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Miles Davis All Stars – Walkin' (VG+/VG+) – LP, US 1986
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Walkin' is an LP by Miles Davis All Stars from 1986 released on the Original Jazz Classics, Prestige label.
About this album
Walkin' is a landmark Miles Davis All Stars compilation that helped define hard bop’s leaner, cooler edge. Drawn from 1954-55 sessions and issued in 1957, it captures Davis in a transitional period as he moved away from the lush Birth of the Cool sound toward a harder, more incisive band language. The title track became one of his signature statements, while pieces like Blue N' Boogie and Solar show the confident interplay of a small group working with clarity, space and rhythmic lift. It remains one of the key documents in Davis’s early ascent and in the formation of modern jazz style.
Genre: Jazz
Review
AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:A1 Walkin'
A2 Blue 'N' Boogie
B1 Solar
B2 You Don'T Know What Love Is
B3 Love Me Or Leave Me