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Dig (Miles Davis album)
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Dig Track listing
All tracks written by Miles Davis except "Paper Moon" by
Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, and Billy Rose, "My Old Flame" by
Sam Coslow and Arthur Johnston, and "Conception" by George
Shearing.
10" LP
Side one
1. "Dig" (7:33)
2. "It’s Only A Paper Moon" (5:23)
3. "Denial" (5:39)
Side two
Studio album by Miles Davis 1. "Bluing" (9:55)
2. "Out of the Blue" (6:15)
Released 1951 (12 inch: 1956)
Recorded October 5, 1951 at Apex Studio, New York 12" LP/CD reissue
Genre Jazz Side one
Length 34:45 (Original 10" Format) 1. "Dig" (7:33)
44:00 (12" Reissue) 2. "It’s Only A Paper Moon" (5:23)
3. "Denial" (5:39)
Label Prestige
Producer Bob Weinstock Side two
Miles Davis chronology
1. "Bluing" (9:55)
2. "Out of the Blue" (6:15)
Collectors’ Items Dig Miles Davis Volume 1 3. "My Old Flame" (4:01)
(1956) (1956) (1956) 4. "Conception" (6:34)
Dig is an album by Miles Davis on Prestige Records, cata- Personnel
logue number 7012. Initially released in the ten-inch for-
mat in 1951, Dig was later reissued as a twelve-inch LP • Miles Davis – trumpet
with additional tracks. Subsequent compact disc reissues • Jackie McLean – alto saxophone (on Davis originals
duplicate the twelve-inch track listing. only)
After inaugurating the school of cool jazz with the • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Birth of the Cool recording sessions in 1949 and 1950, Davis • Walter Bishop, Jr. – piano
almost immediately turned away from that sound in the • Tommy Potter – double bass or
early 1950s, to which this recording attests. Dig was also • Charles Mingus – double bass (on "Conception" only)
the recording debut of saxophonist Jackie McLean. • Art Blakey – drums
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dig (Miles Davis album)
References http://www.allmusic.com/album/r106089.
Retrieved 2 August 2011.
[1] Yanow, Scott (2011 [last update]). "Dig [Bonus
Tracks] - Sonny Rollins | AllMusic". allmusic.com.
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