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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Source | Rating |
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'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.
No. | Title | Original Release | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Original Release | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Original Release | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Original Release | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Original Release | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Original Release | Length |
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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 |
Miles Ahead is an album by Miles Davis that was released in October 1957 by Columbia Records. It was Davis' first collaboration with arranger Gil Evans following the Birth of the Cool sessions. Along with their subsequent collaborations Porgy and Bess (1959) and Sketches of Spain (1960), Miles Ahead is one of the most famous recordings of Third Stream, a fusion of jazz, European classical, and world musics. Davis played flugelhorn throughout.
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Porgy and Bess is a studio album by jazz musician Miles Davis, released in March 1959 on Columbia Records. The album features arrangements by Davis and collaborator Gil Evans from George Gershwin's 1935 opera of the same name. The album was recorded in four sessions on July 22, July 29, August 4, and August 18, 1958, at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City. It is the second collaboration between Davis and Evans and has garnered much critical acclaim since its release, being acknowledged by some music critics as the best of their collaborations. Jazz critics have regarded the album as historically important.
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Miles & Quincy: Live at Montreux is a collaborative live album by American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis and conductor Quincy Jones. It was recorded at the 1991 Montreux Jazz Festival and released by Warner Bros. Records in 1993.
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The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix is an album of Jimi Hendrix's compositions by jazz composer, conductor and pianist Gil Evans. The music was arranged by Evans and members of his orchestra. The album was recorded in 1974 and performed by Evans with an orchestra featuring David Sanborn, Howard Johnson, Billy Harper, and John Abercrombie. The album was re-released with additional tracks on CD in 1988.
There Comes a Time is an album by the jazz composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Gil Evans, recorded in 1975 and performed by Evans with an orchestra featuring David Sanborn, Howard Johnson, Billy Harper and Ryo Kawasaki. The album was re-released with an altered tracklist on CD in 1988.