My Ship

Miles Davis · 1957 · Standard de Weill et Gershwin

Context

Fourth track of Miles Ahead (4 min 28 s), a Kurt Weill song with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The tracks run together without a pause in this orchestral suite recorded in New York in 1957.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Cool (Birth of the Cool), Third stream, Modern big bands. Among the origins and influences of Cool: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Bossa nova, jazz samba.

By the same artist

• Springsville (1957)
• The Maids of Cadiz (1957)
• Blues for Pablo (1957)
• Générique (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud) (1958)
• Stella by Starlight (1958)
• Milestones (1958)

Sources

• EN: Miles Ahead (album)

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