Music
Miles Davis Collector’s Items
January 30, 1953 - New York City
March 16, 1956 - Hackensack, NJ
Prestige
Tracks
Compulsion
The Serpent’s Tooth
‘Round About Midnight
In Your Own Sweet Way
No Line
Weird Blues
Personnel
Sonny Rollins (ts)
Miles Davis (tp)
Charlie Parker(ts)
Tommy Flanagan (p)
Walter Bishop Jr. (p)
Paul Chambers (b)
Percy Heath (b)
Art Taylor (d)
Philly Joe Jones (d)
Like all musicians of the era, Sonny idolized Charlie Parker, which makes this session historic. At the same time, Bird forsakes his usual alto saxophone for tenor, a double whammy.
Watch a Video where Sonny talks about Bish.