5 Facts About the Jazz Album Bags' Groove

The album was recorded in two separate sessions The tracks come from recording dates in June and December 1954.

It was released three years after the sessions Prestige Records put out Bags’ Groove in 1957.

Miles Davis plays on the December session His trumpet work appears on the title track and other cuts from that date.

The album features two distinct lineups The June session includes Thelonious Monk on piano, while the December session has Horace Silver.

The title track is a Miles Davis composition Davis wrote “Bags’ Groove,” which became one of his best-known blues heads.