Modern Jazz Trumpets Earlier in the same day, before his session at Prestige, Davis had also recorded a session as a sideman with Charlie Parker, for Verve Records, found on the Parker album "Swedish Schnapps". The Miles Davis tracks, including "Blue Room", were also released on two 78rpm singles. "Blue Room" would later be part of Davis' second 10"LP "Blue Period" (PRLP 140), and all four tracks would be re-released on the 12"LP "Miles Davis and Horns" (PRLP 7025), after the 10" format was discontinued. Modern Jazz Trumpets Modern Jazz Trumpets is an album released by Prestige in 1951 with music by four
John LaPorta with the Woody Herman Orchestra. Beginning in 1947 he studied with Lennie Tristano. With Teo Macero and Charles Mingus he was a member of the Jazz Composers Workshop, trying to combine jazz with classical music. In the classical world, he worked with Boston Pops, Leonard Bernstein, Leopold Stokowski, and Igor Stravinsky. In jazz he worked with Kenny Clarke, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Buddy Rich, and Lester Young. He taught at Parkway Music School, then at public schools on Long Island, followed by the Manhattan School of Music and the Berklee College of Music. With guitarist Jack Petersen, he