Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet

Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet is an album by the Miles Davis Quintet, released in 1961 through Prestige Records.^[1][2] The recording was made at two sessions on May 11 and October 26, 1956 that produced four albums: Steamin, Relaxin' with The Miles Davis Quintet, Workin' with The Miles Davis Quintet and Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet.

Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
Studio album by Miles Davis
Released	July or August 1961[1][2]
Recorded	May 11 and October 26, 1956
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:00
Label	Prestige
Producer	Bob Weinstock
Miles Davis chronology
Sketches of Spain (1960) Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1961) Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
DownBeat	[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[6]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[7]

Reception

The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer praised all of the musicians except pianist Red Garland, and concluded: "This album is a must for anyone seriously interested in jazz".^[4]

Track listing

Prestige – LP 7200:^[8]

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording session	Length
1.	"Surrey with the Fringe on Top"	Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II	May 11, 1956	9:05
2.	"Salt Peanuts"	Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke	May 11, 1956	6:09
3.	"Something I Dreamed Last Night"	Sammy Fain, Jack Yellen, Herb Magidson	May 11, 1956	6:15

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording session	Length
1.	"Diane"	Lew Pollack, Ernö Rapée	May 11, 1956	7:49
2.	"Well, You Needn't"	Thelonious Monk	October 26, 1956	6:19
3.	"When I Fall in Love"	Victor Young, Edward Heyman	May 11, 1956	4:23
Total length:				40:00

Personnel

• Miles Davis – trumpet
• John Coltrane – tenor saxophone (except 3 and 6)
• Red Garland – piano
• Paul Chambers – bass
• Philly Joe Jones – drums