Miles Davis and His Favorite Tenors - Original Albums

Miles Dewey Davis III (1926-1991) was one of the most influential (jazz) musicians of the 20th century, next to Duke Ellington. He was not the most virtuosos trumpet player in Modern Jazz, but had a lifelong mentality of innovation, which never left him satisfied with what he achieved, but constantly kept himself open to new musical challenges, which always triggered impulses that volcanically erupted unto the international jazz scene. Among his many qualities was Davis' ability to attract the best musicians for his bands and record projects time and again. As a very young musician he already came under the wings of the greatest of Modern Jazz pioneers: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk. When Davis formed his own bands in the 1950s, he remained true to Parker's and Gillespie's concept of "saxophone and trumpet plus rhythm section" until his electric phase in the late sixties. This compilation is dedicated to the most important tenor saxophonists with whom Davis created and kept on developing his innovative quintet-sound. Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter were without a doubt the most important partners for Davis, the ones who challenged him the most and provided the most frequent and creative submissions. Their colleagues Hank Mobley and Lucky Thompson were also great masters and musical individualists, as you can hear on recordings with and without Miles in this set, for instance with other great trumpeters like Freddie Hubbard.