded in the same December 24 1954 session that gave us Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants. This is Miles, just as he was getting himself together. Miles' deeply personal tone can be heard in its early stages. The remaining CD tracks are by a quintet that includes Sonny Rollins, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke, and Horace Silver. I believe it would have been a more consistent release to put both Modern Jazz Giants and Bags' Groove out as a single set but that's life I guess. The notes on this package, considering it's a limited 10,000 copy edition, are rather scant and there aren't any photos. But the music is great. I have to admit that I don't really understand what Monk is doing with his solo on both takes but that's ok too. If you are a Miles Davis fan, especially of the classic first Quintet, then you must own Bags' Groove as well as The Modern Jazz Giants releases

Highest recommendation.......2004-03-04

I just received this remastered classic from Amazon and it is ASTOUNDING ! I can't believe it took me so long to pick this up. Miles sounds as good as I've ever heard him and the rest of the musicians are also at their best particularly Milt Jackson on the title track. Monk sounds a bit tentative and the story is that Miles asked him to sit out while he took his solo but Monk came through when it was his time to comp behind Jackson's solo and take his own solo. He sounds inventive and unmistakably Monk. Horace Silver and Sonny Rollins both sound wonderful and the tracks where they are featured really swing. The heart of this fine CD is the incredible rhythm section of Percy Heath and Keny Clarke. These guys were rock solid throughout this session and with the remastering Heath's bass lines just jump through the speakers.
Do not hesitate to purchase this. You will be glad you did.

An outstanding collaboration of immortal jazz giants.......2000-10-07

Wow! What an album (CD) this truely is a recording of great Jazz giants that the world will never see again. Miles Davis is outstanding as always on this, Theolonius Monk adds his signature twist on the piano and Milt Jackson on the vibes makes this a MUST have recording for Jazz fans. The rest of the group include Horace Silver, Percy Heath and Kenny Clarke that are each giants in the Jazz world. Although Miles and Theolonius didn't get along, the first two songs on this recording "Bags Groove" and its alternate take, definitely groove to the sound. Each of the artists trade off riffs with each other and then they blend wonderfully well. The rest of the songs are wonderful to listen to. This is an expensive CD, but is well worth the money to spend on it. The remastering is outstanding and the clarity of sound is perfect. It almost sounds like the listener is in the studio with these artists when they record it. As stated before, this is a MUST get for any fans of great beebop or great Jazz in general.

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