{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet | type = studio | artist = Miles Davis | cover = MilesDavis Workin.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|1960|1}}{{refn|name=rel}} | recorded = May 11 and October 26, 1956 | venue = | studio = Van Gelder, Hackensack | genre = Jazz | length = 41:59 | label = Prestige | producer = Bob Weinstock | prev_title = Jazz Track | prev_year = 1959 | next_title = Sketches of Spain | next_year = 1960 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''All About Jazz'' | rev1Score = favorable<ref>{{cite news | title=Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet| url =https://www.allaboutjazz.com/workin-with-the-miles-davis-quintet-miles-davis-prestige-records-review-by-david-miller| website = All About Jazz | access-date = October 28, 2016}}</ref> | rev2 = AllMusic | rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite news | title=Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet| url =http://www.allmusic.com/album/r106092| website = AllMusic | access-date = October 28, 2016}}</ref> | rev3 = ''DownBeat'' | rev3score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Gleason |first=Ralph J. |author-link=Ralph J. Gleason |date=17 March 1960 |title=Miles Davis: ''Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet'' |magazine=DownBeat |volume=27 |issue=6 |page=34}}</ref> | rev4 = ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' | rev4Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref> | rev7 = ''The Rolling Stone Album Guide'' | rev7Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=DeCurtis|editor1-first=Anthony|editor1-link=Anthony DeCurtis|editor2-last=Henke|editor2-first=James|editor3-last=George-Warren|editor3-first=Holly|date=October 27, 1992|title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=Random House|edition=3rd|isbn=0679737294|page=179}}</ref> |rev8 = ''The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide'' | rev8Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | pages = 58 }}</ref> |rev6 = ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' |rev6score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name=Penguin>{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=342}}</ref> }} '''''Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet''''' is an album by the Miles Davis Quintet, released in January 1960 by Prestige Records.{{refn|name=rel|<ref name=CoRef>{{Cite book |last=DeVito |first=Chris |title=The John Coltrane Reference |last2=Fujioka |first2=Yasuhiro |last3=Schmaler |first3=Wolf |last4=Wild |first4=David |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |url=https://www.routledge.com/The-John-Coltrane-Reference/Porter-DeVito-Wild-Fujioka-Schmaler/p/book/9780415634632 |access-date=January 2, 2020 |isbn=9780415634632 |editor-last=Porter |editor-first=Lewis |editor-link=Lewis Porter |location=New York/Abingdon |page=448}}</ref><ref name=BbFeb60>{{cite news |title=Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-x4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32 |access-date=October 22, 2019 |work=The Billboard |publisher=The Billboard Publishing Co. |date=February 8, 1960}}</ref><ref name=CbDec59>{{cite news |title=December Album Releases |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/50s/1959/CB-1959-12-12-OCR-Page-0059.pdf |access-date=October 22, 2019 |work=The Cash Box |publisher=The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY |date=December 12, 1959}}</ref><ref name=CbFeb60>{{cite news |title=Jazz Picks of the Week |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/60s/1960/CB-1960-02-06-OCR-Page-0039.pdf |access-date=October 22, 2019 |work=The Cash Box |publisher=The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY |date=February 6, 1960}}</ref>}} It was recorded in two sessions on May 11 and October 26, 1956, that produced four albums: this one, ''Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet'', ''Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet'' and ''Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet''.
Track 2 is a composition written for Davis by Eddie Vinson (see ''Blue Haze'' for more details). "Trane's Blues" (also known as "Vierd Blues", a tongue-in-cheek reference to Blue Note founder Francis Wolff's heavily accented verdict on it), also credited to Davis, is in fact a John Coltrane composition (originally titled "John Paul Jones", and from an earlier session led by bassist Paul Chambers; before the closing statement of theme, Coltrane and Davis play a bit of Charlie Parker's "The Hymn").
== Background == As his star rose in 1955, Davis formed a new quintet, featuring saxophonist John Coltrane, pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Philly Joe Jones. In order to fulfill contractual obligations, he recorded lengthy, spontaneous songs with the quintet, which were released over four albums— ''Cookin''', ''Relaxin''', ''Workin{{'}}'', and ''Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet''.
==Track listing== Prestige – LP 7166: {{Track listing | headline = Side one |title1 = It Never Entered My Mind |writer1 = Richard Rodgers |length1 = 5:26 |title2 = Four |writer2 = Miles Davis |length2 = 7:15 |title3 = In Your Own Sweet Way |writer3 = Dave Brubeck |length3 = 5:45 |title4 = The Theme |note4 = Take 1 |writer4 = Miles Davis |length4 = 2:01 }}
{{Track listing | headline = Side two | total_length = 41:59 |title1 = Trane's Blues |note1 = a.k.a. "Vierd Blues" |writer1 = John Coltrane |length1 = 8:35 |title2 = Ahmad's Blues |writer2 = Ahmad Jamal |length2 = 7:26 |title3 = Half Nelson |writer3 = Miles Davis |length3 = 4:48 |title4 = The Theme |note4 = Take 2 |writer4 = Miles Davis |length4 = 1:03 }}
All tracks recorded on May 11, 1956, except "Half Nelson", recorded on October 26.
==Personnel== *Miles Davis – trumpet (except on "Ahmad's Blues") *John Coltrane – tenor saxophone (except on "Ahmad's Blues") *Red Garland – piano *Paul Chambers – bass, cello *Philly Joe Jones – drums
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