Ballads and Blues (Miles Davis album)

Ballads and Blues
Compilation album by Miles Davis
Released	March 19, 1996
Recorded	March 9, 1950 – March 9, 1958
Genre	Jazz music, hard bop
Length	46:39
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Pete Rugolo
Miles Davis chronology
Highlights from the Plugged Nickel (1995) Beautiful Ballads & Love Songs (1996) This Is Jazz, Vol. 8: Miles Davis Acoustic (1996)

Ballads and Blues is a compilation album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released in March 19, 1996 by Columbia Records and recorded from March 9, 1950 through March 9, 1958.

Track listing

• "I Waited for You" (Fuller, Gillespie) – 3:30
• "Yesterdays" (Arkeen, Harbach, James, Johnson, Kern, Rose) – 3:44
• "One for Daddy-O" (Adderley, Adderley) – 8:25
• "Moon Dreams" (MacGregor, Mercer) – 3:18
• "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Berlin) – 4:38
• "Weirdo" (Davis) – 4:43
• "Enigma" (Johnson) – 3:22
• "It Never Entered My Mind" (Hart, Rodgers) – 4:01
• "Autumn Leaves" (Kosma, Mercer, Prevert) – 10:58

Personnel

Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone Nat Adderley, Jr. – composing West Arkeen – composing John Barber – tuba Art Blakey – drums Kenny Clarke – drums Gil Coggins – piano Miles Davis – trumpet Walter Fuller – composing Dizzy Gillespie – composing Doug Hawkins – engineering Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone Percy Heath – bass Del James – composing

J.J. Johnson – composing, trombone Hank Jones – piano Sam Jones – bass Lee Konitz – alto saxophone Alfred Lion – producing Al McKibbon – bass Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone Oscar Pettiford – bass Max Roach – drums Pete Rugolo – producing Gunther Schuller – French horn Horace Silver – piano Rudy Van Gelder – engineering

Charting and reviews

Reviews

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	Allmusic link

Charting history

Chart	Peak chart position
Billboard Top Jazz Albums	18[1]

References

1. "Ballads and Blues – Allmusic – Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-06-22.

External links

• Ballads and Blues at AllMusic