Miles Davis - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (2014) [SACD]

I have purchased Cookin' & Relaxin' with Miles Davis SACDs (2014 Analogue Productions) a few weeks ago. I thought the mastering on Sketches of Spain SACD by MOFI could not be topped. I was wrong. Arguably, these albums mastered by Kevin Gray are marginally better sounding. The sound & band seem tighter. Now I am patiently awaiting Steamin' SACD to be released this month. I highly recommend these SACD.
Cookin’ With the Miles Davis Quintet is the 1st classic album of 4 total that emerged from 2 marathon & fruitful sessions recorded in 1956 (the other 3 discs released in Cookin’s wake were Workin’, Relaxin’ & Steamin’). All the albums were recorded live in the studio, as Davis sought to capture, with Rudy Van Gelder’s expert engineering, the sense of a club show б la the Cafй Bohemia in New York, with his new quintet, featuring tenor saxophonist John Coltrane. In Miles’s own words, he says he called this album Cookin’ because “that’s what we did—came in & cooked.” What’s particularly significant about this Davis album is his 1st recording of what became a classic tune for him: “My Funny Valentine.” Hot playing is also reserved for the uptempo number “Tune Up,” which revs with the zoom of both the leader & ’Trane.