Miles & Monk at Newport

Miles & Monk at Newport
Live album by Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk
Released	June 1964[1][2]
Recorded	May & July 1958, April 1963
Venue	Newport Jazz Festival
Genre	Jazz
Length	51:00 (LP) ; 1:31:39 (CD)
Label	Columbia
Producer	Teo Macero
Thelonious Monk chronology
Miles Davis chronology

Miles & Monk at Newport was a combined album of a Miles Davis appearance at Newport with an appearance of Thelonious Monk, recorded in 1958 and 1963 and released in June 1964 by Columbia records.[1][2] Despite the title, the two artists do not perform together on the LP, and they are represented on each side by separate live appearances at the Newport Jazz Festival.

On the first side of the LP was a series of high tempo performances of bebop tunes and other staples of the Davis live repertoire from 1958. The performance was contemporaneous with Davis' Milestones album. Aside from the 1973 release Jazz at the Plaza (also a 1958 concert) during the LP era, this was the only legitimate (non-bootleg) recording of a live Davis combo performance earlier than the 1960 Blackhawk recordings. As such, this performance and Jazz at the Plaza were the only legitimate live recordings representing the Kind of Blue sextet. On the second side were a few numbers by Thelonious Monk's combo, from a 1963 Newport appearance. It featured an idiosyncratic appearance by clarinetist Pee Wee Russell. The Miles set was recorded in mono and the Monk set was recorded in stereo, so the mono LP featured a fold-down of the Monk set and the stereo LP featured an electronically re-channeled for stereo remix of the Miles set.

In 1973, an expanded version of the Davis Newport performance was released as the LP Miles & Coltrane.

In 1994 the album was released with the Davis Newport performances expanded and the Monk portion released separately on the 2CD Monk compilation At Newport 1963 & 1965.

Track listing

Original LP

Columbia – CS 8978[3]

Side one: Davis in 1958
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ah-Leu-Cha"	Charlie Parker	5:47
2.	"Straight, No Chaser"	Thelonious Monk	8:46
3.	"Fran-Dance"	Miles Davis	7:04
4.	"Two Bass Hit"	Dizzy Gillespie, John Lewis	4:13
Total length:			25:50

Side two: Monk in 1963
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Nutty"	Thelonious Monk	13:55
2.	"Blue Monk"	Thelonious Monk	11:15
Total length:			25:10

CD Reissue

SME Records – SRCS 9732-3[4]

Disc one: Davis in 1958
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Introduction"		2:11
2.	"Ah-Leu-Cha"	Charlie Parker	5:56
3.	"Straight, No Chaser"	Thelonious Monk	8:50
4.	"Fran-Dance"	Miles Davis	7:08
5.	"Two Bass Hit"	Dizzy Gillespie, John Lewis	4:14
6.	"Bye Bye Blackbird"	Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson	9:11
7.	"The Theme"	Isham Jones, Marty Symes	2:50
Total length:			40:20

Disc two: Monk in 1963
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Introduction"		1:25
2.	"Criss-Cross"	Thelonious Monk	8:12
3.	"Light Blue"	Thelonious Monk	9:53
4.	"Nutty"	Thelonious Monk	13:51
5.	"Blue Monk"	Thelonious Monk	11:24
6.	"Epistrophy"	Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke	6:34
Total length:			51:19

Personnel

Side One personnel

Side Two personnel

Pee Wee Russell – clarinet
Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
Thelonious Monk – piano
Butch Warren – bass
Frankie Dunlop – drums

References

Editorial Staff, Cash Box (June 6, 1964). "Columbia Unveils 18 New June LPs" (PDF). Cash Box. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
Editorial Staff, Billboard (June 20, 1964). "New Album Releases". Billboard. Cincinnati: The Billboard Publishing Co. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
"The Miles Davis Sextet & The Thelonious Monk Quartet – Miles & Monk at Newport (Original LP)". Discogs. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
"The Miles Davis Sextet & The Thelonious Monk Quartet – Miles & Monk at Newport (CD Reissue)". Discogs. Retrieved March 27, 2017.

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[CB64-1] Editorial Staff, Cash Box (June 6, 1964). "Columbia Unveils 18 New June LPs" (PDF). Cash Box. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

[Bb64-2] Editorial Staff, Billboard (June 20, 1964). "New Album Releases". Billboard. Cincinnati: The Billboard Publishing Co. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

[3] "The Miles Davis Sextet & The Thelonious Monk Quartet – Miles & Monk at Newport (Original LP)". Discogs. Retrieved March 27, 2017.

[4] "The Miles Davis Sextet & The Thelonious Monk Quartet – Miles & Monk at Newport (CD Reissue)". Discogs. Retrieved March 27, 2017.

Thelonious Monk
Discography Compositions
As leader	Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1 Wizard of the Vibes Genius of Modern Music: Volume 2 Thelonious Monk Trio Monk Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins Piano Solo Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington The Unique Thelonious Monk Brilliant Corners Thelonious Himself Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk Monk's Music Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane Mulligan Meets Monk Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings Thelonious in Action Misterioso The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall 5 by Monk by 5 Thelonious Alone in San Francisco Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk Monk in France Thelonious Monk in Italy Monk's Dream Criss-Cross Monk in Tokyo Miles & Monk at Newport Big Band and Quartet in Concert It's Monk's Time Monk Solo Monk Live at the It Club Live at the Jazz Workshop Misterioso (Recorded on Tour) Straight, No Chaser Thelonious Monk Nonet Live in Paris 1967 Underground Monk's Blues
With others	Midnight at Minton's Bird and Diz Bags' Groove Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants Moving Out Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 Nica's Tempo In Orbit
Compositions	"In Walked Bud" "'Round Midnight"
Related	Blue Note Sessions Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

John Coltrane
Discography
Prestige albums	Coltrane Tenor Conclave Wheelin' & Dealin' Interplay John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio Soultrane Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette The Cats Lush Life Settin' the Pace Standard Coltrane Dakar Stardust Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane The Believer Black Pearls Bahia The Last Trane Two Tenors
Blue Note albums	Blue Train Coltrane Time
Atlantic albums	Giant Steps Bags & Trane (with Milt Jackson) Coltrane Jazz My Favorite Things Olé Coltrane Coltrane Plays the Blues Coltrane's Sound The Avant-Garde
Impulse! albums	Africa/Brass Coltrane Duke Ellington & John Coltrane Ballads John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman Impressions Crescent A Love Supreme The John Coltrane Quartet Plays Ascension Meditations Kulu Sé Mama
Posthumous albums	Expression Om Cosmic Music (with Alice Coltrane) Selflessness: Featuring My Favorite Things Transition Sun Ship Infinity Interstellar Space The Africa/Brass Sessions, Volume 2 First Meditations Stellar Regions Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album Blue World
With Miles Davis	Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet 'Round About Midnight Cookin' Relaxin' Milestones Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants Kind of Blue Jazz Track Workin' Steamin' Someday My Prince Will Come Miles & Monk at Newport Basic Miles At Newport 1958 Jazz at the Plaza Vol. I 1958 Miles Miles Davis Quintet at Peacock Alley
With Ray Draper	The Ray Draper Quintet featuring John Coltrane A Tuba Jazz
With Wilbur Harden	Mainstream 1958 Jazz Way Out Tanganyika Strut
With Thelonious Monk	The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings Thelonious Himself Monk's Music Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane
Live albums	"Live" at the Village Vanguard Live at Birdland New Thing at Newport Live at the Village Vanguard Again! Live in Seattle Live in Japan Afro Blue Impressions The Paris Concert The European Tour Bye Bye Blackbird Newport '63 The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording Live at the Half Note: One Down, One Up Offering: Live at Temple University
Compilations	Alternate Takes The Best of John Coltrane The Classic Quartet: The Complete Impulse! Recordings Coltrane for Lovers The Coltrane Legacy The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane The Prestige Recordings Countdown: The Savoy Sessions Dial Africa: The Savoy Sessions Feelin' Good Gold Coast The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings High Step The Major Works of John Coltrane Jupiter Variation Ken Burns Jazz: John Coltrane The Last Giant: Anthology Living Space To the Beat of a Different Drum Trane's Blues Trane's Modes
Compositions	"26-2" "Alabama" "Equinox" "Giant Steps" "Impressions" "Lazy Bird" "Moment's Notice" "Mr. P.C." "Naima" "Ogunde"
Documentaries	The Church of Saint Coltrane The World According to John Coltrane Trane Tracks: The Legacy of John Coltrane Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
Related	List of sessions Coltrane changes Sheets of sound Alice Coltrane Ravi Coltrane Dix Hills home Philadelphia house 5893 Coltrane asteroid John W. Coltrane Cultural Society Tribute albums Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane

Pee Wee Russell
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Newport Jazz Festival All Stars (1959) Swingin' with Pee Wee (and Buck Clayton, 1960) Ask Me Now! (1963) The College Concert (and Henry "Red" Allen, 1966) The Spirit of '67 (arranged by Oliver Nelson, 1967)
With others	The Ruby Braff Octet with Pee Wee Russell & Bobby Henderson at Newport (1957) Miles & Monk at Newport (Thelonious Monk, 1963) George Wein & the Newport All-Stars (1962)