CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Miles and Sonny on Prestige

{{Miles Davis = 6144}} and {{Sonny Rollins = 3897}} recorded upward of 25 tracks together for Prestige between 1951 and 1956. These are stunning summits for variety of reasons: The recordings reflect what was happening in jazz at the highest level between the bop and hard bop periods. They provide us with a sense of what might have been had Sonny agreed to join Miles' first quintet instead of John Coltrane (who was Miles' alternate choice). The recordings begin at the dawn of the 10-inch LP, whi...

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