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 & 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 – February 16, 1968 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 426:38 | |||
| Label | Columbia/Legacy | |||
| Compiler | Phil Schaap | |||
| The Miles Davis Series chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [1] |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable)[2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Miles Davis and Gil Evans had worked together on Davis's 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
editDisc 1 – Miles Ahead
edit| No. | Title | Original Release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Springsville" (master) | Miles Ahead | 3:28 |
| 2. | "The Maids of Cadiz" (master) | Miles Ahead | 3:59 |
| 3. | "The Duke" (master) | Miles Ahead | 3:28 |
| 4. | "My Ship" (master) | Miles Ahead | 4:28 |
| 5. | "Miles Ahead" (master) | Miles Ahead | 3:29 |
| 6. | "Blues For Pablo" (master) | Miles Ahead | 5:19 |
| 7. | "New Rhumba" (master) | Miles Ahead | 4:35 |
| 8. | "The Meaning of the Blues" (master) | Miles Ahead | 2:50 |
| 9. | "Lament" (master) | Miles Ahead | 2:16 |
| 10. | "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (master) | Miles Ahead | 3:07 |
| 11. | "Springsville" (remake take 7) | Previously unreleased | 3:16 |
| 12. | "The Maids of Cadiz" (take 1) | Previously unreleased | 3:57 |
| 13. | "The Duke" (take 11) | Previously unreleased | 3:32 |
| 14. | "My Ship" (take 1) | Previously unreleased | 4:23 |
| 15. | "Miles Ahead" (take 4) | Previously unreleased | 3:32 |
| 16. | "Blues For Pablo" (take 1) | Previously unreleased | 3:01 |
| 17. | "New Rhumba" (take 5) | Previously unreleased | 4:45 |
| 18. | "The Meaning of the Blues" (rehearsal take) | Previously unreleased | 2:49 |
| 19. | "Lament" (rehearsal take) | Previously unreleased | 2:20 |
| 20. | "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (take 8) | Previously unreleased | 3:11 |
| 21. | "[pause track]" (editor added "track" to separate discs) | 0:06 |
Disc 2 – Porgy and Bess
edit| No. | Title | Original Release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Buzzard Song" (master) | Porgy and Bess | 4:09 |
| 2. | "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" (master) | Porgy and Bess | 5:12 |
| 3. | "Gone" (master) | Porgy and Bess | 3:38 |
| 4. | "Gone, Gone, Gone" (master) | Porgy and Bess | 2:05 |
| 5. | "Summertime" (master) | Porgy and Bess | 3:21 |
| 6. | "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess" (master) | Porgy and Bess | 4:31 |
| 7. | "Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)" (master) | Porgy and Bess | 4:42 |
| 8. | "Fisherman, Strawberry, Devil Crab" (master) | Porgy and Bess | 4:11 |
| 9. | "My Man's Gone Now" (master) | Porgy and Bess | 6:16 |
| 10. | "It Ain't Necessarily So" (master) | Porgy and Bess | 4:25 |
| 11. | "Here Come De Honey Man" (master) | Porgy and Bess | 1:20 |
| 12. | "I Loves You, Porgy" (master) | Porgy and Bess | 3:43 |
| 13. | "There's a Boat That's Leaving" (master) | Porgy and Bess | 3:28 |
| 14. | "Gone" (take 3) | Previously unreleased | 3:40 |
| 15. | "Summertime" (take 2) | Previously unreleased | 3:19 |
| 16. | "Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)" (take 2) | Previously unreleased | 4:16 |
| 17. | "I Loves You, Porgy" (take 1, second version) | Previously unreleased | 4:17 |
| 18. | "There's a Boat That's Leaving..." (take 2) | Previously unreleased | 3:41 |
| 19. | "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess" (take 5) | Previously unreleased | 4:22 |
| 20. | "Gone" (take 4) | Previously unreleased | 3:40 |
| 21. | "[pause track]" | 0:06 |
Disc 3 – Sketches of Spain
edit| No. | Title | Original Release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)" (master) | Sketches of Spain | 16:19 |
| 2. | "Will o' the Wisp" (master) | Sketches of Spain | 3:47 |
| 3. | "The Pan Piper" (master) | Sketches of Spain | 3:52 |
| 4. | "Saeta" (master) | Sketches of Spain | 5:06 |
| 5. | "Solea" (master) | Sketches of Spain | 12:15 |
| 6. | "Song of Our Country" (issued take) | Directions | 3:23 |
| 7. | "Saeta" (full version of master) | Previously unreleased | 6:01 |
| 8. | "The Pan Piper" (take 1) | Previously unreleased | 3:11 |
| 9. | "Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)" (alternate take, part one) | Previously unreleased | 12:04 |
| 10. | "Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)" (alternate take, part two) | Previously unreleased | 3:32 |
| 11. | "Song of Our Country" (take 14) | Previously unreleased | 3:10 |
| 12. | "[pause track]" | 0:06 |
Disc 4 – Quiet Nights and More
edit| No. | Title | Original Release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Song No. 2" (master) | Quiet Nights | 1:36 |
| 2. | "Once Upon a Summertime" (master) | Quiet Nights | 3:24 |
| 3. | "Aos Pes Da Cruz" (master) | Quiet Nights | 4:15 |
| 4. | "Song No. 1" (master) | Quiet Nights | 4:33 |
| 5. | "Wait Till You See Her" (master) | Quiet Nights | 4:03 |
| 6. | "Corcovado" (master) | Quiet Nights | 2:42 |
| 7. | "Blue Xmas" (master) | Jingle Bell Jazz | 2:40 |
| 8. | "Nothing Like You" (master) | Sorcerer | 1:58 |
| 9. | "Devil May Care" (master) | The Giants of Jazz (various artist compilation) / Basic Miles | 3:27 |
| 10. | "The Time of the Barracudas" | Previously unreleased | 12:45 |
| 11. | "Falling Water" (take 4) | Previously unreleased | 3:34 |
| 12. | "Falling Water" (take 6) | Previously unreleased | 4:22 |
| 13. | "Falling Water" (take 8) | Previously unreleased | 4:15 |
| 14. | "Falling Water" (take 9) | Previously unreleased | 4:18 |
| 15. | "Springsville" (take 5) | Previously unreleased | 3:32 |
| 16. | "The Maids of Cadiz" (take 11) | Previously unreleased | 4:06 |
| 17. | "The Maids of Cadiz" (take 11, insert 1) | Previously unreleased | 2:36 |
| 18. | "Lament" (medley: take 2) | Previously unreleased | 2:35 |
| 19. | "The Duke" (take 1) | Previously unreleased | 3:27 |
| 20. | "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (53225 issued version) | Miles Ahead 1993 reissue (catalog no. CK 53225) | 3:07 |
Disc 5 – The Making of Miles Ahead
edit| No. | Title | Original Release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Springsville" (rehearsal sequence) | Previously unreleased | 6:58 |
| 2. | "Springsville" (rehearsal with piano) | Previously unreleased | 2:30 |
| 3. | "The Maids of Cadiz" (take 9) | Previously unreleased | 0:32 |
| 4. | "The Maids of Cadiz" (take 10) | Previously unreleased | 4:11 |
| 5. | "The Maids of Cadiz" (rehearsal sequence) | Previously unreleased | 1:26 |
| 6. | "Count Off for the Duke" (take 3) | Previously unreleased | 0:35 |
| 7. | "The Duke" (take 8) | Previously unreleased | 3:31 |
| 8. | "The Duke" (piano take 3) | Previously unreleased | 1:52 |
| 9. | "My Ship" (take 6) | Previously unreleased | 4:36 |
| 10. | "Miles Ahead" (rehearsal sequence) | Previously unreleased | 1:47 |
| 11. | "Miles Ahead" (take 12) | Previously unreleased | 3:30 |
| 12. | "Miles Ahead" (take 15) | Previously unreleased | 3:31 |
| 13. | "Studio Discussion" | Previously unreleased | 0:31 |
| 14. | "My Ship" (take 7) | Previously unreleased | 4:39 |
| 15. | "Miles Ahead" (piano insert-mono) | Previously unreleased | 3:06 |
| 16. | "Blues for Pablo" (rehearsal sequence) | Previously unreleased | 5:53 |
| 17. | "New Rhumba" (take 2) | Previously unreleased | 4:38 |
| 18. | "Lament" (take 1) | Previously unreleased | 2:21 |
| 19. | "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (rehearsal) | Previously unreleased | 2:10 |
| 20. | "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (take 5) | Previously unreleased | 2:57 |
| 21. | "Studio Discussion" | Previously unreleased | 0:33 |
| 22. | "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (piano take 4) | Previously unreleased | 2:58 |
| 23. | "[pause track]" | 0:06 |
Disc 6 – Alternate and Rehearsal Takes
edit| No. | Title | Original Release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Studio Discussion" | Previously unreleased | 0:19 |
| 2. | "Springsville" (take 8 without overdubs) | Previously unreleased | 3:35 |
| 3. | "Studio Discussion" | Previously unreleased | 0:07 |
| 4. | "Miles Ahead" (take 11 without overdubs) | Previously unreleased | 3:33 |
| 5. | "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (take 3 without overdubs) | Previously unreleased | 2:59 |
| 6. | "Springsville" (overdub take 1) | Previously unreleased | 2:08 |
| 7. | "Springsville" (overdubbed solos 4–5) | Previously unreleased | 2:20 |
| 8. | "Springsville" (overdubbed solos 6–9) | Previously unreleased | 2:32 |
| 9. | "Springsville" (issued overdubbed solo) | Previously unreleased | 0:27 |
| 10. | "Miles Ahead" (issued overdubbed solo) | Previously unreleased | 1:54 |
| 11. | "Miles Ahead" (overdubbed solo) | Previously unreleased | 1:35 |
| 12. | "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (overdubbed solo 1) | Previously unreleased | 1:04 |
| 13. | "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (overdubbed solo 2) | Previously unreleased | 1:26 |
| 14. | "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (overdubbed solo 4) | Previously unreleased | 2:04 |
| 15. | "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (overdubbed solo 8) | Previously unreleased | 3:05 |
| 16. | "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (overdubbed solo 19 & 19C) | Previously unreleased | 2:57 |
| 17. | "Miles Ahead" (mono master) | Previously unreleased | 3:29 |
| 18. | "Gone" (rehearsal sequence) | Previously unreleased | 2:54 |
| 19. | "Gone, Gone, Gone" (rehearsal sequence) | Previously unreleased | 2:57 |
| 20. | "Studio Discussion" | Previously unreleased | 0:53 |
| 21. | "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" (rehearsal take) | Previously unreleased | 4:58 |
| 22. | "It Ain't Necessarily So" (take 1) | Previously unreleased | 3:22 |
| 23. | "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess" (take 3) | Previously unreleased | 3:53 |
| 24. | "I Loves You, Porgy" (rehearsal sequence) | Previously unreleased | 2:19 |
| 25. | "There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon for New York" (remake) | Previously unreleased | 2:24 |
| 26. | "My Man's Gone Now" (remake take) | Previously unreleased | 6:13 |
| 27. | "Song of Our Country" (take 9) | Previously unreleased | 2:59 |
| 28. | "Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)" (rehearsal) | Previously unreleased | 7:21 |
| 29. | "Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)" (alternate ending) | Previously unreleased | 1:23 |
| 30. | "[pause track]" | 0:06 |
Personnel
edit- 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
edit- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. pp. 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