Someday My Prince Will Come

by Miles Davis Sextet, Miles Davis

Overview

After both John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley left Miles Davis' quintet, he was caught in the web of seeking suitable replacements. It was a period of trial and error for him that nonetheless yielded some legendary recordings (Sketches of Spain, for one). One of those is Someday My Prince Will Come. The lineup is Davis, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and alternating drummers Jimmy Cobb and Philly Jo Jones. The saxophonist was Hank Mobley on all but two tracks. John Coltrane returns for the title track and "Teo." The set opens with the title, a lilting waltz that nonetheless gets an original treatment here, despite having been recorded by Dave Brubeck. Kelly is in keen form, playing a bit sprightlier than the tempo would allow, and slips flourishes in the high register inside the melody for an "elfin" feel. Davis waxes light and lyrical with his Harmon mute, playing glissando throughout. Mobley plays a strictly journeyman solo, and then Coltrane blows the pack away with a solo so deep inside the harmony it sounds like it's coming from somewhere else. Mobley's real moment on the album is on the next track, "Old Folks," when he doesn't have Coltrane breathing down his neck. Mobley's soul-stationed lyricism is well-suited to his soloing here, and is for the rest of the album except, of course, on "Teo," where Coltrane takes him out again. The closer on the set, "Blues No. 2," is a vamp on "All Blues," from Kind of Blue, and features Kelly and Chambers playing counterpoint around an eight bar figure then transposing it to 12. Jones collapses the beat, strides it out, and then erects it again for the solos of Davis and Mobley. This is relaxed session; there are no burning tracks here, but there is much in the way of precision playing and a fine exposition of Miles' expansive lyricism. ~ Thom Jurek

Product Details

Release Date:	02/17/2012
Label:	Wax Time
UPC:	8436028699872

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Miles Davis Sextet   Primary Artist
Miles Davis   Primary Artist,Trumpet
Miles Davis Quintet   Primary Artist
Paul Chambers   Guest Artist,Bass
Wynton Kelly   Guest Artist,Piano
Jimmy Cobb   Guest Artist,Drums
Philly Joe Jones   Guest Artist,Drums
Hank Mobley   Guest Artist,Sax (Tenor)
John Coltrane   Guest Artist,Sax (Tenor)

Technical Credits

Seth Rothstein   Project Director
Patti Matheny   Artist Coordination
Frank E. Churchill   Composer
Allen Weinberg   Art Direction
Chuck Stewart   Photography
Howard Fritzson   Reissue Art Director
Nathaniel Brewster   Research
Tony Tiller   Package Coordinator
Dedette Lee Hill   Composer
Bob Cato   Cover Photo
Nicholas Bennett   Package Manager
Randall Martin   Reissue Design
Dennis Stock   Photography
Don Hunstein   Photography
Mark Wilder   Remixing,Mastering
Michael Cuscuna   Reissue Producer
Miles Davis   Composer
Michael Berniker   Series Coordinator
Tim Geelan   Digital Remixing
Willard Robison   Composer
Darren Salmieri   Artist Coordination
Amy Herot   Series Coordinator
Gary Pacheco   Series Coordinator
Francis Wolff   Photography
John Jackson   Production Assistant
Johnny Mercer   Composer
James Van Heusen   Composer
Teo Macero   Producer,Digital Producer
Steven Berkowitz   A&R
Bob Belden   Reissue Producer
Ira Gitler   Liner Notes
Larry Morey   Composer
Frank Laico   Engineer
Frank Churchill   Composer
Eddie Henderson   Liner Notes
Fred Plaut   Engineer