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Where the original 1957
'Round About Midnight had six tracks, this remastered edition is bolstered by a further four pieces, recorded during the same mid-1950s sessions. The new edition still begins with the title track and it's an inspirational version, prompted by the trumpeter's return to public form with the very same number at the 1955 Newport Jazz Festival. It's like the microphone's seated right up inside the muted bell, picking up every metallic fracture and putter, his spine-tingling solo centrally placed, band cohorts restrained with delicate brushes, ivory dapples and faintly stroked strings. The album marked Miles's Columbia debut, supported by the legendary line-up of John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Red Garland (piano), Paul Chambers (bass) and Philly Joe Jones (drums). Coltrane always made a striking stylistic contrast with Miles, once again best illustrated by the title cut, when his solo entrance immediately prompts a kind of relief, upping the action into a mini-big band swing feel.
--Martin Longley