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Blue Period (album)

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Blue Period
Studio album by
Released1953
RecordedJanuary 17 and October 5, 1951
StudioApex Studio, New York City
GenreJazz
Length18:53
LabelPrestige
ProducerBob Weinstock
Miles Davis chronology
Young Man with a Horn
(1953)
Blue Period
(1953)
The Compositions of Al Cohn
(1953)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

Blue Period is the third studio album by jazz musician Miles Davis. It was released in 1953 as a 10" LP, his second released by Prestige Records, recorded over the course of two 1951 recording sessions at New York's Apex Studio.[3][4][5]

Background

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"Bluing" and "Out of the Blue", two Davis compositions, were recorded on October 5, 1951, at the same session as the material for his first album The New Sounds (PRLP 124).[6] "Blue Room", composed by Rodgers and Hart, was recorded earlier that year, at the same January 17 recording session as the three tracks used on the various artists LP Modern Jazz Trumpets (PRLP 113). This earlier session was Davis' first for Prestige.[7]

The tracks on Blue Period were split when Prestige reconfigured its recordings for 12-inch LP. "Bluing" and "Out of the Blue" are featured on Dig (PRLP 7012), and two versions of "Blue Room" (including an alternate take) are on the CD of Miles Davis and Horns (originally PRLP 7025).

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bluing"Miles Davis9:55
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
2."Blue Room"Rodgers and Hart2:48
3."Out of the Blue"Miles Davis6:15
Total length:18:53

Personnel

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On "Blue Room"

References

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  1. ^ "Blue Period – Miles Davis | AllMusic". Allmusic.com. 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  3. ^ Blue Period entry, the Jazz Discography Project, accessed May 21, 2014
  4. ^ Blue Period entry, Miles Ahead: A Miles Davis Website, accessed May 21, 2014
  5. ^ Blue Period, Discogs.com, accessed August 12, 2014
  6. ^ October 5, 1951 Session Details, Miles Ahead: A Miles Davis Website, accessed May 21, 2014
  7. ^ January 17, 1951 Session Details, Miles Ahead: A Miles Davis Website, accessed May 21, 2014