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Someday My Prince Will Come is an album recorded in March 1961 by Miles Davis. While the cover credits the Miles Davis Sextet, only the title track features six players, with John Coltrane joining the then-current Miles Davis Quintet, which is featured on the bulk of the record: (Davis, trumpet; Hank Mobley, tenor sax; Wynton Kelly, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums). Coltrane, who had never played the title track before, performed one of his most celebrated solos while reading the chord progression off a lead sheet. Chick Corea later used the introduction of Coltrane's solo as inspiration for the bridge of his composition "La Fiesta." The only other track upon which Coltrane plays (as lone saxophonist) is "Teo."
...precision playing and a fine exposition
of Miles' expansive lyricism.
-excerpt from All Music Guide Review |
This is the only Davis quintet studio session to feature Mobley; it also marked the last time Davis would record with Coltrane (a veteran of Davis's previous quintet), and with drummer Philly Joe Jones. Jones, another alumnus of Davis's band, sat in for Cobb on "Blues No. 2," a CD bonus track that wasn't issued on the original LP. (This is why Jones is missing from the personnel list on the original album cover shown here.) The title track has been used for decades by Hal Jackson as the theme music for his "Hal Jackson's Sunday Morning Classics" radio show in New York on WBLS.
The woman on the cover was Miles' wife, Frances.
[edit] Track listing
- "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Frank E. Churchill, Larry Morey) - 9:04
- "Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) - 5:14
- "Pfrancing" (Miles Davis) - 8:31
- "Drad-Dog" (Miles Davis) - 4:29
- "Teo" (Miles Davis) - 9:34
- "I Thought About You" (Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 4:53
CD reissues include "Blues No. 2" and an alternate take of "Someday My Prince Will Come".
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