{{Infobox song | name = Four | cover = | alt = | type = Composition | artist = Miles Davis | album = Blue Haze | released = {{Start date|1954}} | recorded = March 15 and April 3, 1954 | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = 4:03<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r106100 |title=Blue Haze - Miles Davis | AllMusic |first=Scott |last=Yanow |website=AllMusic|year=2011 |access-date=2 August 2011}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=July 2020}} | label = Prestige | composer = Miles Davis | producer = Bob Weinstock, Ira Gitler }}
"'''Four'''" is a 1954 jazz standard. It was first recorded and arranged in 1954 by jazz trumpeter Miles Davis and released on his album ''Miles Davis Quartet''.<ref name=Aebersold65>{{cite book|last=Aebersold|first=Jamey|title=Jamey Aebersold Play-A-Long - Volume 65 - Four and More|year=1995|publisher=Jamey Aebersold Jazz Inc|pages=ii|ISBN=1-56224-209-1}}</ref> It is a 32-bar ABAC form.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Jazz theory Book|last=Levine|first=Mark|publisher=Sher Music Co|year=1995|pages=388}}</ref>
The song composition officially credits Davis<ref>Koster, Rick. ''Texas Music'', St. Martin's Press, page 319, (2000) - {{ISBN|0-312-25425-3}}</ref> as the writer. However, there is some controversy that it may have actually been composed by someone and purchased by Davis. The American jazz saxophonist Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson claimed ownership for the song.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/jazz-standards/four/|title=Four|date=4 May 2012|website=Learnjazzstandards.com|access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref>
==Personnel== *Miles Davis – trumpet *Horace Silver – piano *Percy Heath – double bass *Art Blakey – drums
==Recordings== The following artists have recorded this composition.
*Miles Davis – ''Miles Davis Quartet'' (1954)<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/miles-davis-quartet-mw0000905767|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=July 23, 2025}}</ref> *Stan Getz – ''West Coast Jazz'' (1955)<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/west-coast-jazz-mw0000602275|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=July 23, 2025}}</ref> * Miles Davis – ''Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet'' (1956)<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/workin-with-the-miles-davis-quintet-mw0000649474|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=July 24, 2025}}</ref> *Gene Ammons – ''Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons'' (1957)<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/jammin-in-hi-fi-with-gene-ammons-mw0000078419|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=July 24, 2025}}</ref> *Lambert, Hendricks & Ross – ''The Swingers'' (1958)<ref name="Fishko"/> *Anita O'Day – ''Anita O'Day Sings the Winners'' (1958)<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000308625website=allmusic.com|accessdate=July 21, 2025}}</ref> *Phineas Newborn – ''The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr.'' (1962)<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-great-jazz-piano-of-phineas-newborn-jr-mw0000206525|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=July 22, 2025}}</ref> *Maynard Ferguson - ''Maynard '62'' (1962)<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000871023|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=July 25, 2025}}</ref> *Sonny Rollins – ''Sonny Rollins & Co 1964'' (1964)<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sonny-rollins-co-1964-mw0000124581|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=July 25, 2025}}</ref> *Miles Davis – ''Four & More'' (1966)<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/four-more-mw0000191708|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=July 26, 2025}}</ref> *Joe Henderson – ''Four'' (1968)<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/four-mw0000120886|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=July 26, 2025}}</ref> *Red Garland - ''Red Garland Revisited!'' (1969) *Dexter Gordon - ''Bouncin' with Dex'' (1976)<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000049565|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=July 27, 2025}}</ref> *Harry Sweets Edison – ''Just Friends: Live at Bubba's Jazz Restaurant'' (1981)<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/just-friends-live-at-bubbas-jazz-restaurant-1981-mw0000636628|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=July 27, 2025}}</ref> *Chet Baker – ''Chet Baker in Tokyo'' (1987)<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/chet-baker-in-tokyo-mw0000206862|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=July 27, 2025}}</ref> *Sam Jones – ''Right Down Front: The Riverside Collection'' (1988)<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/right-down-front-the-riverside-collection-mw0000203750|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=July 26, 2025}}</ref> *Mulgrew Miller – ''From Day to Day'' (1990)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Jazz theory Book|last=Levine|first=Mark|publisher=Sher Music Co|year=1995|pages=114}}</ref> *Madeline Eastman – ''Mad About Madeline!'' (1991)<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mad-about-madeline%21-mw0000116383|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=July 26, 2025}}</ref> *Terry Edwards - ''Executes Miles Davis Numbers'' (1992) *Ron Affif – ''Vierd Blues'' (1993)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/vierd-blues-mw0000121774|title=Vierd Blues - Ron Affif | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|access-date=29 April 2021|website=AllMusic}}</ref> *Guy Barker – ''The Talented Mr Ripley - OST'' (with Pete King, Iain Dixon, Robin Aspland, Arne Somogyi and Clark Tracey) (1999) *Anita O'Day – ''Complete Anita O'Day Clef/Verve Sessions'' (2000)<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/complete-anita-oday-clef-verve-sessions-mw0001010111|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=July 24, 2025}}</ref> *Keith Jarrett – ''My Foolish Heart'' (2007)<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/my-foolish-heart-live-at-montreux-mw0000489035|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=July 24, 2025}}</ref> *Michael Mayo - ''Fly'' (2024)<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fly-mw0004354984|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=July 23, 2025}}</ref>
=="The Swingers" LP== *Lambert, Hendricks & Ross use Davis's solo on their 1958 album "The Swingers" which caused some conflict between Hendricks and Davis.<ref name="Fishko">{{Cite web |last=Fishko |first=Sara |author-link=Sara Fishko |title=Jon Hendricks | Fishko Files |url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/277054-jon-hendricks/ |access-date=29 April 2021 |website=Wnyc.org}}</ref>
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