Modern Jazz Trumpets

1951 compilation album by Fats Navarro, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham

Modern Jazz Trumpets

Compilation album by

Fats Navarro, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham

Released| 1951 (1951)
Recorded| May 15, 1949
September 20, 1949
September 16, 1950
January 17, 1951
Genre| Jazz
Label| Prestige
Producer| Bob Weinstock
Fats Navarro chronology
|  | Modern Jazz Trumpets
(1951)  | Fats Bud-Klook-Sonny-Kinney
(1955)

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Miles Davis 10" LP chronology
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(1951)  | The New Sounds
(1951)

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later version of cover

Modern Jazz Trumpets is an album released by Prestige Records in 1951 with music by four jazz trumpeters: Fats Navarro, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Kenny Dorham. The album was released on the 10" LP format and includes the first recordings by Davis for Prestige.[1]

Cover art was a text layout similar to other early albums on Prestige. Later pressings used the same photo of Davis also used on his first three 10" LPs.

## Track listing

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A side

1. Fats Navarro - Stop (Don Lanphere) – 4:03
2. Fats Navarro - Go (Don Lanphere) – 4:03
3. Fats Navarro - Wailing Wall (Don Lanphere) – 3:25
4. Dizzy Gillespie - Thinking of You (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby) – 2:45

B side

1. Miles Davis - Morpheus (John Lewis) – 2:21
2. Miles Davis - Whispering (M. Schonberger, R. Coburn, V. Rose) – 3:03
3. Miles Davis - Down (Miles Davis) – 2:51
4. Dizzy Gillespie - Nice Work If You Can Get It (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:45
5. Kenny Dorham - Maxology (Kenny Dorham) – 5:44

## Personnel and recording dates

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### May 15, 1949 ("Maxology")

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* Kenny Dorham – trumpet
* James Moody – tenor saxophone
* Al Haig – piano
* Tommy Potter – bass
* Max Roach – drums

Studio Technisonor, Paris, France

The Kenny Dorham track was also issued by Prestige on the following 78rpm single, credited to James Moody:

* Prestige 702: James Moody - Maxology, Part 1&2

### September 20, 1949 ("Stop," "Go" & "Wailing Wall")

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* Fats Navarro – trumpet
* Don Lanphere – tenor saxophone
* Al Haig – piano
* Tommy Potter – bass
* Max Roach – drums

NYC

The Fats Navarro tracks were also issued by Prestige on the following 78rpm singles:

* Prestige 812: Fats Navarro - Stop / Go
* Prestige 819: Fats Navarro - Wailing Wall / Infatuation

### September 16, 1950 ("Thinking of You" & "Nice Work If You Can Get It")

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* Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
* Jimmy Heath – alto saxophone
* Jimmy Oliver – tenor saxophone
* Milt Jackson \- piano
* Percy Heath – bass
* Joe Harris – drums

NYC

The Dizzy Gillespie tracks were also issued by Prestige on the following 78rpm singles:

* Prestige 728: Sonny Stitt \- To Think You've Chosen Me / Dizzy Gillespie - Thinking Of You
* Prestige 736: Dizzy Gillespie - She's Gone Again / Nice Work If You Can Get It

### January 17, 1951 ("Morpheus," "Whispering" & "Down")

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* Miles Davis – trumpet
* Bennie Green – trombone
* Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
* John Lewis – piano
* Percy Heath – bass
* Roy Haynes – drums

Apex Studios, New York City

Two takes of the tune "Blue Room" were also recorded at this session. This was Miles Davis' first recording session for Prestige Records, for whom he would record many albums over the next five years, as well as his first credited appearance as leader on an LP album. Davis had previously recorded one session under his own name, with Charlie Parker's band, for Savoy Records in 1947 (available on First Miles), and three sessions with his nonet for Capitol Records over 1949-1950 (Birth of the Cool). It was also his first session with the young Sonny Rollins. After the session was completed, they would record one more track entitled "I Know" under Rollins' name, with Davis on piano. The Rollins track is available on the album Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet (PRLP 7029). Earlier in the same day, before his session at Prestige, Davis had also recorded a session as a sideman with Charlie Parker, for Verve Records, found on the Parker album Swedish Schnapps.[2]

The Miles Davis tracks, including "Blue Room", were also released on two 78rpm singles.[3] "Blue Room" would later be part of Davis' second 10"LP Blue Period (PRLP 140), and all four tracks would be re-released on the 12"LP Miles Davis and Horns (PRLP 7025), after the 10" format was discontinued.

* Prestige 734: Miles Davis - Morpheus / Blue Room
* Prestige 742: Miles Davis - Down / Whispering

## References

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1. ^ Prestige 10" LP discography, the Jazz Discography Project, accessed June 4, 2014
2. ^ Miles Davis 1950s session details, Miles Ahead: A Miles Davis Website, accessed June 4, 2014
3. ^ Prestige 78rpm discography, the Jazz Discography Project, accessed June 4, 2014

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Studio albums|

* Bird and Diz (1952)
* Afro (1954)
* Diz and Getz (1955)
* Dizzy and Strings (1954)
* Roy and Diz (1954)
* Jazz Recital (1956)
* The Modern Jazz Sextet (1956)
* World Statesman (1956)
* Dizzy in Greece (1956)
* For Musicians Only (1956)
* Birks' Works (1957)
* Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith (1957)
* Sittin' In (1957)
* Duets (1957)
* The Greatest Trumpet of Them All (1957)
* Sonny Side Up (1959)
* The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (1959)
* Have Trumpet, Will Excite! (1959)
* A Portrait of Duke Ellington (1960)
* Gillespiana (1960)
* Perceptions (1961)
* The New Continent (1962)
* New Wave (1963)
* Something Old, Something New (1963)
* Dizzy Goes Hollywood (1964)
* Jambo Caribe (1964)
* I/We Had a Ball (1965)
* Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie (1965)
* The Melody Lingers On (1966)
* It's My Way (1969)
* Cornucopia (1969)
* The Real Thing (1970)
* Portrait of Jenny (1970)
* Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (1974)
* The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (1974)
* Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie (1974)
* Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1974)
* The Bop Session (1975)
* Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From (1975)
* Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (1975)
* Bahiana (1975)
* Carter, Gillespie Inc. (1976)
* Dizzy's Party (1976)
* Free Ride (1977)
* The Gifted Ones (1977)
* The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1980)
* The Alternate Blues (1980)
* To a Finland Station (1983)
* Closer to the Source (1984)
* New Faces (1985)
* Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet (1986)
* Endlessly (1988)
* Oop-Pop-A-Da (1988)

Live albums|

* Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)
* Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (1957)
* An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (1961)
* Carnegie Hall Concert (1961)
* Dizzy on the French Riviera (1962)
* Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (1963)
* Live at the Village Vanguard (1967)
* Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (1967)
* The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band (1968)
* Dizzy Gillespie and the Mitchell Ruff Duo in Concert (1971)
* Giants (1971)
* The Giants of Jazz (1971)
* The Giant (1973)
* The Source (1973)
* The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (1975)
* The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 (1975)
* Dizzy Gillespie Jam (1977)
* Digital at Montreux, 1980 (1980)
* Musician, Composer, Raconteur (1981)
* One Night in Washington (1983)
* Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1989)
* Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (1989)
* Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (1992)
* To Bird with Love (1992)
* To Diz with Love (1992)

Compilation
albums|

* Modern Jazz Trumpets (1951)
* Groovin' High (1955)
* Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (1976)
* The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1995)
* The Great Blue Star Sessions 1952–1953 (2004)
* Dizzy Digs Paris (2006)

Soundtracks|

* The Cool World (1964)
* The Winter in Lisbon (1990)

Compositions|

* "Anthropology"
* "Birks' Works"
* "Blue 'n' Boogie"
* "Con Alma"
* "Dizzy Atmosphere"
* "Groovin' High"
* "Manteca"
* "A Night in Tunisia"
* "Oop Bop Sh'Bam"
* "Salt Peanuts"
* "Woody 'n' You"

Books|

* To Be or Not to Bop (1979)

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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
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* 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
* That’s What Happened 1982-1985: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7
* Miles Davis 54

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"
* "Joshua"
* "Milestones"
* "Nardis"
* "Seven Steps to Heaven"
* "So What"

Related articles|

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* 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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Kenny Dorham

Studio albums|

* Kenny Dorham Quintet (1953)
* Afro-Cuban (1955)
* Jazz Contrasts (1957)
* 2 Horns / 2 Rhythm (1957)
* This Is the Moment! (1958)
* Blue Spring (1959)
* Quiet Kenny (1959)
* The Arrival of Kenny Dorham/The Kenny Dorham Memorial Album (1960 [1976])
* Jazz Contemporary (1960)
* Showboat (1960)
* Whistle Stop (1961)
* Matador (1962)
* Una Mas (1963)
* Trompeta Toccata (1964)

Live albums|

* 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia (1956)
* Inta Somethin' (1961)

Compositions|

* "Blue Bossa"

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