Bags' Groove

Bags' Groove
Studio album by Miles Davis
Released	1957
Recorded	June 29 & December 24, 1954 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:53
Label	Prestige
Producer	Bob Weinstock
Miles Davis chronology
Collectors' Items (1956) Bags' Groove (1957) Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (1958)

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Bags' Groove is a jazz album recorded by Miles Davis in 1954 for Prestige Records. Both takes of the title track come from a session on December 24, 1954 ("Bags" was vibraphonist Milt Jackson's nickname). The rest of the album was recorded earlier in the year, on 29 June. (The other tracks from the December session are found on the album Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants. All of the tracks from the December session are on Disc 3 of the Thelonious Monk Complete Prestige Recordings CD box set.)

The title composition and the three compositions on the album by the young Sonny Rollins all went on to become jazz standards.

The track "Oleo" was the first time that Davis used the Harmon mute on a studio recording. It would become an important part of his trumpet sound for the rest of his career.

Track listing

1. "Bags' Groove" (Milt Jackson) [take 1] – 11:12
2. "Bags' Groove" [take 2] – 9:20
3. "Airegin" (Sonny Rollins) – 4:57
4. "Oleo" (Rollins) – 5:10
5. "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin) [take 2] – 4:34
6. "Doxy" (Rollins) – 4:51
7. "But Not for Me" [take 1] – 5:42

Performers

• Miles Davis – trumpet
• Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
• Horace Silver – piano
• Percy Heath – bass
• Kenny Clarke – drums

On "Bags' Groove":

• Miles Davis – trumpet
• Milt Jackson – vibraphone
• Thelonious Monk – piano
• Percy Heath – bass
• Kenny Clarke – drums