Conception is a compilation album issued by Prestige Records in 1956 as PRLP 7013, featuring Miles Davis on a number of tracks. The album, compiled from earlier 10 inch LPs, or as 78rpm singles, also features musicians such as Lee Konitz, Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, and Zoot Sims. The cover was designed by Bob Parent. In particular, the entirety of the 10"LP Lee Konitz: The New Sounds (PRLP 116) makes up all of side 1. Track listing "Odjenar" (George Russell) - 2:52 "Hibeck" (Lee Konitz) - 3:07 "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern) - 2:27 "Ezz-Thetic" (Russell) - 2:54 "Indian Summer" (Victor Herbert) - 2:35 "Duet for Saxophone and Guitar" (Konitz) - 2:41 "Conception" (George Shearing) - 4:03 "My Old Flame" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) - 6:36 "Intoit" (Stan Getz) - 3:22 "Prezervation" (Getz) - 2:44 "I May Be Wrong" (Gerry Mulligan) - 3:28 "So What" (Mulligan) - 2:44 Note: The final track, "So What", is not the same composition attributed to Miles Davis for his 1959 album Kind of Blue. Recording sessions and personnel June 21, 1949 (NYC) "Prezervation" Stan Getz - Tenor sax Al Haig - Piano Gene Ramey - Bass Stan Levey - Drums originally released on the 78rpm single: Prestige 818: Stan Getz - Battleground / Prezervation 1950 January 6 (NYC) "Intoit" Stan Getz - Tenor sax Al Haig - Piano Tommy Potter - Bass Roy Haynes - Drums originally released on the 78rpm single: Prestige 867: Stan Getz - Intoit / You Stepped Out Of A Dream March 15 (NYC) "I May Be Wrong" Don Ferrara, Howard McGhee, Al Porcino - Trumpets J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding - Trombones Charlie Kennedy - Alto sax Georgie Auld, Zoot Sims - Tenor saxes Gerry Mulligan - Baritone sax Tony Aless - Piano Chubby Jackson - Bass Don Lamond - Drums "So What" Gerry Mulligan - Baritone sax Zoot Sims - Tenor sax Charlie Kennedy - Alto sax J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding - Trombones Tony Aless - Piano Chubby Jackson - Bass Don Lamond - Drums "I May Be Wrong" and "So What" were originally issued on the 10"LP Chubby Jackson All Star Big Band (PRLP 105), although they are here credited to Gerry Mulligan. 1951 March 8 (NYC) "Odjenar", "Hibeck", "Yesterdays", "Ezz-Thetic" Lee Konitz - Alto sax Miles Davis - Trumpet Sal Mosca - Piano Billy Bauer - Guitar Arnold Fishkin - Bass Max Roach - Drums March