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Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
Box set by
Released1996
RecordedMay 6, 1957 to February 16, 1968
GenreJazz
Length426:38
LabelColumbia, Legacy
CompilerPhil Schaap
The Miles Davis Series chronology
(Box 1)
The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane

(2000)
Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
(1996)
(Box 3)
Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis 1963–1964

(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [3]

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

No.TitleOriginal ReleaseLength
1."Springsville" (master)Miles Ahead3:28
2."The Maids of Cadiz" (master)Miles Ahead3:59
3."The Duke" (master)Miles Ahead3:28
4."My Ship" (master)Miles Ahead4:28
5."Miles Ahead" (master)Miles Ahead3:29
6."Blues For Pablo" (master)Miles Ahead5:19
7."New Rhumba" (master)Miles Ahead4:35
8."The Meaning of the Blues" (master)Miles Ahead2:50
9."Lament" (master)Miles Ahead2:16
10."I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (master)Miles Ahead3:07
11."Springsville" (remake take 7)Previously unreleased3:16
12."The Maids of Cadiz" (take 1)Previously unreleased3:57
13."The Duke" (take 11)Previously unreleased3:32
14."My Ship" (take 1)Previously unreleased4:23
15."Miles Ahead" (take 4)Previously unreleased3:32
16."Blues For Pablo" (take 1)Previously unreleased3:01
17."New Rhumba" (take 5)Previously unreleased4:45
18."The Meaning of the Blues" (rehearsal take)Previously unreleased2:49
19."Lament" (rehearsal take)Previously unreleased2:20
20."I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (take 8)Previously unreleased3:11
21."[pause track]" (editor added "track" to separate discs) 0:06

Disc 2 - Porgy and Bess

No.TitleOriginal ReleaseLength
1."Buzzard Song" (master)Porgy and Bess4:09
2."Bess, You Is My Woman Now" (master)Porgy and Bess5:12
3."Gone" (master)Porgy and Bess3:38
4."Gone, Gone, Gone" (master)Porgy and Bess2:05
5."Summertime" (master)Porgy and Bess3:21
6."Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess" (master)Porgy and Bess4:31
7."Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)" (master)Porgy and Bess4:42
8."Fisherman, Strawberry, Devil Crab" (master)Porgy and Bess4:11
9."My Man's Gone Now" (master)Porgy and Bess6:16
10."It Ain't Necessarily So" (master)Porgy and Bess4:25
11."Here Come De Honey Man" (master)Porgy and Bess1:20
12."I Loves You, Porgy" (master)Porgy and Bess3:43
13."There's a Boat That's Leaving" (master)Porgy and Bess3:28
14."Gone" (take 3)Previously unreleased3:40
15."Summertime" (take 2)Previously unreleased3:19
16."Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)" (take 2)Previously unreleased4:16
17."I Loves You, Porgy" (take 1, second version)Previously unreleased4:17
18."There's a Boat That's Leaving..." (take 2)Previously unreleased3:41
19."Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess" (take 5)Previously unreleased4:22
20."Gone" (take 4)Previously unreleased3:40
21."[pause track]" 0:06

Disc 3 - Sketches Of Spain (masters released on Sketches of Spain)

  1. "Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio)" (master) - 16:23
  2. "Will O' the Wisp" (master) - 3:50
  3. "The Pan Piper" (master) - 3:43
  4. "Saeta" (master) - 5:08
  5. "Solea" (master) - 12:24
  6. "Song of Our Country" (master) - 3:29
  7. "Saeta" (full version of master) - 6:05
  8. "The Pan Piper" (take 1) - 3:11
  9. "Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio)" (alternate take, part one) - 12:03
  10. "Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio)" (alternate take, part two) - 3:32
  11. "Song of Our Country" (take 14) - 3:11

Disc 4 - Quiet Nights And More (masters released on Quiet Nights)

  1. "Song No: 2" (master) - 1:40
  2. "Once Upon a Summertime" (master) - 3:27
  3. "Aos Pes Da Cruz" (master) - 4:18
  4. "Song No: 1" (master) - 4:37
  5. "Wait Till You See Her" (master) - 4:06
  6. "Corcovado" (master) - 2:45
  7. "Blue Xmas" (master) - 2:43
  8. "Nothing Like You" (master) - 2:00
  9. "Devil May Care" (master) - 3:29
  10. "The Time of the Barracudas" (master) - 12:48
  11. "Falling Water" (take 4) - 3:45
  12. "Falling Water" (take 6) - 4:25
  13. "Falling Water" (take 8) - 4:17
  14. "Falling Water" (take 9) - 4:23
  15. "Springsville" (take 5) - 3:34
  16. "The Maids of Cadiz" (take 11) - 4:06
  17. "The Maids of Cadiz" (take 11, insert 1) - 2:38
  18. "Lament (Medley)" - (take 2) - 2:37
  19. "The Duke" (take 1) - 3:30
  20. "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (CK 53225 issued version) - 3:07

Disc 5 - The Making Of Miles Ahead

  1. "Springsville" (rehearsal sequence) - 7:01
  2. "Springsville" (rehearsal w/ piano) - 2:32
  3. "The Maids of Cadiz" (take 9) - 0:34
  4. "The Maids of Cadiz" (take 10) - 4:12
  5. "The Maids of Cadiz" (rehearsal sequence)
  6. "Count Off For the Duke" (take 3) - 0:37
  7. "The Duke" (take 8) - 3:33
  8. "The Duke" (piano take 3) - 1:55
  9. "My Ship" (take 6) - 4:39
  10. "Miles Ahead" (rehearsal sequence) - 1:40
  11. "Miles Ahead" (take 12) - 3:34
  12. "Miles Ahead" (take 15) - 3:31
  13. Studio Discussion - 0:30
  14. "My Ship" (take 7) - 4:41
  15. "Miles Ahead" (piano insert - mono) - 3:09
  16. "Blues For Pablo" (rehearsal sequence) - 5:54
  17. "New Rhumba" (take 2) - 4:40
  18. "Lament" (take 1) - 2:24
  19. "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (rehearsal) - 2:13
  20. "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (take 5) - 2:58
  21. Studio Discussion - 0:35
  22. "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (piano take 4) - 2:57

Disc 6 - Alternate And Rehearsal Takes

  1. Studio Discussion - 0:21
  2. "Springsville" (take 8 w/out overdubs) - 3:33
  3. Studio Discussion - 0:06
  4. "Miles Ahead" (take 11 w/out overdubs) - 3:31
  5. "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (take 3 w/out overdubs) - 2:59
  6. "Springsville" (overdub take 1) - 2:07
  7. "Springsville" (overdubbed solos 4–5) - 2:20
  8. "Springsville" (overdubbed solos 6–9) - 2:31
  9. "Springsville" (issued overdubbed solo) - 0:26
  10. "Miles Ahead" (issued overdubbed Solo) - 1:53
  11. "Miles Ahead" (overdubbed solo) - 1:35
  12. "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (overdubbed solo 1) - 1:05
  13. "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (overdubbed solo 2) - 1:25
  14. "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (overdubbed solo 4) - 2:04
  15. "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (overdubbed solo 8) - 3:04
  16. "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (overdubbed solo 19 & 19c) - 2:56
  17. "Miles Ahead" (mono master) - 3:29
  18. "Gone" (rehearsal sequence) - 2:53
  19. "Gone, Gone, Gone" (rehearsal sequence) - 2:57
  20. Studio Discussion - 0:53
  21. "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" (rehearsal take) - 4:57
  22. "It Ain't Necessarily So" (take 1) - 3:22
  23. "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess" (take 3) - 3:53
  24. "I Loves You, Porgy" (rehearsal sequence) - 2:17
  25. "There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York" (remake) - 2:23
  26. "My Man's Gone Now" (remake take) - 6:12
  27. "Song of Our Country" (take 9) - 2:58
  28. "Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio)" (rehearsal) - 7:20
  29. "Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio)" (alternate ending) - 1:21

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Rolling Stone review
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. pp. 346–7. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ The album name is rendered differently in different places.
  5. ^ "Discography & description". Mosaic Records. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  6. ^ allmusic

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