Walter Davis Jr.'s "Formidable" & "Cape Millie&

[paul secor]

This morning I was listening to a cd of Jackie McLean's New Soil (Blue Note), which contains one previously unissued tune, Walter Davis Jr.'s "Formidable". The tune sounded familiar, and I realized that an Art Taylor group had recorded it a month later on Taylor's Tenors (New Jazz), but the title was changed to "Cape Millie". It's a fine tune, but I wonder why the change of title? My guess would be that perhaps both record labels wanted publishing rights and Walter Davis Jr. changed the title so he could record it for New Jazz. Could he have known only a month after the New Soil session that Blue Note wasn't going to issue "Formidable"? My cds don't contain publishing information so I don't know if my theory is possible.

Any ideas?