Jazz Showcase (1951)

About this title: For the Miles Davis initiate who can't afford the Complete Prestige Recordings box and doesn't know where to start with the individual albums, Jazz Showcase makes good sense (exactly the same can be said for the other CDs in Fantasy's Showcase series). Sweeping through the entire chronology of Davis on Prestige, from his earliest sessions prior to the exploitation of the LP format through his first great quintet with John Coltrane, Jazz Showcase touches upon most of the landmarks of that period. Along the way, you'll hear three Davis compositions ("Blue Haze," "Solar," and "Down"), several ... read more

Tracks:

1. Will You Still Be Mine? [Dennis/Adair]
2. Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) [Ellington/Gaines]
3. My Old Flame [Coslow/Johnston]
4. 'Round Midnight [Monk/Williams/Hanig]
5. The Man I Love [Take 2] [Gershwin/Gershwin]
6. Miles Ahead [Davis/Evans]
7. Down [Davis]
8. Blue Haze [Davis]
9. If I Were a Bell [Loesser]
10. Solar [Davis]
11. Airegin [Rollins]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.