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’Round About Midnight 1957

jazz, hard bop 39 min 6 tracks Columbia

'Round About Midnight is a studio album by the jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis with his quintet. It was released by Columbia Records in March 1957, and is Davis's first record on the label. The recording took place at Columbia's New York studio in three sessions between October 1955 and September 1956.

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Character

Grave, character-led, spare and classical in form.

gravecomic
character-ledplot-driven
sparerichly built

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All About Jazz(favorable)
AllMusic5/5 ★
DownBeat5/5 ★
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
The Guardian4/5 ★
MusicHound Jazz5/5 ★
The Penguin Guide to Jazz3/4 ★
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Rolling Stone5/5 ★

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Tracks

A1'Round Midnight6:00
A2Ah-Leu-Cha5:55
A3All of You7:05
B1Bye Bye Blackbird7:58
B2Tadd's Delight4:31
B3Dear Old Stockholm7:53

6 tracks, 39 minutes.

About the album

Artist: Miles Davis
Label: Columbia
Released: 1957
Type: Album
Format: 12" Vinyl
Country: JP

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