At Newport 1958


At Newport 1958 is a live album by the jazz musician Miles Davis featuring the Miles Davis Sextet's complete performance recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958. The album was first released as a single CD in 2001 though four tracks had previously been released in part as one side of the LP Miles & Monk at Newport. The entire concert was given its first complete release as part of The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane box set in 1999, and all tracks were included on the 2015 compilation Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4.

Track listing

  1. Introduction by Willis Conover - 2:16
  2. "Ah-Leu-Cha" - 5:53
  3. "Straight, No Chaser" - 8:48
  4. "Fran-Dance" - 7:14
  5. "Two Bass Hit" - 4:11
  6. "Bye Bye Blackbird" - 9:11
  7. "The Theme" - 2:49
Tracks 2–5 originally issued on Miles & Monk at Newport; tracks 6 and 7 originally issued on Newport Jazz Festival Live. John Coltrane appears courtesy of Prestige Records.

Personnel