DAVIS, Miles.

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Early 1970s Japanese Blue Note promo poster

Original first printing Miles Davis (1926–1991) promotional poster issued by Blue Note in Japan in the early 1970s. Across three sessions, from 1952 to 1954, Miles Davis recorded the majority of the sides he would release on Blue Note. His first session for Blue Note Records took place on 9th May, 1952, when, along with JJ Johnson (trombone), Jackie McLean (alto saxophone), Gil Coggins (piano), Oscar Pettiford (bass) and Kenny Clarke (drums) they recorded six different songs over nine takes at WOR studios in New York City. Much of this material was released on 10” albums shortly after it was recorded. The tracks from this 1952 session, dubbed Miles Davis – Young Man With A Horn, also appeared in Blue Note’s Modern Jazz series. Two of the songs from the 1952 session, along with others he recorded during a second Blue Note session, held on 20th April, 1953, at the same studio (and for which Jimmy Heath’s tenor sax replaced McLean’s alto, Percy Heath took over bass duties and Art Blakey sat in on drums), appeared on Miles Davis Volume 2. Miles’ third session for Blue Note was his first at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio, in the producer’s New Jersey living room. Held on 6th March, 1954, this time he worked with a quartet featuring Horace Silver on piano, and Heath and Blakey as the rhythm section. This material, along with the cuts from the earlier two sessions, were gathered together to become the first two 12” LPs issued by Blue Note in 1956. Between 1966 and 1977, Blue Note titles were re-issued and manufactured in Japan by Toshiba EMI. The poster was for promotional purposes only, and was never made commercially available.

The poster measures 73.5 x 52.0 cm (approx. 28.9″ by 20.5″ inches) and is beautifully printed on thin, smooth-finish uncoated paper stock. In excellent unfolded condition. Feel free to email us with any questions you may have concerning this item. Additional images of the poster available on request.