This is an interesting album, bringing together an October 1946 session which, according to the Jack Chambers biography of Miles Davis, “has never been issued on record”. Davis is partnered by Gene Ammons, another then-member of the Billy Eckstine Orchestra – the only time they recorded together. According to Davis’ autobiography, Ammons introduced him to heroin. The session pianist Linton Garner was Erroll’s brother, and the band was put together to back singers Earl Coleman and Ann Baker. Every track has at least one alternative take, while ‘Don’t Explain to Me Baby’ has four, which is more than you need for a so-so track. A bonus album is thrown in for your money – Miles Davis’ Dig from five years later – a curate’s egg of a session, not least because Rollins was bothered by a squeaky reed. The title track, based on the chords of ‘Sweet Georgia Brown’, has its moments while on ‘Bluing’ drummer Art Blakey continues playing when everyone else has ended. Missing from the Dig session is the George Shearing composition ‘Conception’ (which Davis had previously recorded on the Birth of Cool sessions, claiming composer credit for himself).