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"... (he fronts a) musical dream team ... it’s obvious that the thing for a jazz man to do in 1954 was play with Miles ... (Solar) shows him at his muted, understated best ..." - SoundStage! "... a superb sextet and a compelling quintet. Both groups center on a blue chip rhythm section ... throughout, Davis sounds grand: comfortable, authoritative and well within his gamely element. His partners seem well teamed with him too, ready to walk, or run, to Davis's beat ... offers at least two jazz essentials (Walkin', Solar) ... serves as an excellent place to begin, or continue, appreciating the trumpeter's bop significance ..." - All About Jazz Walkin', now considered one of the earliest essential albums in the Miles Davis canon, comprises two classic 1954 sessions: one with a quintet; the other a sextet. The influential sextet session, featuring trombonist J.J. Johnson and Lucky Thompson on sax, took advantage of long-playing record technology with two extended jams that announced both the return of modern jazz musicians to a focus on the blues and the coming of the funky hard bop era. The quintet date, with underground legend Davey Schildkraut on alto sax, provides the first inkling of the trumpeter’s haunting muted style and introduces his classic composition Solar.