Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings | ||||
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Box set by Miles Davis and Gil Evans | ||||
Released | 1996 | |||
Recorded | May 6, 1957 to February 16, 1968 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 426:38 | |||
Label | Columbia, Legacy | |||
Compiler | Phil Schaap | |||
The Miles Davis Series chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Rolling Stone | (favorable)[2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings[4] is a box set of music by jazz musicians Miles Davis and Gil Evans originally released on CD in 1996 and remastered and re-released in 2004. It collects work from 1957 through 1968 at Columbia Records recording studios.[5]
Miles Davis and Gil Evans had worked together on Davis' landmark 1949 album Birth of the Cool. Evans was a distinguished soloist, but it was his role as arranger that is well-illustrated here with alternate and working takes.
Track listing[]
Disc 1 - Miles Ahead (masters released on Miles Ahead)
- "Springsville" (master) - 3:28
- "The Maids of Cadiz" (master) - 3:59
- "The Duke" (master) - 3:28
- "My Ship" (master) - 4:28
- "Miles Ahead" (master) - 3:29
- "Blues For Pablo" (master) - 5:19
- "New Rhumba" (master) - 4:35
- "The Meaning of the Blues" (master) - 2:50
- "Lament" (master) - 2:16
- "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (master) - 3:07
- "Springsville" (remake take 7) - 3:16
- "The Maids of Cadiz" (take 1) - 3:57
- "The Duke" (take 11) - 3:32
- "My Ship" (take 1) - 4:23
- "Miles Ahead" (take 4) - 3:32
- "Blues For Pablo" (take 1) - 3:01
- "New Rhumba" (take 5) - 4:45
- "The Meaning of the Blues" (rehearsal take) - 2:49
- "Lament" (rehearsal take) - 2:20
- "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Take 8)" - 3:11
Disc 2 - Porgy And Bess (masters released on Porgy and Bess)
- "Buzzard Song" (master) - 4:09
- "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" (master) - 5:12
- "Gone" (master) - 3:38
- "Gone, Gone, Gone" (master) - 2:05
- "Summertime" (master) - 3:21
- "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess" (master) - 4:31
- "Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)" (master) - 4:42
- "Fisherman, Strawberry, Devil Crab" (master) - 4:11
- "My Man's Gone Now" (master) - 6:16
- "It Ain't Necessarily So" (master) - 4:25
- "Here Come De Honey Man" (master) - 1:20
- "I Loves You, Porgy" (master) - 3:43
- "There's a Boat That's Leaving" (master) - 3:28
- "Gone" (take 3) - 3:40
- "Summertime" (take 2) - 3:19
- "Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)" (take 2) - 4:16
- "I Loves You, Porgy" (take 1, second version) - 4:17
- "There's a Boat That's Leaving..." (take 2) - 3:41
- "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess" (take 5) - 4:22
- "Gone" (take 4) - 3:40
Disc 3 - Sketches Of Spain (masters released on Sketches of Spain)
- "Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio)" (master) - 16:23
- "Will O' the Wisp" (master) - 3:50
- "The Pan Piper" (master) - 3:43
- "Saeta" (master) - 5:08
- "Solea" (master) - 12:24
- "Song of Our Country" (master) - 3:29
- "Saeta" (full version of master) - 6:05
- "The Pan Piper" (take 1) - 3:11
- "Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio)" (alternate take, part one) - 12:03
- "Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio)" (alternate take, part two) - 3:32
- "Song of Our Country" (take 14) - 3:11
Disc 4 - Quiet Nights And More (masters released on Quiet Nights)
- "Song No: 2" (master) - 1:40
- "Once Upon a Summertime" (master) - 3:27
- "Aos Pes Da Cruz" (master) - 4:18
- "Song No: 1" (master) - 4:37
- "Wait Till You See Her" (master) - 4:06
- "Corcovado" (master) - 2:45
- "Blue Xmas" (master) - 2:43
- "Nothing Like You" (master) - 2:00
- "Devil May Care" (master) - 3:29
- "The Time of the Barracudas" (master) - 12:48
- "Falling Water" (take 4) - 3:45
- "Falling Water" (take 6) - 4:25
- "Falling Water" (take 8) - 4:17
- "Falling Water" (take 9) - 4:23
- "Springsville" (take 5) - 3:34
- "The Maids of Cadiz" (take 11) - 4:06
- "The Maids of Cadiz" (take 11, insert 1) - 2:38
- "Lament (Medley)" - (take 2) - 2:37
- "The Duke" (take 1) - 3:30
- "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (CK 53225 issued version) - 3:07
Disc 5 - The Making Of Miles Ahead
- "Springsville" (rehearsal sequence) - 7:01
- "Springsville" (rehearsal w/ piano) - 2:32
- "The Maids of Cadiz" (take 9) - 0:34
- "The Maids of Cadiz" (take 10) - 4:12
- "The Maids of Cadiz" (rehearsal sequence)
- "Count Off For the Duke" (take 3) - 0:37
- "The Duke" (take 8) - 3:33
- "The Duke" (piano take 3) - 1:55
- "My Ship" (take 6) - 4:39
- "Miles Ahead" (rehearsal sequence) - 1:40
- "Miles Ahead" (take 12) - 3:34
- "Miles Ahead" (take 15) - 3:31
- Studio Discussion - 0:30
- "My Ship" (take 7) - 4:41
- "Miles Ahead" (piano insert - mono) - 3:09
- "Blues For Pablo" (rehearsal sequence) - 5:54
- "New Rhumba" (take 2) - 4:40
- "Lament" (take 1) - 2:24
- "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (rehearsal) - 2:13
- "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (take 5) - 2:58
- Studio Discussion - 0:35
- "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (piano take 4) - 2:57
Disc 6 - Alternate And Rehearsal Takes
- Studio Discussion - 0:21
- "Springsville" (take 8 w/out overdubs) - 3:33
- Studio Discussion - 0:06
- "Miles Ahead" (take 11 w/out overdubs) - 3:31
- "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (take 3 w/out overdubs) - 2:59
- "Springsville" (overdub take 1) - 2:07
- "Springsville" (overdubbed solos 4-5) - 2:20
- "Springsville" (overdubbed solos 6-9) - 2:31
- "Springsville" (issued overdubbed solo) - 0:26
- "Miles Ahead" (issued overdubbed Solo) - 1:53
- "Miles Ahead" (overdubbed solo) - 1:35
- "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (overdubbed solo 1) - 1:05
- "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (overdubbed solo 2) - 1:25
- "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (overdubbed solo 4) - 2:04
- "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (overdubbed solo 8) - 3:04
- "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (overdubbed solo 19 & 19c) - 2:56
- "Miles Ahead" (mono master) - 3:29
- "Gone" (rehearsal sequence) - 2:53
- "Gone, Gone, Gone" (rehearsal sequence) - 2:57
- Studio Discussion - 0:53
- "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" (rehearsal take) - 4:57
- "It Ain't Necessarily So" (take 1) - 3:22
- "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess" (take 3) - 3:53
- "I Loves You, Porgy" (rehearsal sequence) - 2:17
- "There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York" (remake) - 2:23
- "My Man's Gone Now" (remake take) - 6:12
- "Song of Our Country" (take 9) - 2:58
- "Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio)" (rehearsal) - 7:20
- "Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio)" (alternate ending) - 1:21
Personnel[]
- Miles Davis - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Gil Evans - piano, arranger, conductor
- Bob Dorough (vocals, piano)
- Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone)
- Lee Konitz, Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone)
- Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone)
- Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, James Jorda, John Carisi, Louis Mucci (trumpet)
- Jimmy Cleveland, J.J. Johnson, Frank Rehak, Joe Bennett, Tom Mitchell (trombone)
- Julius Watkins, Gunther Schuller, Willie Ruff, Tony Miranda, Jim Buffington (French horn)
- Bill Barber (tuba)
- Romeo Penque (flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, oboe)
- Hubert Laws (flute)
- Jack Knitzer (bassoon)
- Janet Putnam (harp)
- Wynton Kelly (piano)
- Herbie Hancock (piano, electric piano)
- Joe Beck (electric guitar)
- Paul Chambers, Ron Carter (bass)
- Art Taylor, Philly Joe Jones, Jimmy Cobb, Tony Williams (drums)
- Willie Bobo (bongos)
- Elvin Jones (percussion)[6]
References[]
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 346-7. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ The album name is rendered differently in different places.
- ^ "Discography & description". Mosaic Records. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ allmusic
External links[]
- Gil Evans albums
- Miles Davis compilation albums
- 1996 compilation albums
- Albums recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio