Collectors Items

1956 studio album by Miles Davis

Collectors' Items

Studio album by

Miles Davis

Released| December 1956[1]
Recorded| January 30, 1953 (1-4)
WOR Studios, New York City
March 16, 1956 (5-7)
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre| Jazz
Length| 44:05
79:38 (CD Reissue)
Label| Prestige
PRLP 7044
Producer| Ira Gitler (1-4)
Bob Weinstock (5-7)
Miles Davis chronology
| Blue Haze
(1956)  | Collectors' Items
(1956)  | Birth of the Cool
(1957)

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Allmusic| [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [4]

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".[5] The second 1956 session is "In Your Own Sweet Way", "Vierd Blues" and "No Line".[6] The personnel for the first session were Davis, Sonny Rollins and Charlie Parker (credited under the pseudonym "Charlie Chan" due to contractual obligations) on tenor sax, 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.

According to Ira Gitler's liner notes, the 1953 session was only the second time Parker had recorded on tenor saxophone. The CD edition's liner notes indicate the session was the only time Parker and Rollins recorded together.

Davis describes the session with Parker in his autobiography as having been very chaotic. It was Davis' first session of 1953 and his heroin habit had become very bad. Parker had quit his own heroin habit following the arrest of his trumpet player Red Rodney, instead drinking enormous quantities of alcohol. He consumed a quart of vodka at the rehearsal, then spoke condescendingly to Davis as if it were his session and Davis an employee or a child. After arguing, Parker fell asleep and Davis was so mad he played poorly, which in turn angered Gitler who was producing.[7]

The 1953 session remained unreleased for several years, during which Parker died (in March 1955) and Davis left Prestige Records for Columbia Records (in 1956). Part of Davis' contractual obligation to Prestige was to record a second session to pair with the 1953 session that would give Prestige enough material for a full album.[8] For the second session, only Rollins returned, and Davis's band included two relative newcomers to the New York jazz scene. Pianist Tommy Flanagan had just moved to New York City a few weeks prior to the Davis recording session, which was his third recording date in the city. Bassist Paul Chambers had moved to the city in 1955 and first recorded in New York in June at a session for Prestige led by trombonist Bennie Green. Chambers first recorded with Davis in October of 1955 for Columbia as part of Davis' regular performing group of the time, which included John Coltrane, Red Garland, and Philly Joe Jones. The Collector's Items session was his third with Davis, and followed the November 1955 session for Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet.

## Track listing[edit]

Prestige – PRLP7044:[9]

Side oneNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "The Serpent's Tooth" (Take 1)| Miles Davis| 7:08
2.| "The Serpent's Tooth" (Take 2)| Miles Davis| 6:24
3.| "'Round About Midnight"| Thelonious Monk| 7:12
4.| "Compulsion"| Miles Davis| 5:53

Side twoNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "No Line"| Miles Davis| 5:48
2.| "Vierd Blues"| Miles Davis| 7:00
3.| "In Your Own Sweet Way"| Dave Brubeck| 4:40
Total length:| 44:05

## Personnel[edit]

### January 30, 1953 session[edit]

* Miles Davis – trumpet
* Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
* Charlie Parker (as "Charlie Chan") – tenor saxophone
* Walter Bishop Jr. – piano
* Percy Heath – bass
* Philly Joe Jones – drums

### March 16, 1956 session[edit]

* Miles Davis – trumpet
* Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
* Tommy Flanagan – piano
* Paul Chambers – bass
* Art Taylor – drums

## References[edit]

1. ^ Miles' Diary: The Life of Miles Davis 1947-61, p. 93
2. ^ Yanow, Scott (2011). "Collectors' Items – Miles Davis | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 57\. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
5. ^ January 30, 1953 Session Details, Miles Ahead: A Miles Davis Website, accessed July 4, 2014
6. ^ March 16, 1956 Session Details, Miles Ahead: A Miles Davis Website, accessed July 4, 2014
7. ^ "Miles: the Autobiography", Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe, 1989, p.161
8. ^ "Miles: the Autobiography", Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe, 1989, pg.203
9. ^ "Miles Davis – Collectors' Items". Discogs. Retrieved October 22, 2016.

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Discography

Studio albums|

| Prestige era|

* The New Sounds
* Young Man with a Horn
* Blue Period
* The Compositions of Al Cohn
* Miles Davis, Volume 2
* Miles Davis, Volume 3
* Miles Davis Quartet
* Miles Davis All Star Sextet
* Miles Davis Quintet
* Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins
* Miles Davis All Stars, Volume 1
* Miles Davis All Stars, Volume 2
* The Musings of Miles
* Blue Moods
* Dig
* Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet
* Quintet/Sextet
* Collectors' Items
* Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
* Bags' Groove
* Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
* Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants
* Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
* Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet

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Columbia era|

* 'Round About Midnight
* Miles Ahead
* Milestones
* Porgy and Bess
* Kind of Blue
* Jazz Track
* Sketches of Spain
* Someday My Prince Will Come
* Seven Steps to Heaven
* Quiet Nights
* E.S.P.
* Miles Smiles
* Sorcerer
* Nefertiti
* Miles in the Sky
* Filles de Kilimanjaro
* In a Silent Way
* Bitches Brew
* Jack Johnson
* Live-Evil
* On the Corner
* The Man with the Horn
* Star People
* Decoy
* You're Under Arrest
* Aura

Warner Bros. era|

* Tutu
* Amandla
* Doo-Bop
* Rubberband

Soundtracks|

* Ascenseur pour l'échafaud
* Jack Johnson
* Music from Siesta
* The Hot Spot
* Dingo

Live
recordings|

* Birdland 1951
* Miles Davis at Newport 1955–1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4
* Miles & Coltrane
* Miles Davis Quintet at Peacock Alley
* Amsterdam Concert
* At Newport 1958
* Miles & Monk at Newport
* Jazz at the Plaza Vol. I
* Miles Davis & John Coltrane The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6
* In Person: At the Blackhawk, San Francisco
* Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall
* Miles Davis in Europe
* Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival
* My Funny Valentine
* Four & More
* Miles in Tokyo
* Miles in Berlin
* The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965
* Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1
* 1969 Miles – Festiva De Juan Pins
* Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2
* Live at the Fillmore East, March 7, 1970: It's About That Time
* Bitches Brew Live
* Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West
* Miles Davis at Fillmore
* Miles at the Fillmore – Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3
* The Cellar Door Sessions 1970
* Live-Evil
* In Concert
* Dark Magus
* Agharta
* Pangaea
* Miles! Miles! Miles!
* We Want Miles
* Live Around the World
* Merci Miles! Live at Vienne
* Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux

Compilations|

* Miles Davis and Horns
* Blue Haze
* Birth of the Cool
* Walkin'
* Miles Davis Volume 1
* Miles Davis Volume 2
* Miles Davis' Greatest Hits
* Basic Miles: The Classic Performances of Miles Davis
* Big Fun
* Get Up with It
* Water Babies
* Circle in the Round
* 1958 Miles
* Directions
* The Columbia Years 1955–1985
* Love Songs
* Super Hits
* The Essential Miles Davis
* Miles Davis Quintet: Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5

Box sets|

* The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane
* Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
* Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis 1963–1964
* The Complete Studio Recordings of The Miles Davis Quintet 1965–1968
* The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions
* The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions
* The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions
* The Complete On the Corner Sessions
* In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete
* The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965
* The Complete Miles Davis at Montreux
* The Cellar Door Sessions 1970
* Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection
* The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions
* Chronicle: The Complete Prestige Recordings 1951–1956

Remix albums|

* Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969–1974
* Panthalassa: The Remixes
* Evolution of the Groove

Compositions|

* "All Blues"
* "Blue in Green"
* "Boplicity"
* "Dig"
* "Donna Lee"
* "Four"
* "Flamenco Sketches"
* "Freddie Freeloader"
* "Milestones"
* "Nardis"
* "Seven Steps to Heaven"
* "So What"

Related articles|

* Miles Dewey Davis Jr. (father)
* Miles Davis Quintet
* Miles: The Autobiography
* Miles! The Definitive Miles Davis at Montreux DVD Collection
* That's What Happened: Live in Germany 1987
* Live in Munich (1988)
* Miles from India
* A Different Kind of Blue (2004 documentary)
* Miles Ahead (2015 movie)

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Tommy Flanagan

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.

Albums
as leader
or co-leader|

* Overseas (1957)
* Lonely Town (1959)
* The Tommy Flanagan Trio (1960)
* Solo Piano (1974)
* The Tommy Flanagan Tokyo Recital (1975)
* Trinity (1976)
* Alone Too Long (1977)
* Confirmation (1977–78)
* Eclypso (1977)
* Montreux '77 (1977)
* Ballads & Blues (1978)
* More Delights (1978)
* Our Delights (1978)
* Something Borrowed, Something Blue (1978)
* The Super Jazz Trio (1978)
* Together (and Kenny Barron, 1978)
* Tommy Flanagan Plays the Music of Harold Arlen (1978)
* Something Tasty (1979)
* Super-Session (1980)
* The Standard (1980)
* You're Me (1980)
* ...And a Little Pleasure (1981)
* The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan (1981)
* Giant Steps (1982)
* Thelonica (1982)
* The Magic of 2 (and Jaki Byard, 1982)
* Blues in the Closet (1983)
* I'm All Smiles (and Hank Jones, 1983)
* The Master Trio (and Ron Carter, Tony Williams, 1983)
* Nights at the Vanguard (1986)
* Jazz Poet (1989)
* Beyond the Blue Bird (1990)
* Flanagan's Shenanigans (1993)
* Lady Be Good ... For Ella (1993)
* Let's Play the Music of Thad Jones (1993)
* Sea Changes (1996)
* Sunset and the Mockingbird (1997)

With
Pepper
Adams|

* Motor City Scene (1960)
* Encounter! (1968)
* The Master (1980)
* The Adams Effect (1985)

With
Kenny
Burrell|

* Introducing Kenny Burrell (1956)
* Swingin' (1956)
* Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1956)
* All Day Long (1957)
* Kenny Burrell (Prestige, 1957)
* Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (1958)
* Weaver of Dreams (1960–61)
* Bluesy Burrell (and Coleman Hawkins, 1962)

With
John
Coltrane|

* The Cats (no leader,1957)
* Jazz Way Out (Wilbur Harden, 1958)
* Mainstream 1958 (Wilbur Harden, 1958)
* Tanganyika Strut (Wilbur Harden, 1958)
* Giant Steps (Coltrane, 1959)

With
Art
Farmer|

* Art (1960)
* Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (1962)
* The Many Faces of Art Farmer (1964)
* Group Therapy (New York Jazz Sextet, 1965–66)

With
Ella
Fitzgerald|

* Ella at Juan-Les-Pins (1964)
* Ella in Hamburg (1965)
* Sunshine of Your Love (1968)
* Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It) (1969)
* Ella in Budapest (1970)
* Ella à Nice (1971)
* Ella Loves Cole (1972)
* Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 (1972)
* Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)
* Ella in London (1974)
* Fine and Mellow (1974)
* Montreux '75 (1975)
* Montreux '77 (1977)

With
Curtis
Fuller|

* Jazz ...It's Magic! (1957)
* Blues-ette (1959)
* Sliding Easy (1959)
* South American Cookin' (1961)

With
Coleman
Hawkins|

* At Ease with Coleman Hawkins (1960)
* Coleman Hawkins All Stars (1960)
* Night Hawk (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960)
* Back in Bean's Bag (1962)
* Desafinado (1962)
* Good Old Broadway (1962)
* Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate (1962)
* Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate! (1962)
* Plays Make Someone Happy from Do Re Mi (1962)
* The Jazz Version of No Strings (1962)
* Today and Now (1962)

With
Milt
Jackson|

* Bags & Flutes (1957)
* Bags' Opus (1958)
* Bean Bags (1958)
* Vibrations (1960–61)
* Invitation (1962)
* Statements (1961)
* Jazz 'n' Samba (1964)

With
J.J.
Johnson|

* J Is for Jazz (1956)
* Blue Trombone (1957)
* Dial J. J. 5 (1957)
* First Place (1957)
* J. J. in Person! (1958)
* Pinnacles (1979)

With
Sonny
Rollins|

* Saxophone Colossus (1956)
* There Will Never Be Another You (1965)
* Falling in Love with Jazz (1989)
* Old Flames (1993)
* Sonny Rollins + 3 (1995)

With
others|

* Tentets (Franco Ambrosetti, 1985)
* Boss Tenor (Gene Ammons, 1960)
* Big Brass (Benny Bailey, 1960)
* Bash! (Dave Bailey, 1961)
* Who Is Gary Burton? (Gary Burton, 1962)
* Jazz Lab (Donald Byrd, 1957)
* Carter, Gillespie Inc. (Benny Carter and Dizzy Gillespie, 1976)
* Paul Chambers Quintet (1957)
* More Party Time (Arnett Cobb, 1960)
* Movin' Right Along (Arnett Cobb, 1960)
* Rhythm in Mind (Steve Coleman, 1991)
* Sonny's Dream (Birth of the New Cool) (Sonny Criss, 1968)
* Straight Ahead (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1976)
* Collectors' Items (Miles Davis, 1956)
* Quiet Kenny (Kenny Dorham, 1959)
* The Kenny Dorham Memorial Album (1960 [1976])
* Opening Remarks (Ted Dunbar, 1978)
* Patented by Edison (Harry "Sweets" Edison, 1960)
* The Book Cooks (Booker Ervin, 1960)
* The Song Book (Booker Ervin, 1964)
* Chromatic Palette (Tal Farlow, 1981)
* The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (1975)
* Gettin' with It (Benny Golson, 1959)
* Free (Benny Golson, 1962)
* The Panther! (Dexter Gordon, 1970)
* The Swingin'est (Bennie Green and Gene Ammons, 1958)
* Grey's Mood (Al Grey, 1973–75)
* It's About Time (Jimmy Hamilton, 1961)
* Can't Help Swinging (Jimmy Hamilton, 1961)
* Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962)
* Out of the Afternoon (Roy Haynes and Roland Kirk, 1962)
* Really Big! (Jimmy Heath, 1960)
* New Picture (Jimmy Heath, 1985)
* Porgy & Bess (Joe Henderson, released 1997)
* The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1962)
* Mirage (Bobby Hutcherson, 1991)
* Bossa Nova Plus (Willis Jackson, 1962)
* Desert Winds (Illinois Jacquet, 1962)
* Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants (1960)
* Let's Swing! (Budd Johnson, 1960)
* Heart to Heart (Elvin Jones, 1980)
* Blues for Dracula (Philly Joe Jones, 1958)
* Detroit – New York Junction (Thad Jones, 1956)
* Mad Thad (Thad Jones, 1956–57)
* A Story Tale (Clifford Jordan and Sonny Red, 1961)
* The Adventurer (Clifford Jordan, 1978)
* Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958)
* Booker Little (1960)
* Vocalese (The Manhattan Transfer, 1985)
* Flute Flight (Herbie Mann and Bobby Jaspar, 1957)
* Flute Soufflé (Herbie Mann and Bobby Jaspar, 1957)
* Dusty Blue (Howard McGhee, 1960)
* Reincarnation of a Lovebird (Charles Mingus, 1960)
* De Lawd's Blues (Billy Mitchell, 1980)
* Smooth as the Wind (Blue Mitchell, 1960–61)
* The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960)
* Jeru (Gerry Mulligan, 1962)
* Jive at Five (Joe Newman, 1960)
* Good 'n' Groovy (Joe Newman with Frank Foster, 1960)
* Joe's Hap'nin's (Joe Newman, 1961)
* Straight Life (Art Pepper, 1979)
* The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi (1956)
* Limbo Carnival (Dave Pike, 1962)
* Dave Pike Plays the Jazz Version of Oliver! (Dave Pike, 1962)
* Pony's Express (Pony Poindexter, 1962)
* Keep Swingin' (Julian Priester, 1960)
* Wisteria (Jimmy Raney, 1985)
* Swingin' with Pee Wee (Pee Wee Russell, 1960)
* Stable Mates (A. K. Salim, 1957)
* Here Comes Louis Smith (Louis Smith, 1958)
* Roots (Idrees Sulieman, 1957)
* Tate-a-Tate (Buddy Tate, 1960)
* Color Changes (Clark Terry, 1960)
* Lucky Thompson Plays Happy Days Are Here Again (1965)
* Stan "The Man" Turrentine (1960)
* ZT's Blues (Stanley Turrentine, 1961)
* The Frank Wess Quartet (1960)
* Southern Comfort (Frank Wess, 1962)
* California Soul (Gerald Wilson, 1968)
* Pairing Off (Phil Woods, 1956)
* Rights of Swing (Phil Woods, 1961)

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