Q: What do you get when you combine the mythical talents of jazz Gods Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Milt Jackson, Sonny Rollins, Kenny Clarke, Horace Silver and Percy Heath? A: Prestige 7109 AKA Bags’ Groove.
Bags’ Groove, the track, is presented on Bags’ Groove, the album, in two takes. Clocking in at a combined 20+ minutes, takes 1 and 2 Bags’ are just the slippery smooth, red-eyed blues you’d expect from the usual suspects, and sadly represents the only Monk / Davis combo I own on vinyl (a rectifiable issue, I assure you).
Recorded in 1954 but not released until 1957, Bags’ Groove, the album, is notable for featuring the first ever use on a studio recording of the Harmon mute, a specific sound Mr. Davis is particularly known for.
Bags’ Groove is perfect coffee sipping, sunny, Sunday morning music, and comes highly recommended.
The Prudent Groove 
What an odd synchronicity. I’d pulled this (CD) out on my Sunday morning (some 16 hours before yours, if the Tardis has calculated correctly) and enjoyed it very much. Lovely slim-line review. Hits the Harmon on the head.
There IS something very Time Lord about the infinite wisdom of the Vinyl Connection… “Bags'” was a welcoming surprise in my early record collecting days, and like other Miles Davis classics, is perfectly paired with Sunday mornings and a hot cup of coffee (or tea). I’d like to say I’m surprised we both happen to choose the same album on the same day, but I’m not.
Well, we’re all tapping into the musical ether in some mysterious way. Lovely isn’t it?
What’ll we listen to this coming Sunday, I wonder?
Best from Melbourne, Bruce