Bags' Groove [SEP] record label
Bags' Groove
Bags' Groove (PRLP 7109) is a jazz album by Miles Davis, released in 1957 by Prestige Records, compiling material from two 10" LPs recorded in 1954, plus two alternative takes.
Recording.
Both takes of the title track come from a session on December 24, 1954, the first version having been previously released on "Miles Davis All Stars, Volume 1" (PRLP 196). ("Bags" was vibraphonist Milt Jackson's nickname.) The other tracks recorded
Doxy (song)
"Doxy" is an early composition by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins. It appeared on the 1957 Miles Davis album "Bags' Groove", performed by Davis on trumpet, Rollins on tenor saxophone, Horace Silver on piano, Percy Heath on bass, and Kenny Clarke on drums. When Rollins eventually established his own record label, he named it Doxy Records. The chords are from Bob Carleton's 16-bar song, "Ja-Da".
"Doxy" has become a jazz standard,