Home / Music / The 1956 sessions caught Coltrane between stylesMusic linernotes album music miles-davisThe 1956 sessions caught Coltrane between stylesThe 1956 sessions capture John Coltrane in transition — still rooted in his swing-influenced style but already reaching toward the adventurous approach he’d develop with Miles Davis. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesIn a Silent Way is Miles Davis's quiet bridge into fusionKind of Blue was recorded in about nine hoursMiles Davis' Plugged Nickel shows spawned four albumsMiles Davis turned two 1956 sessions into four albumsThirteen musicians crowded into the Bitches Brew sessions — a density of talent that changed jazz.ExploreMusic for Films was Eno's rehearsal for Music for AirportsNaima was recorded with Miles Davis's rhythm section, not Coltrane's usual bandNeighbourhood is jazz where It's About Time was rock and funkVicki Brown's Nightjar rocks harder than SongbirdNightporter is Weather Report's contemplative sidePrevious The Dreaming arrived on 13 September 1982 via EMI Records.Next Stiff Records — home to Elvis Costello and The Damned — released A Distant Shore