Bags’ Groove: Vinyl LP

Label: Craft Recordings
Release Date: 1st March

Post-Bop Miles with a whole sack full of easy grooves. With Thelonious Monk contribute to the the title tracks and Sonny Rollins, Kenny Clarke, Milt Jackson, Paercy Heath and Horace Silver in the band, what you get is one of the most satisfying groovers in Miles catalogue. Bops 'ahoy.

Bags' Groove was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder and originally released by Prestige Records. It compiles material from two 10" LPs recorded in 1954, plus two alternative takes. It is described in Allmusic as "…a cornerstone of the post-bop genre." It features Thelonious Monk on the two takes of the title track, Sonny Rollins on tenor saxophone, Kenny Clarke on drums, Milt Jackson on vibraphone, Percy Heath on bass, and Horace Silver on piano in "Airegin" and "But Not For Me (Take 1)." Reissued on vinyl by Craft Recordings, released as part of the Craft Jazz Essentials series.

Tracklist

Side A
1. Bags' Groove (Take 1)
2. Bags' Groove (Take 2)

Side B
1. Airegin
2. Oleo
3. But Not For Me (Take 2)
4. Doxy
5. But Not For Me (Take 1)