Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection
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Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection is a box set by jazz
musician Miles Davis
, released in 2009. It contains all the official releases on the Columbia Records
label. The box set consists of 70 CDs and 1 DVD.
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
musician Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
, released in 2009. It contains all the official releases on the Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
label. The box set consists of 70 CDs and 1 DVD.
Album groups
- 2nd depth is a live recording.
- Compilations may not belong to one specific period.
- No## shows the album order in the box set.
- rec. stands for recorded year, rel. for released year.
-55
- No01. In Paris Festival International de Jazz May, 1949 (rec. 1949, rel. 1977)[SRCS 9724]
55-60 with Coltrane
with Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Paul Chambers, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly, Hank Mobley, Philly Joe Jones, Jimmy Cobb...- No02. 'Round About Midnight'Round About Midnight'Round About Midnight is an album by jazz musician Miles Davis. It was his debut on Columbia Records, and was originally released in March 1957 . The album took its name from the Thelonious Monk song 'Round Midnight"....
(rec. 1955-1956, rel. 1957)[CK-85201] - No05. Milestones (rec. 1958, rel. 1958)[CK-85203]
- No06. 1958 Miles (rec. 1958, rel. 1958)[C6K-65833]
- No07. At Newport 1958 (rec. 1958, rel. 1958)[CK-85202]
- No09. Jazz at the PlazaJazz at the PlazaJazz at the Plaza is a live album by Miles Davis and his famed sextet that would go on to record Kind of Blue six months later. The concert was recorded in 1958 but not released in full until 1973, even though the three last songs appeared on 1958 Miles...
(rec. 1958, rel.1973)[CK-85245]
- No10. Kind of BlueKind of BlueKind of Blue is a studio album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released August 17, 1959, on Columbia Records in the United States. Recording sessions for the album took place at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City on March 2 and April 22, 1959...
(rec. 1959, rel. 1959)[CK-64935] - No13. Someday My Prince Will Come (rec.1961, rel. 1961)[CK-65919]
with Gil Evans
- No04. Miles AheadMiles AheadMiles Ahead is a jazz album by Miles Davis that was released in 1957 on Columbia CL 1041. This was the first album following Birth of the Cool that Davis recorded with Gil Evans, with whom he would go on to release albums such as Porgy and Bess and Sketches of Spain...
(rec. 1957, rel. 1957)[CK-65121] - No08. Porgy And BessPorgy and BessPorgy and Bess is an opera, first performed in 1935, with music by George Gershwin, libretto by DuBose Heyward, and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward. It was based on DuBose Heyward's novel Porgy and subsequent play of the same title, which he co-wrote with his wife Dorothy Heyward...
(rec. 1958, rel. 1958)[CK-65141] - No11. Sketches Of SpainSketches of SpainSketches of Spain is an album by Miles Davis, recorded between November 1959 and March 1960 at the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City....
(rec. 1959-1960, rel. 1960)[CK-65142] - No17. Quiet NightsQuiet Nights (Miles Davis and Gil Evans album)-Personnel:* Miles Davis — trumpet* Gil Evans — arranger, conductor* Shorty Baker, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci, Ernie Royal — trumpets* J.J. Johnson, Frank Rehak — trombones* Ray Alonge, Don Corrado, Julius Watkins — french horns* Bill Barber — tuba...
(rec. 1962-1963, rel. 1963)[CK-65293] + "Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern)" and "Devil May Care" [CXK-67397]
61 Sessions
with Hank Mobley, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb-
- No14. In Person Friday Night At The Blackhawk, San Francisco CompleteIn Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, CompleteIn Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete, also called The Complete Blackhawk, is a 2003 four-disc collection of the 1961 live performances of the Miles Davis Quintet at the Black Hawk nightclub in San Francisco...
(rec. 1961, rel.1961, 2CD)[C2K-87097] - No15. In Person Saturday Night At The Blackhawk, San Francisco CompleteIn Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, CompleteIn Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete, also called The Complete Blackhawk, is a 2003 four-disc collection of the 1961 live performances of the Miles Davis Quintet at the Black Hawk nightclub in San Francisco...
(rec. 1961, rel.1961, 2CD)[C2K-87100] - No16. At Carnegie Hall (The Complete Concert)Miles Davis at Carnegie HallMiles Davis at Carnegie Hall is a live album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, recorded on May 19, 1961, at Carnegie Hall and released by Columbia Records on the same day.- Track listing :*"So What" – 12:04...
(rec. 1961, rel. 1962, 2CD)[C2K-65027]
- No14. In Person Friday Night At The Blackhawk, San Francisco Complete
63-64 Sessions
with George Coleman (Wayne Shorter), Herbie Hancock (Victor Feldman), Ron Carter, Tony Williams (Frank Butler)- No18. Seven Steps to Heaven (rec 1963., rel.1963)[CK-93592]
- No19. In EuropeIn EuropeIn Europe is an album by Miles Davis, released in 1964.-Track listing:#"Autumn Leaves"#"Milestones"#"I Thought About You" #"Joshua"#"All of You"#"Walking"...
(rec. 1963, rel. 1964)[CK-93583] - No20. My Funny ValentineMy Funny Valentine"My Funny Valentine" is a show tune from the 1937 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart musical Babes in Arms in which it was introduced by former child star Mitzi Green...
(rec. 1964, rel.1965)[CK 93593] - No21. "Four" & MoreFour & MoreFour & More Recorded live In Concert is a 1964 live album by Miles Davis. It was recorded at a concert at the Philharmonic Hall of Lincoln Center, New York City, NY, on February 12, 1964. Two albums were assembled from the concert recording...
(rec. 1964, rel.1966)[CK-93595] - No22. Miles In TokyoMiles in TokyoMiles in Tokyo is a live album recorded on July 14, 1964, by the Miles Davis Quintet at the Kohseinenkin Hall, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. It was released in the United States on CD in 2005 and is the first recording of Davis in Japan.- Side A :...
(rec. 1964, rel. 1969)[CK-93596] - No23. Miles In BerlinMiles In BerlinMiles in Berlin is an album recorded on September 25, 1964, by the Miles Davis Quintet at the Philharmonie Hall, Berlin, Germany. It was released in the United States on CD in 2005 and marks the first recorded work of what is commonly known as Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet.-Side 1:#...
(rec. 1964, rel.1965)[CK-93594]
- No19. In Europe
65-68 The Miles Davis Quintet
with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams- No24. E.S.P.E.S.P. (Miles Davis album)Recorded in January 1965, E.S.P. is the first album by what is often referred to as Miles Davis's second great quintet. The quintet comprising Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams would be the most long-lived of all Davis's groups, and this was their first studio...
(rec. 1965, rel. 1965)[CK-65683]- No25. Live At The Plugged Nickel (rec.1965, 2CD)[CXK-66955]
- No26. Miles SmilesMiles SmilesMiles Smiles received general acclaim from jazz critics upon its release, receiving praise for its original compositions, the quintet's chemistry and playing, and Davis's phrasing. CODA editor John Norris praised the quintet's "mastery of sensitive interaction" and wrote that they "must be one of...
(rec.1966, rel. 1967)[CK-65682] - No27. Sorcerer (rec.1967, rel. 1967)[CK-65680]
- No28. NefertitiNefertitiNefertiti was the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten. Nefertiti and her husband were known for a religious revolution, in which they started to worship one god only...
(rec. 1967, rel. 1968)[CK-65681]- DVD Miles Davis In Germany & Sweden (10/31/67)
- No30. Miles in the Sky (rec.1968, rel. 1968)[CK-65684]
- No29. Water BabiesWater Babies (album)Water Babies is a studio album by Miles Davis. Released during Miles Davis's retirement in the second half of the seventies, it is a collection of stylistically diverse "leftovers" spanning eighteen months, from the Nefertiti sessions with the Miles Davis Quintet to the experimental, transitional...
(rec. 1967-1968, rel.1976)[CK-86557]
68-70 Music Directed by Miles Davis
with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, John McLaughlin, Joe Zawinul, Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette...- No31. Filles de KilimanjaroFilles de Kilimanjarois a studio album by American jazz recording artist Miles Davis. It was recorded in June and September 1968...
(rec. 1968, rel.1969)[CK-86555] - No32. In a Silent WayIn a Silent WayIn a Silent Way is a studio album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released July 30, 1969 on Columbia Records. Produced by Teo Macero, the album was recorded in one session date on February 18, 1969 at CBS 30th Street Studio B in New York City. Incorporating elements of classical sonata form,...
(rec.1969 rel. 1969)[CK-86556] - No33. Bitches BrewBitches BrewBitches Brew is a studio double album by jazz musician Miles Davis, released in April 1970 on Columbia Records. The album continued his experimentation with electric instruments previously featured on his critically acclaimed In a Silent Way album...
(rec. 1969, rel. 1970, 2CD)[C2K-65774] - No35. A Tribute to Jack JohnsonA Tribute to Jack JohnsonA Tribute to Jack Johnson is a studio album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released February 24, 1971 on Columbia Records. It also serves as the soundtrack for a documentary by Bill Cayton about the heavyweight world champion boxer Jack Johnson....
(rec. 1970, rel. 1971)[CK-93599]- No36. Live at the Fillmore East, March 7, 1970: It's About that TimeLive at the Fillmore East, March 7, 1970: It's About That TimeLive at the Fillmore East March 7, 1970: It's About that Time is a live double album by Miles Davis. Sony Music Entertainment released the album in 2001, although the concert had previously circulated as a bootleg recording...
(rec. 1970, rel. 2001, 2CD)[C2K-85191] - No37. Black Beauty: Miles Davis at the Fillmore WestBlack Beauty: Live at the Fillmore WestBlack Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West is a live album by American jazz recording artist Miles Davis, recorded on April 10, 1970 at the Fillmore West in San Francisco...
(rec. 1970, rel. 1973, 2CD)[C2K-65138] - No38. Miles Davis at Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore EastMiles Davis at Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore EastAt Fillmore is a 1970 live album by jazz trumpeter Miles Davis and band, recorded at the Fillmore East, New York City on four consecutive days, June 17 through June 20, 1970, originally released as a double vinyl LP.The live performances were heavily edited by...
(rec. 1970, rel. 1970, 2CD)[C2K-65139] - No39. Isle Of WightIsle of WightThe Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
(rec. 1970, rel. 2009) - No40. Live-Evil (rec. 1970, rel.1971, 2CD)[C2K-65135]
- No36. Live at the Fillmore East, March 7, 1970: It's About that Time
- No03. Circle in the RoundCircle in the RoundCircle in the Round is an album by jazz musician Miles Davis. It collects outtakes from a variety of sessions.Despite its lack of unity, Circle in the Round was an essential release in that, apart from 1950s recordings with Davis's quintet and sextet, it documented key moments in his career, until...
(rec. 1955–1970, rel. 1979, 2CD)[C2K-46862] Compilation - No12. DirectionsDirections (Miles Davis album)Directions is a compilation double album by jazz musician Miles Davis. It collects outtakes not previously issued from a variety of sessions over a ten-year period...
(rec. 1960–1970, rel.1981, 2CD)[SRCS 9761/2] Compilation - No34. Big Fun (rec.1969–1972, rel. 1974, 2CD)[C2K-63973]
72-75 On the Corner
- No41. On The CornerOn the CornerOn the Corner is a studio album by jazz musician Miles Davis, recorded in June and July 1972 and released later that year on Columbia Records. It was scorned by critics at the time of its release and was one of Davis's worst-selling recordings...
(rec. 1972, rel.1972)[CK-63980]- No42. In Concert: Live at Philharmonic HallIn Concert: Live at Philharmonic HallIn Concert: Live at Philharmonic Hall is a double album recorded by American jazz musician Miles Davis.It was recorded live at Philharmonic Hall, New York, New York on September 29, 1972, and originally released without track or personnel listings...
(rec. 1972, rel. 1973, 2CD)[C2K-65140]
- No42. In Concert: Live at Philharmonic Hall
- No44. Get Up With ItGet Up with ItGet Up with It is an album collecting tracks recorded between 1970 and 1974 by Miles Davis. Released on November 22, 1974 as a double LP, it was Davis' last studio album before five years of retirement from music....
(rec. 1970-1974, rel.1974, 2CD)[C2K-63970]- No43. Dark MagusDark MagusDark Magus is a live album by jazz artist Miles Davis recorded at Carnegie Hall in New York City on March 30, 1974. The album was released in 1977 in Japan as a double-LP by Columbia Records, and released in 1997 in the United States in a double-CD format...
(rec. 1974, rel.1977, 2CD)[C2K-65137] - No45. AghartaAgharta (album)Agharta is an album recorded by jazz trumpeter Miles Davis in 1975. Both Agharta and Pangaea were recorded on the same day in Osaka, Japan...
(rec. 1975, rel. 1976, 2CD)[C2K-46799] - No46. PangaeaPangaea (album)Pangaea is a double album recorded by jazz trumpeter Miles Davis in 1975. Both Pangaea and Agharta were recorded on the same day in Osaka, Japan...
(rec. 1975, rel. 1975, 2CD)[C2K-46115]
- No43. Dark Magus
81-83 with Bill Evans & Marcus Miller
- No47. The Man With The HornThe Man with the HornThe Man with the Horn is an album released by Miles Davis in 1981, featuring drummer Al Foster, saxophonist Bill Evans, guitarists Mike Stern and Barry Finnerty, and others. It was Davis's first new release since 1975, following a six-year reclusive retirement.Rock-oriented in nature, the music...
(rec. 1980-1981, rel.1981)[CK-36790]- No48. We Want MilesWe Want MilesWe Want Miles is double album recorded by jazz trumpeter Miles Davis in 1981, produced by Teo Macero and released by Columbia Records in 1982. The album features one of the first live appearances by Davis in more than five years, at the Boston Club “KIX”, on June 27, 1981. Other tracks are recorded...
(rec. 1981, rel. 1982, 2CD)[SICP 1235/6 ] + 3 bonus trks from Miles!, Miles!, Miles!
- No48. We Want Miles
- No49. Star PeopleStar PeopleStar People is a 1983 album recorded by Miles Davis and issued by Columbia Records. To date, Columbia has not issued Star People on CD in North America, although it is available there as part of the box set Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection; CBS/Sony have issued the album on CD in...
(rec. 1982-1983, rel. 1983)[CK-38657]
83-85 Final albums on Columbia
- No50. DecoyDecoy (album)Decoy is a 1984 album by jazz musician Miles Davis, recorded in 1983.It features keyboardist Robert Irving III and guitarist John Scofield contributing most of the compositions and the other solos...
(rec. 1983, rel. 1984)[CK-38991] - No51. You're Under Arrest (rec. 1984-1985, rel. 1985)[CK-40023]
- No52. AuraAura (Miles Davis album)Aura is a concept album by Miles Davis, produced by Palle Mikkelborg, released in 1989. All compositions and arrangements are by Danish composer/trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg, who created the suite in tribute to Miles Davis when Davis received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize in December 1984, the year...
(rec. 1985, rel. 1989)[CK-45332]
Production
- Box Set Producer - Daniel Baumgarten and Richard Seidet
- Boxset Supervision/A&R - Steve Berkowitz
- Mastering Engineer - Mark Wilder and Maria at Battery Studio, NYC
- Mastering coordination - Donna Kloepfer
- Project Direction - Adam Farber and Zak Profera
- Archival Research - Michael Panico and Tom Tierney
- Tape Research - Matt Kelly
- Art Direction and Design - Bruno Lefèvre, Christophe Javault and Juliette Carrico / Objectif Lune [Paris]
- English translation - Michelle Sommers and Diane Cousineau
- Editorial Supervision [English translation] - Jeremy Holiday and Sheri Miller