Miles Davis - Volume 1 and Volume 2 (BLP 1501 and 1502). These two LPs consisted of material from three sessions which had earlier been issued as three separate 10-inch LPs:
1952 – Miles Davis - Young Man With A Horn (BLP 5013)
1953 – Miles Davis - Vol. 2 (BLP 5022)
1954 – Miles Davis - Vol. 3 (BLP 5040)

Three Sessions:
The 1952 and 1953 sessions were recorded almost a year apart by Doug Hawkins at WOR Studios, 1440 Broadway in Manhattan.

For his first Blue Note session, Miles brought along altoist Jackie McLean (just a few days shy of his 21st birthday) as well as pianist Gil Coggins. Both Coggins and McLean were part of the band with which Miles had just wrapped up a week-long engagement at Birdland. Coggins (who left music permanently not long after these sessions to pursue a career in real estate) and trombonist J.J. Johnson are heard on both of the WOR sessions. The rhythm section is rounded out by Oscar Pettiford and the godfather of bop drumming, Kenny Clarke.

The 1953 session substitutes Jimmy Heath on tenor joined by his brother Percy on bass and Art Blakey on the drums.

The bulk of these two sessions make up the material on “Miles Davis Volume 1”. Side 1 consists largely of tunes from the ‘53 session with all but one track on side 2 being drawn from the ‘52 session.