Conception (album)

Conception
Compilation album by Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Lee Konitz
Released	1951
Recorded	1949-1951 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:36
Label	Prestige PRLP 7013
Producer	Bob Weinstock
Miles Davis chronology
Birth of the Cool (1949) Conception (1951) Blue Period (1951)

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Conception is a compilation album issued in 1951 as PRLP 7013, featuring Miles Davis on a number of tracks. The album features other notable musicians such as Lee Konitz, Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan and Zoot Sims. All the pieces were recorded at the famous Van Gelder Studio. The cover was designed by Bob Parent.

Track listing

1. "Odjenar" (George Russell) - 2:52
2. "Hibeck" (Lee Konitz) - 3:07
3. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern) - 2:27
4. "Ezz-Thetic" (Russell) - 2:54
5. "Indian Summer" (Victor Herbert)" - 2:35
6. "Duet for Saxophone and Guitar" (Konitz) - 2:41
7. "Conception" (George Shearing) - 4:03
8. "My Old Flame" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) - 6:36
9. "Intoit" (Stan Getz) - 3:22
10. "Prezervation" (Getz) - 2:44
11. "I May Be Wrong" (Gerry Mulligan) - 3:28
12. "So What" (Mulligan) - 2:44

Note: The final track, "So What", is not the composition of the same name composed by Miles Davis from the 1959 album Kind of Blue.

Recording sessions and personnel

June 21, 1949

"Prezervation"

• Stan Getz - Tenor sax
• Al Haig - Piano
• Gene Ramey - Bass
• Stan Levey - Drums

1950

January 6

"Intoit"

• Stan Getz - Tenor sax
• Al Haig - Piano
• Tommy Potter - Bass
• Roy Haynes - Drums

March 15

"I May Be Wrong"

• Don Ferrara, Howard McGhee, Al Porcino - Trumpets
• J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding - Trombones
• Charlie Kennedy - Alto sax
• Georgie Auld, Zoot Sims - Tenor saxes
• Gerry Mulligan - Baritone sax
• Tony Aless - Piano
• Chubby Jackson - Bass
• Don Lamond - Drums

"So What"

• Gerry Mulligan - Baritone sax
• Zoot Sims - Tenor sax
• Charlie Kennedy - Alto sax
• J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding - Trombones
• Tony Aless - Piano
• Chubby Jackson - Bass
• Don Lamond - Drums

1951

March 8

"Odjenar", "Hibeck", "Yesterdays", "Ezz-Thetic"

• Lee Konitz - Alto sax
• Miles Davis - Trumpet
• Sal Mosca - Piano
• Billy Bauer - Guitar
• Arnold Fishkin - Bass
• Max Roach - Drums

March 13

"Indian Summer", "Duet for Saxophone and Guitar"

• Lee Konitz - Alto sax
• Billy Bauer - Guitar

October 5

"Conception", "My Old Flame"

• Miles Davis - Trumpet
• Sonny Rollins - Tenor sax
• Walter Bishop - Piano
• Tommy Potter - Bass
• Art Blakey - Drums

References

1. ^ Mason, Stewart (2011 [last update]). "Conception - Miles Davis | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r137433. Retrieved 2 August 2011.