Miles Davis at Peacock Alley is a 1956 album by jazz

Jazz

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 musician Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...

. It was recorded in a two-part broadcast on KXLW-AM on July 14 and July 21, 1956, from Peacock Alley

Peacock Alley (jazz club)

Peacock Alley was one of St. Louis's most important jazz clubs in the 1950s. Located in the entertainment district of Gaslight Square, it attracted performances from Miles Davis, John Coltrane, the Chet Baker Quartet and many others...

 in the Gaslight Square

Gaslight Square, St. Louis

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 entertainment district of St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri

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. The sessions were hosted by Spider Burks, a local DJ who championed jazz, and was also one of St. Louis’ first black disc jockeys.

Track listing

Original CD release Miles Davis at Peacock Alley

Disc 1 (recorded July 14, 1956):

1. "Intro" (0:41)
2. "Ah-Leu-Cha" 5:53
3. "A Foggy Day" 5:19
4. "All of You" 6:35
5. "Woody ‘n’ You" 5:13
6. "Walkin’" 7:27

Disc 2 (recorded July 21, 1956):

1. "Two Bass Hit" 5:16
2. "Well You Needn’t" 7:39
3. "Billy Boy" 4:23
4. "All of You" 11:03
5. "Airegin" 6:07
6. "Newk #2/Theme" 7:01
7. "The Theme" 1:17

Personnel

• Miles Davis
  Miles Davis
  Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
  
   — trumpet
  Trumpet
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• John Coltrane
  John Coltrane
  John William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...
  
   — tenor saxophone
  Tenor saxophone
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• Red Garland
  Red Garland
  William "Red" Garland was an American hard bop jazz pianist whose block chord style, in part originated by Milt Buckner, influenced many forthcoming pianists in the jazz idiom.-Beginnings:...
  
   — piano
  Piano
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• Paul Chambers
  Paul Chambers
  Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers, Jr. was a jazz bassist. A fixture of rhythm sections during the 1950s and 1960s, his importance in the development of jazz bass can be measured not only by the length and breadth of his work in this short period but also his impeccable time, intonation, and virtuosic...
  
   — bass
  Double bass
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• Philly Joe Jones
  Philly Joe Jones
  Joseph Rudolph Jones was a Philadelphia-born United States jazz drummer, known as the drummer for the Miles Davis Quintet.Philly Joe Jones was often confused with another influential jazz drummer, Jo Jones...
  
   — drums
  Drum kit
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