Rare Miles recordings from the forties and fifties used to circulate among private collectors only or sometimes on a very obscure record label. The French record company United Archives released this beautiful collection of this material. They can do so because of the EU-rule that anyone can freely release recordings older than fifty years, with the only condition that is being paid for composer's rights.
1-1 to 1-8 rec. September 11, 1948 - NYC Royal Roost
1-9 to 1-11 rec. September 18, 1948 - NYC Royal Roost
1-12 rec. March 31, 1946 - Los Angeles Streets Of Paris
1-13, 1-14 rec. August 1948 - Chicago Pershing Ballroom
2-1 to 2-4 rec. September 25, 1948 - NYC Royal Roost
2-5 to 2-7 rec. January 17, 1949 - NYC WPIX Radio
2-8 to 2-11 rec. February 19, 1949 - NYC Royal Roost
2-12, 2-13 rec. February 26, 1949 - NYC Royal Roost
3-1 to 3-10 rec. May 8 - 15, 1949 - Paris Salle Pleyel
3-11 rec. May 15, 1949 - Paris Salle Pleyel
3-12 to 3-14 rec. December 25, 1949 - NYC Carnegie Hall
4-1 to 4-4 rec. February 18, 1950 - WNYC Radio Broadcast Jazz Festival
4-5 to 5-4 rec. June 30, 1950 - NYC Birdland
5-5 to 5-8 rec. February 17, 1951 - NYC Birdland
6-1 to 6-3 rec. June 2, 1951 - NYC Birdland
6-4 to 6-6 rec. September 29, 1951 - NYC Birdland
6-7 to 6-9 rec. April 25, 1952 - NYC Birdland
6-10, 6-11 rec. May 2, 1952 - NYC Birdland
7-1 to 7-9 rec. Spring 1952 - St. Louis, MO The Barrelhouse Club
8-1 to 8-4 rec. May 3, 1952 - NYC Birdland
8-5 to 9-4 rec. Beginning of 1953 - Boston, MA Hi-Hat Club
9-5 to 9-9 rec. May 16, 1953 - NYC Birdland
9-10, 9-11 rec. May 23, 1953 - NYC Birdland
10-1 to 10-3 rec. September 13, 1953 - Los Angeles, CA
10-4 to 10-7 rec. July 17, 1955 - Newport, RI Newport Jazz Festival
10-8, 10-9 rec. November 18, 1955 - Basin Street Club, TV Broadcast "The Steve Allen Tonight Show"
Bass ¿ Al McKibbon (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11), Barney Spieler (tracks: 3-1 to 3-10), Charles Mingus (tracks: 6-4 to 6-6), Clyde Lombardi (tracks: 6-7 to 6-9), Connie Henry (tracks: 6-10, 6-11, 8-1 to 8-4), Curly Russell (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4, 2-8 to 2-13, 3-12 to 3-14, 4-5 to 5-4), Gene Ramey (tracks: 4-1 to 4-4), Howard Rumsey (tracks: 10-1 to 10-3), Jimmy Woode (tracks: 8-5 to 9-4), John Mixon (tracks: 7-1 to 7-9), Lou Hackney (tracks: 9-5 to 9-11), Nelson Boyd (tracks: 1-13, 1-14), Oscar Pettiford (tracks: 2-5 to 2-7), Paul Chambers (3) (tracks: 10-8, 10-9), Percy Heath (tracks: 10-5 to 10-7), Thomas Moultrie (tracks: 1-12), Tommy Potter (tracks: 3-11, 5-5 to 6-3)
Clarinet ¿ Buddy DeFranco (tracks: 2-5 to 2-7), Hubert Rostaing (tracks: 3-11)
Congas ¿ Candido Camero* (tracks: 9-7), Carlos Vidal (tracks: 2-8 to 2-13), Chano Pozo (tracks: 1-13, 1-14), Unknown Artist (tracks: 7-1 to 7-9), Drums ¿ Philly Joe Jones* (tracks: 10-8, 10-9), Al Jones (tracks: 9-5 to 9-11), Art Blakey (tracks: 4-1 to 6-6), Connie Kay (tracks: 6-7 to 6-11, 8-1 to 8-4, 10-5 to 10-7), Jimmy Zitano (tracks: 8-5 to 9-4), Kenny Clarke (tracks: 2-8 to 3-10), Max Roach (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11, 2-1 to 2-4, 3-11 to 3-14, 10-1 to 10-3), Oscar Oldham (tracks: 7-1 to 7-9), Percy Brice (tracks: 1-12), Roy Haynes (tracks: 5-4), Shelly Manne (tracks: 2-5 to 2-7), Teddy Stewart (tracks: 1-13, 1-14)
French Horn ¿ Junior Collins* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11)
Guitar ¿ Chuck Wayne (tracks: 6-7 to 6-9), James Cannady (tracks: 1-12), John Collins (2) (tracks: 2-8 to 2-13), Toots Thielemans (tracks: 3-11)
Mellophone ¿ Don Elliott (tracks: 6-9, 6-11, 8-1)
Narrator ¿ Duke Ellington (tracks: 10-4)
Narrator [Speaker] ¿ Maurice Cullaz (tracks: 3-1 to 3-10)
Piano ¿ Al Haig (tracks: 2-5 to 2-7), Al Walcott (tracks: 8-5 to 9-4), Bernard Pfeiffer* (tracks: 3-11), Beryl Booker (tracks: 6-7 to 6-9), Billy Taylor (tracks: 6-4 to 6-6), Bob Freeman (2) (tracks: 8-5 to 8-11, 9-3), Bud Powell (tracks: 3-12 to 3-14), Charles Fox (5) (tracks: 7-1 to 7-9), Gil Coggins (tracks: 6-10, 6-11, 8-1 to 8-4), James Foreman Jr* (tracks: 1-13, 1-14), John Lewis (2) (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4), Kenny Drew (tracks: 5-5 to 6-3), Lorraine Geller (tracks: 10-1 to 10-3), Red Garland (tracks: 10-8, 10-9), Sonny White (tracks: 1-12), Tadd Dameron (tracks: 2-8 to 3-10, 4-1 to 4-8), Thelonious Monk (tracks: 10-5 to 10-7), Wade Legge (tracks: 9-5 to 9-11), Walter Bishop Jr.* (tracks: 5-1 to 5-4)
Piano, Arranged By ¿ John Lewis (2) (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11)
Saxophone [Alto, Baritone] ¿ Bud Shank (tracks: 10-1 to 10-3)
Saxophone [Alto] ¿ Benny Carter (tracks: 1-12), Charlie Parker (tracks: 3-11, 5-2, 9-10, 9-11), Ernie Henry (tracks: 1-13, 1-14), Jackie McLean (tracks: 6-10, 6-11, 8-1 to 8-4), John Brown (3) (tracks: 1-13, 1-14), Lee Konitz (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11, 2-1 to 2-4), Sahib Shihab (tracks: 2-8 to 2-13), Sonny Stitt (tracks: 3-12 to 3-14), Saxophone [Baritone] ¿ Cecil Paynes* (tracks: 1-13, 1-14), Cecil Payne (tracks: 2-8 to 2-13), Gerry Mulligan (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11, 10-5 to 10-7), Sahib Shihab (tracks: 9-5 to 9-11), Serge Chaloff (tracks: 3-12 to 3-14)
Saxophone [Soprano] ¿ Pierre Braslavsky (tracks: 3-11), Sidney Bechet (tracks: 3-11)
Saxophone [Tenor] ¿ Benjamin Lundy (tracks: 2-8 to 2-13), Big Nick Nicholas (tracks: 6-4 to 6-6), Bob Cooper (tracks: 10-1 to 10-3), Brew Moore (tracks: 4-5 to 5-4), Hubert "Bumps" Myers* (tracks: 1-12), Charlie Ventura (tracks: 2-7), Don Byas (tracks: 3-11), Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (tracks: 6-4 to 6-6), James Moody (tracks: 1-13, 1-14, 3-1 to 3-11), Jay Migliori (tracks: 8-5 to 9-4), Jimmy Forrest (tracks: 7-1 to 7-9), Joe Gayles (tracks: 1-13, 1-14), John Coltrane (tracks: 10-8, 10-9), Lucky Thompson (tracks: 2-5 to 2-7), Sonny Rollins (tracks: 5-5 to 6-3), Stan Getz (tracks: 4-1 to 4-4), Zoot Sims (tracks: 10-5 to 10-7)
Trombone ¿ "Big Chief" Russel Moore* (tracks: 3-11), Al Grey (tracks: 1-12), Andy Duryea (tracks: 1-13, 1-14), Bennie Green (tracks: 3-12 to 3-14), Britt Woodman (tracks: 1-12), J.J. Johnson (tracks: 4-1 to 6-3), Jesse Tarrant* (tracks: 1-13, 1-14), Kai Winding (tracks: 2-5 to 2-13), Mike Zwerin (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11)
Trumpet ¿ Aimé Barelli (tracks: 3-11), Bill Coleman (2) (tracks: 3-11), Dave Burns (tracks: 1-13, 1-14), Dizzy Gillespie (tracks: 1-13, 1-14, 9-10, 9-11), Elmon Wright (tracks: 1-13, 1-14), Fats Navarro (tracks: 5-1 to 5-4), Hot Lips Page (tracks: 3-11), Kenny Dorham (tracks: 3-11), Miles Davis (tracks: 1-1 to 10-3, 10-5 to 10-9), Rolf Ericson (tracks: 10-2, 10-3), Willie Cook (tracks: 1-13, 1-14)
Tuba ¿ John Barber (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11)
Vibraphone ¿ Don Elliott (tracks: 6-7 to 6-11, 8-1 to 8-4), Hazy Osterwald (tracks: 3-11)
Vocals ¿ Joe Carroll (tracks: 9-9 to 9-11), Kenny Pancho Hagood* (tracks: 1-7, 1-8, 2-4)