Milestones is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer Miles Davis. It was recorded with his first great quintet and released in 1958. John Coltranes return to Davis group in 1958 coincided with the modal phase albums Milestones and Kind of Blue which are both considered essential examples of 1950s modern jazz. Davis at this point was experimenting with modes scale patterns other than major and minor. Davis plays both trumpet and piano on Sids Ahead. He plays trumpet in the ensemble passages and solos on trumpet but moves to the piano to accompany the saxophonists in Garlands absence. Billy Boy is a solo feature for Garland and the rhythm section. In a five-star review, AllMusics Thom Jurek called Milestones a classic album with blues material in both bebop and post-bop veins, as well as the memorable title track, which introduced modalism in jazz and defined Davis subsequent music in the years to follow. Andy Hermann of PopMatters felt that the album offers more aggressive swinging than Kind of Blue and showcases the first session between saxophonists Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley, whose different styles feed off each other and push each musician to greater heights. The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected the album as part of its suggested Core Collection, calling it one of the very great modern-jazz albums.
Track Listing:
- Dr. Jekyll 05:50
- Sids Ahead 13:07
- Two Bass Hit 05:15
- Milestones 05:44
- Billy Boy 07:15
- Straight, No Chaser 10:42
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