Following last year’s release of Miles ’54: The Prestige Recordings, collecting the legendary trumpeter’s 1954 sessions, Craft Recordings is turning the clock forward to Miles Davis’ 1955 with – what else? – Miles ’55. Due on August 22 in various formats including 3 LPs, 2 CDs, and both standard and high-resolution digital, Miles ’55 will bring together sixteen recordings cut by Davis at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in Hackensack, New Jersey for the Prestige label. Ashley Kahn (author of Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece) observes in the…
Miles Davis’ 1954 Sessions Collected on New Craft Recordings Compilation
Craft Recordings will commemorate seven decades since one of Miles Davis’ most pivotal early years with a new 2CD or 4LP compilation that brings everything he recorded in that period together. Miles ’54: The Prestige Recordings offers 20 tracks from several unforgettable sessions, with luminaries like pianists Horace Silver and Thelonious Monk, drummer Art Blakey, saxophonist Sonny Rollins and vibraphonist Milt Jackson offering their talents in Davis’ ensembles. The package includes a new essay by writer Ashley Kahn and in-depth session notes from Dan Morgenstern. The package commemorates both the anniversary of…
Do I Ever Cross Your Mind: Ray Charles’ Post-Atlantic Recordings Explored on “True Genius” Box Set
Ray Charles formed Tangerine Records in 1962 as part of the creative freedom he earned by jumping from Atlantic Records to ABC-Paramount. In addition to many of his Charles’ own recordings, Tangerine issued music from Louis Jordan, Percy Mayfield, Jimmy Scott, Ike and Tina Turner, and other artists championed by The Genius. The label closed in 1973 when Charles departed the ABC roster, but the Ray Charles Foundation has recently reactivated it for a special 6-CD anthology celebrating its founder. True Genius, due on September 10, is a book-style package featuring nearly…
Give It Up! Rhino, Run Out Groove Celebrate Black Music Month in June with Charles Mingus, Roberta Flack, Curtis Mayfield, The Time, More
On June 7, 1979, President Jimmy Carter recognized June as Black Music Month. Thirty years later, President Barack Obama, the first African-American to hold the nation’s highest office, commemorated the designation. He noted that the rich legacy of black music had encouraged citizens “to dance, to express our faith through song, to march against injustice, and to defend our country’s enduring promise of freedom and opportunity for all.” This June and into July, Rhino and sister imprint Run Out Groove will celebrate Black Music Month (or African-American Music Appreciation Month) with a…
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