In the miles!

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack at a meeting of 9 July 1955, this disc is a gem coolness of jazz, especially misunderstood it sits between two minor albums, inspiration rather hard bop , Miles Davis: "The Musings of Miles" boxed June 7, 1955 and "Quintet / sextet" in partnership with Milt Jackson (the famous Bag "Bag's Groove" and "Bag & Trane") on August 5, 1955.

Still basking in his triumph at the Newport Jazz Festival that year, Miles Davis had agreed to record with Charles Mingus, an old acquaintance met 10 years earlier in California. Given the volcanic temper of our two protagonists, one could expect a more eventful session, or music that appears on this "Blue Moods" appears surprisingly calm, resulting in a record nuanced distilling a nice impression serenity ... Elvin Jones later reported, however, that "if we had the record conversations in the studio at that time, this record would probably been a bestseller!"

Besides Miles Davis (t) and Charles Mingus (b), also attended the session Britt Woodman on trombone, vibraphone Teddy Charles and Elvin Jones on drums. Woodman was a childhood friend of Charles Mingus and Teddy frequent partner at that time bassist with whom he shared the same ideas about the composition and arrangement. It was he who signs all the tracks on the album, except "Alone Together" attributed to Mingus.

A short drive, 27:00 minutes, but is a good complement to the other masterpiece of the master: Birth of Cool.