Miles Ahead Session Details

Miles Ahead session details
October 28, 1947 (14 items; TT = 42:19)
WOR Studio, New York NY
Commercial for Dial
Charlie Parker Quintet
Charlie Parker (as); Miles Davis (tpt); Irving "Duke" Jordan (p); Tommy Potter (
b); Max Roach (d)
1
2
3
4
5

Dexterity (take 1) (C. Parker) 2:55
Dexterity (take 2 (master)) (C. Parker)
Bongo Bop (take 1 (master)) (C. Parker)
Bongo Bop (take 2) (C. Parker) 2:42
Dewey Square (take 1) [Prezology] (C. Parker)

6
7
8
9

Unlike takes 2-3, there is no eight-bar piano introduction
Dewey Square (take 2) (C. Parker)
3:01
Dewey Square (take 3 (master)) (C. Parker)
3:07
The Hymn (take 1 (master)) (C. Parker) 2:30
The Hymn (take 2) [Superman] (C. Parker)
2:26

2:58
2:43
3:27

Listed as "Superman" by the "Miles Davis Quintet" on some pressings of 1
056 and on LP 212
10
Bird of Paradise (take 1) [All the Things You Are] (C. Parker) 3:07
Dial 1032 was pressed in two different versions, one with take 1 on the
A side, the other with take 3
11
Bird of Paradise (take 2) [All the Things You Are] (C. Parker) 3:09
12
Bird of Paradise (take 3 (master)) [All the Things You Are] (C. Parker)
3:06
Dial 1032 was pressed in two different versions, one with take 1 on the
A side, the other with take 3
13
Embraceable You (take 1) (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin)
3:46
14
Embraceable You (take 2 (master)) (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin)
3:22
1 Dexterity (take 1)
10" LP: Dial LP 203
12" LP: Spotlite SPJ 104
CD: Toshiba/EMI CJ25 5043/6, Definitive DRCD 11152
2 Dexterity (take 2 (master))
78 rpm: Dial 1032
10" LP: Jazztone 1004
12" LP: Dial LP 905, Spotlite SPJ 104
CD: Toshiba/EMI CJ25 5043/6, Definitive DRCD 11152
3 Bongo Bop (take 1 (master))
78 rpm: Dial 1024
12" LP: Dial LP 901, Spotlite SPJ 104
CD: Toshiba/EMI CJ25 5043/6, Definitive DRCD 11152
4 Bongo Bop (take 2)
12" LP: Dial LP 901, Spotlite SPJ 104
CD: Toshiba/EMI CJ25 5043/6, Definitive DRCD 11152
5 Dewey Square (take 1)
78 rpm: Dial 1056
10" LP: Dial LP 210

12" LP: Spotlite SPJ 104
CD: Toshiba/EMI CJ25 5043/6, Definitive DRCD 11152
6 Dewey Square (take 2)
10" LP: Dial LP 203
12" LP: Spotlite SPJ 104
CD: Toshiba/EMI CJ25 5043/6, Definitive DRCD 11152
7 Dewey Square (take 3 (master))
78 rpm: Dial 1019
12" LP: Dial LP 905, Spotlite SPJ 104
CD: Toshiba/EMI CJ25 5043/6, Definitive DRCD 11152
8 The Hymn (take 1 (master))
78 rpm: Dial 1056
12" LP: Dial LP 904, Spotlite SPJ 104
CD: Toshiba/EMI CJ25 5043/6, Definitive DRCD 11152
9 The Hymn (take 2)
78 rpm: Dial 1056
10" LP: Dial LP 212
12" LP: Spotlite SPJ 104
CD: Toshiba/EMI CJ25 5043/6, Definitive DRCD 11152
10 Bird of Paradise (take 1)
78 rpm: Dial 1032
12" LP: Dial LP 904, Spotlite SPJ 104
CD: Toshiba/EMI CJ25 5043/6, Definitive DRCD 11152
11 Bird of Paradise (take 2)
10" LP: Dial LP 203
12" LP: Spotlite SPJ 104
CD: Toshiba/EMI CJ25 5043/6, Definitive DRCD 11152
12 Bird of Paradise (take 3 (master))
78 rpm: Dial 1032
12" LP: Dial LP 904, Spotlite SPJ 104
CD: Toshiba/EMI CJ25 5043/6, Definitive DRCD 11152
13 Embraceable You (take 1)
78 rpm: Dial 1024
10" LP: Dial LP 203
12" LP: Spotlite SPJ 104
CD: Toshiba/EMI CJ25 5043/6, Definitive DRCD 11152
14 Embraceable You (take 2 (master))
78 rpm: Dial 1024
10" LP: Jazztone 1017
12" LP: Dial LP 904, Spotlite SPJ 104
CD: Toshiba/EMI CJ25 5043/6, Definitive DRCD 11152
This is a significant session featuring ballad playing by a seasoned working gro
up.
In early October the American Federation of Musicians announced that a second re
cording ban would begin on January 1, 1948. This accounts for the frequency of c
ommercial recording sessions in the closing months of 1947.