The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane
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The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane is a box set by jazz
musicians Miles Davis
and John Coltrane
. It is the first box set in a series of eight from Columbia/Legacy compiling Davis's work for Columbia Records. Originally issued in 2000 in a limited-edition metal slipcase, it was reissued in 2004 in an oversized book format.
1 from Circle in the Round
2 from 'Round About Midnight
3 from Milestones
4 from Kind of Blue
5 from Someday My Prince Will Come
6 from Miles Davis At Newport 1958
7 from Jazz at the Plaza
/1958 Miles
8 from The Columbia Years 1955-1985
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...
musicians 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,...
and John Coltrane
John Coltrane
John William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...
. It is the first box set in a series of eight from Columbia/Legacy compiling Davis's work for Columbia Records. Originally issued in 2000 in a limited-edition metal slipcase, it was reissued in 2004 in an oversized book format.
Albums
Davis' and Coltrane's work together for Columbia produced three studio albums, two tracks from a fourth, and two live albums, all of which are contained in this box set:- '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"....
(released March 4, 1957) - Milestones (released September 2, 1958)
- 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...
(released August 17, 1959) - Someday My Prince Will Come (released December 11, 1961) (2 tracks only)
- Miles & Monk at NewportMiles & Monk at NewportMiles & Monk at Newport was a combined album of a Miles Davis appearance at Newport with an appearance of Thelonious Monk, from the LP era. Despite the title, the two artists do not perform together on the LP, and they are represented on each side by separate live appearances at the Newport Jazz...
(released May 11, 1964) (one side only), reissued as Miles Davis At Newport 1958Miles Davis at Newport 1958-Track listing:# Introduction by Willis Conover - 2:16# "Ah-leu-cha" - 5:53# "Straight, No Chaser" - 8:48# "Fran-Dance" - 7:14# "Two Bass Hit" - 4:11...
in 2001 - 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...
(released September 28, 1973)
Track listing
- Original CD release The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane, 2000 (Columbia)
Disc 1
- "Two Bass Hit" (Alternate Take) - 3:21
- "Two Bass Hit" - 3:44 1
- "Ah-Leu-Cha" (Alternate Take) - 5:51
- "Ah-Leu-Cha" - 5:53 2
- "Ah-Leu-Cha" (Take 5) - 5:25
- "Little Melonae" - 7:22 2
- "Budo" (Alternate Take) - 5:02 8
- "Budo" - 4:17 1
- "Dear Old Stockholm" - 7:51 2
- "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Alternate Take) - 7:50
- "Bye Bye Blackbird" - 7:56 2
- "Tadd's Delight" - 4:28 2
- "Tadd's Delight" (Alternate Take) - 4:18
Disc 2
- "Dear Old Stockholm" (Alternate Take) - 6:42
- "All of You" (Alternate Take) - 7:31
- "All of You" - 7:03 2
- "Sweet Sue, Just You" (First Version) - 4:23
- "Sweet Sue, Just You" (False Start with Discussion Between Leonard Bernstein & Miles Davis) - 1:58
- "Sweet Sue, Just You" (Alternate Take) - 3:32
- "Sweet Sue, Just You" - 3:41
- "Miles Davis Comments" - :30
- "'Round Midnight" - 5:57 2
- "Two Bass Hit" (Alternate Take) - 4:32
- "Two Bass Hit" - 5:13 3
- "Billy Boy" - 7:12 3
- "Straight No Chaser" (Alternate Take) - 10:27
Disc 3
- "Straight No Chaser" - 10:37 3
- "Milestones" - 6:01
- "Milestones" - 5:44 3
- "Sid's Ahead" - 13:02 3
- "Little Melonae" - 7:55
- "Dr. Jackle" - 5:49 3
- "On Green Dolphin Street" - 9:50
- "Fran-Dance" - 5:52
- "Fran-Dance" - 5:49
- "Stella by Starlight" - 4:43
Disc 4
- "Love for Sale" - 11:49 1
- "Freddie Freeloader" - 1:27
- "Freddie Freeloader" - 9:48 4
- "So What" - 9:23 4
- "Blue in Green" - 5:38 4
- "Flamenco Sketches" - 9:33
- "Miles Davis Comments" - :44
- "Flamenco Sketches" - 9:27 4
- "All Blues" - 11:32 4
Disc 5
- "Someday My Prince Will Come" - 9:05 5
- "Teo" - 9:36 5
- "Introduction by Willis Conover" - 2:15 6
- "Ah-Leu-Cha" - 5:52 6
- "Straight No Chaser" - 8:47 6
- "Fran-Dance" - 7:13 6
- "Two Bass Hit" - 4:10 6
- "Bye Bye Blackbird" - 9:10 6
- "The Theme" - 2:48 6
Disc 6
- "If I Were a Bell" - 8:31 7
- "Oleo" - 10:38 7
- "My Funny Valentine" - 10:18 7
- "Straight No Chaser" - 10:56 7
1 from Circle in the Round
Circle in the Round
Circle 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...
2 from '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"....
3 from Milestones
4 from Kind of Blue
Kind of Blue
Kind 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...
5 from Someday My Prince Will Come
6 from Miles Davis At Newport 1958
Miles Davis at Newport 1958
-Track listing:# Introduction by Willis Conover - 2:16# "Ah-leu-cha" - 5:53# "Straight, No Chaser" - 8:48# "Fran-Dance" - 7:14# "Two Bass Hit" - 4:11...
7 from Jazz at the Plaza
Jazz at the Plaza
Jazz 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...
/1958 Miles
8 from The Columbia Years 1955-1985
The Columbia Years
The Columbia Years 1955–1985 is a 4 CD Miles Davis compilation. The box set is furthermore split up into the sections of blues, standards, originals, moods and electric...
Personnel
Recorded between October 26, 1955 and March 21, 1961 in New York City (except disk 5, tracks 3-9, recorded in Newport, RI).- Miles DavisMiles DavisMiles 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,...
— trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air... - John ColtraneJohn ColtraneJohn William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...
— tenor saxophoneTenor saxophoneThe tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble... - Hank MobleyHank MobleyHenry Mobley was an American hard bop and soul jazz tenor saxophonist and composer. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to describe his tone that was neither as aggressive as John Coltrane nor as mellow as Stan Getz...
— tenor saxophoneTenor saxophoneThe tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
(Disc 5: track 1) - Cannonball Adderley — alto saxophoneAlto saxophoneThe alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in 1841. It is smaller than the tenor but larger than the soprano, and is the type most used in classical compositions...
(Disc 3; Disc 4: tracks 1, 6-9; Disc 5: tracks 3-9; Disc 6) - Red GarlandRed GarlandWilliam "Red" Garland was an American hard bop jazz pianist whose block chord style, in part originated by Milt Buckner, influenced many forthcoming pianists in the jazz idiom.-Beginnings:...
— pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
(Disc 1; Disc 2; Disc 3: tracks 1-6) - Bill EvansBill EvansWilliam John Evans, known as Bill Evans was an American jazz pianist. His use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, and trademark rhythmically independent, "singing" melodic lines influenced a generation of pianists including: Chick Corea, Herbie...
— pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
(Disc 3: tracks 6-10; Disk 4: track 1, 4-9; Disc 5: tracks 3-9; Disc 6) - Wynton KellyWynton KellyWynton Kelly was a Jamaican-born jazz pianist, who spent his career in the United States. He is perhaps best known for working with trumpeter Miles Davis from 1959-1962.-Biography:...
— pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
(Disc 4: tracks 2-3; Disc 5: tracks1-2) - Paul ChambersPaul ChambersPaul Laurence Dunbar Chambers, Jr. was a jazz bassist. A fixture of rhythm sections during the 1950s and 1960s, his importance in the development of jazz bass can be measured not only by the length and breadth of his work in this short period but also his impeccable time, intonation, and virtuosic...
— bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2... - Philly Joe JonesPhilly Joe JonesJoseph Rudolph Jones was a Philadelphia-born United States jazz drummer, known as the drummer for the Miles Davis Quintet.Philly Joe Jones was often confused with another influential jazz drummer, Jo Jones...
— drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
(Disc 1; Disc 2; Disc 3: tracks 1-6) - Jimmy CobbJimmy Cobb-External links:* - includes full discography* * * * * * *...
— drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
(Disc 3: tracks 7-10; Disk 4; Disc 5; Disc 6)