LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

The second to be issued in the classic series of Davis quintet LPs in the mid-1950s, this is yet another helping of that quintessential group's output from one day's marathon recording session. It demonstrates Miles's mastery with a mute (he only plays open on Dizzy Gillespie's "Woody'n You"); the emerging talent of the young John Coltrane; and the subtlety and strength of the rhythm section, headed by pianist Red Garland. If I Were a Bell, You're My Everything, I Could Write a Book, Oleo, It Could Happen to You, Woody'n Youwith John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones