This is the first studio recording of the quintet.
Recording took place at Columbia studios the first session was on Octoat Studio D, during which the track 'Ah-Leu-Cha' was recorded with three numbers that did not appear on the album. He was still under contract to Prestige, but he had an agreement that he could record material for Columbia to release after the expiration of his Prestige contract. 'Round About Midnight was his first album for the label. ĭavis signed with Columbia and formed his ' first great quintet' with John Coltrane on saxophone. His response to this performance was typically laconic: 'What are they talking about? I just played the way I always play.' George Avakian of Columbia Records was in the audience, and his brother Aram persuaded him that he ought to sign Davis to the label. Davis's solo received a positive reception from many jazz fans and critics. It was Davis' first album with Columbia.Īt the Newport Jazz Festival in 1955, Davis performed the song ''Round Midnight' as part of an all-star jam session, with the song's composer Thelonious Monk, along with Connie Kay and Percy Heath of the Modern Jazz Quartet, Zoot Sims, and Gerry Mulligan. 'Round About Midnight is an album by jazz trumpeter Miles Davis that was originally released by Columbia Records in March 1957.
