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1953 studio album by Miles Davis From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Young Man with a Horn, also known as Miles Davis, Vol. 1, is the second 10-inch LP by American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, recorded at WOR studios on May 9, 1952 and released on Blue Note the following year.[1][2]
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Released | March 1953[1] | |||
Recorded | May 9, 1952 | |||
Studio | WOR Studios, NYC | |||
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Length | 22:21 | |||
Label | Blue Note BLP 5013 | |||
Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
Miles Davis chronology | ||||
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Young Man with a Horn was recorded on May 9, 1952, during Davis's struggles with heroin addiction. The album was the first of three 10" LPs recorded by Davis for Blue Note during the early 1950s. Davis states in his autobiography that his contract for Prestige Records, for whom he had recorded his first LP the previous year, was non-exclusive, but elsewhere he states the initial Prestige contract was for only one year.[3]
All cuts were initially issued as singles except "How Deep Is the Ocean."[4][5] Young Man with a Horn was also reissued on Vogue in 1954.[6]
The original master takes were split and merged with Davis' two other sessions for Blue Note and re-released on 12 inch LPs Miles Davis, Vols. 1 & 2 in January and February 1956, shortly after Davis won the DownBeat reader's poll for best trumpeter.[7][8]
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music gave the album three-out-of-five stars.[9]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Dear Old Stockholm" | Traditional, Stan Getz, arr. by Davis | 4:12 |
2. | "Would'n You" | Dizzy Gillespie | 3:22 |
3. | "Yesterdays" | Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach | 3:42 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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4. | "Chance It" (a.k.a. "Max Is Making Wax") | Oscar Pettiford, credited to Davis | 3:05 |
5. | "Donna" (a.k.a. "Dig") | Miles Davis | 3:22 |
6. | "How Deep Is the Ocean?" | Irving Berlin | 4:38 |
Total length: | 22:21 |
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