Miles Davis Sextet / Newport 1958

Miles Davis Sextet

Newport Jazz Festival 1958

Rhode Island Introduction by Willis Conover - 0:00 "Ah-leu-cha" (Charlie Parker) - 2:11 "Straight, No Chaser" (Thelonious Monk) - 8:12 "Fran-Dance" (Miles Davis) - 17:05 "Two Bass Hit" (John Lewis, Dizzy Gillespie) - 24:15 "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) - 28:29 "The Theme" (Davis) - 37:40 Tracks 2-5 originally issued on Miles and Monk at Newport; tracks 6 and 7 originally issued on Newport Jazz Festival Live; John Coltrane appears courtesy of Prestige Records. Miles Davis — trumpet Cannonball Adderley — alto saxophone John Coltrane — tenor saxophone Bill Evans — piano Paul Chambers — double bass Jimmy Cobb — drums Released 2001 Recorded July 3, 1958