Audio CD review:
Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come

Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come

Band: Miles Davis Title: Someday My Prince Will Come Rating: Release Date: 08 June, 1999 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Someday My Prince Will Come 2: Old Folks 3: Pfrancing 4: Drad Dog 5: Teo 6: I Thought About You 7: Blues No. 2 8: Someday My Prince Will Come (Alternate Take)

Editoral Review Hank Mobley produces some fine blues-inflected tenor solos, but when you hear guest John Coltrane (his last recording with Davis) on the alternate take of the title and on the modal "Teo," it's understandable why Davis was unhappy: Coltrane plays with a confidence and a bravado that no other saxophonist could have mustered at that time, and lifts the band from the first note on. The session that produced Someday My Prince Will Come is finally restored and collected together on one CD, and the transitional nature of the Miles Davis band at that moment is now clearer than ever. And when Philly Joe Jones sits in on "Blues No. 2," playing with clarity and volatility, you know that Davis's working group was not quite up to his best. Still, Wynton Kelly is finely poised throughout; "Pfrancing" is one of Davis's most charming and durable works; and the muted trumpet on "Old Folks" and "I Thought About You" is vintage. Maybe not essential Davis, but very pleasurable nonetheless. --John F. Szwed .. You can see a complete list of all Miles Davis discography, or go back to the Miles Davis tabs