Ballads and Blues (Miles Davis album) explained

Ballads and Blues is a compilation album by the American jazz musician Miles Davis. It was released on March 19, 1996, by Columbia Records and recorded from March 9, 1950, to March 9, 1958.

Track listing

• "I Waited for You" (Fuller, Gillespie) – 3:30
• "Yesterdays" (Arkeen, Harbach, James, Johnson, Kern, Rose) – 3:44
• "One for Daddy-O" (Adderley, Adderley) – 8:25
• "Moon Dreams" (MacGregor, Mercer) – 3:18
• "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Berlin) – 4:38
• "Weirdo" (Davis) – 4:43
• "Enigma" (Johnson) – 3:22
• "It Never Entered My Mind" (Hart, Rodgers) – 4:01
• "Autumn Leaves" (Kosma, Mercer, Prevert) – 10:58

Personnel

• Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
• Nat Adderley, Jr. – composing
• West Arkeen – composing
• John Barber – tuba
• Art Blakey – drums
• Kenny Clarke – drums
• Gil Coggins – piano
• Miles Davis – trumpet
• Walter Fuller – composing
• Dizzy Gillespie – composing
• Doug Hawkins – engineering
• Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone
• Percy Heath – double bass
• Del James – composing

• J.J. Johnson – composing, trombone
• Hank Jones – piano
• Sam Jones – bass
• Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
• Alfred Lion – producing
• Al McKibbon – bass
• Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone
• Oscar Pettiford – bass
• Max Roach – drums
• Pete Rugolo – producing
• Gunther Schuller – French horn
• Horace Silver – piano
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineering

Charting and reviews

Charting history

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ballads and Blues – Allmusic – Charts & Awards. Rovi Corporation. Allmusic. 2011-06-22.