Chronicle: The Complete Prestige Recordings is a 12×LP box set by American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, compiling his sessions between 1951 and 1956 for Prestige Records. It was issued in 1980, and reissued in 1988 on 8×CD as Chronicle: The Complete Prestige Recordings 1951–1956.Chronicle: The Complete Prestige Recordings 1951 - 1956 Retrieved 2021-10-25. The box set contains a 64-page illustrated booklet that includes rare photographs, full discographical details, and an analysis of each session by Dan Morgenstern, Director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University.Miles Davis – Chronicle Retrieved 2021-10-25.
Background and recording The box set is a retrospective compilation of Miles Davis' 17 sessions recorded on the Prestige label between 1951 and 1956. The collection represents a fairly mix of ballads, hard bop, and cool jazz featuring his collaborations with major contemporary jazz artists.
Most significant are the group on discs six, seven, and eight containing performances by Davis’ first classic quintet with John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones. Among the others featured in this collection are some of the most influential Jazz artists of that time including Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, Milt Jackson, Charles Mingus and Jackie McLean.
Track listing
Notes and references Information about song details is taken from the box set.