Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings

Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
Box set by
Released1996
RecordedMay 6, 1957 – 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'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

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

No.TitleOriginal ReleaseLength
1."Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)" (master)Sketches of Spain16:19
2."Will o' the Wisp" (master)Sketches of Spain3:47
3."The Pan Piper" (master)Sketches of Spain3:52
4."Saeta" (master)Sketches of Spain5:06
5."Solea" (master)Sketches of Spain12:15
6."Song of Our Country" (issued take)Directions3:23
7."Saeta" (full version of master)Previously unreleased6:01
8."The Pan Piper" (take 1)Previously unreleased3:11
9."Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)" (alternate take, part one)Previously unreleased12:04
10."Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)" (alternate take, part two)Previously unreleased3:32
11."Song of Our Country" (take 14)Previously unreleased3:10
12."[pause track]" 0:06

Disc 4 – Quiet Nights and More

No.TitleOriginal ReleaseLength
1."Song No. 2" (master)Quiet Nights1:36
2."Once Upon a Summertime" (master)Quiet Nights3:24
3."Aos Pes Da Cruz" (master)Quiet Nights4:15
4."Song No. 1" (master)Quiet Nights4:33
5."Wait Till You See Her" (master)Quiet Nights4:03
6."Corcovado" (master)Quiet Nights2:42
7."Blue Xmas" (master)Jingle Bell Jazz2:40
8."Nothing Like You" (master)Sorcerer1:58
9."Devil May Care" (master)The Giants of Jazz (various artist compilation) / Basic Miles3:27
10."The Time of the Barracudas"Previously unreleased12:45
11."Falling Water" (take 4)Previously unreleased3:34
12."Falling Water" (take 6)Previously unreleased4:22
13."Falling Water" (take 8)Previously unreleased4:15
14."Falling Water" (take 9)Previously unreleased4:18
15."Springsville" (take 5)Previously unreleased3:32
16."The Maids of Cadiz" (take 11)Previously unreleased4:06
17."The Maids of Cadiz" (take 11, insert 1)Previously unreleased2:36
18."Lament" (medley: take 2)Previously unreleased2:35
19."The Duke" (take 1)Previously unreleased3:27
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

No.TitleOriginal ReleaseLength
1."Springsville" (rehearsal sequence)Previously unreleased6:58
2."Springsville" (rehearsal with piano)Previously unreleased2:30
3."The Maids of Cadiz" (take 9)Previously unreleased0:32
4."The Maids of Cadiz" (take 10)Previously unreleased4:11
5."The Maids of Cadiz" (rehearsal sequence)Previously unreleased1:26
6."Count Off for the Duke" (take 3)Previously unreleased0:35
7."The Duke" (take 8)Previously unreleased3:31
8."The Duke" (piano take 3)Previously unreleased1:52
9."My Ship" (take 6)Previously unreleased4:36
10."Miles Ahead" (rehearsal sequence)Previously unreleased1:47
11."Miles Ahead" (take 12)Previously unreleased3:30
12."Miles Ahead" (take 15)Previously unreleased3:31
13."Studio Discussion"Previously unreleased0:31
14."My Ship" (take 7)Previously unreleased4:39
15."Miles Ahead" (piano insert-mono)Previously unreleased3:06
16."Blues for Pablo" (rehearsal sequence)Previously unreleased5:53
17."New Rhumba" (take 2)Previously unreleased4:38
18."Lament" (take 1)Previously unreleased2:21
19."I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (rehearsal)Previously unreleased2:10
20."I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (take 5)Previously unreleased2:57
21."Studio Discussion"Previously unreleased0:33
22."I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (piano take 4)Previously unreleased2:58
23."[pause track]" 0:06

Disc 6 – Alternate and Rehearsal Takes

No.TitleOriginal ReleaseLength
1."Studio Discussion"Previously unreleased0:19
2."Springsville" (take 8 without overdubs)Previously unreleased3:35
3."Studio Discussion"Previously unreleased0:07
4."Miles Ahead" (take 11 without overdubs)Previously unreleased3:33
5."I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (take 3 without overdubs)Previously unreleased2:59
6."Springsville" (overdub take 1)Previously unreleased2:08
7."Springsville" (overdubbed solos 4–5)Previously unreleased2:20
8."Springsville" (overdubbed solos 6–9)Previously unreleased2:32
9."Springsville" (issued overdubbed solo)Previously unreleased0:27
10."Miles Ahead" (issued overdubbed solo)Previously unreleased1:54
11."Miles Ahead" (overdubbed solo)Previously unreleased1:35
12."I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (overdubbed solo 1)Previously unreleased1:04
13."I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (overdubbed solo 2)Previously unreleased1:26
14."I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (overdubbed solo 4)Previously unreleased2:04
15."I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (overdubbed solo 8)Previously unreleased3:05
16."I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (overdubbed solo 19 & 19C)Previously unreleased2:57
17."Miles Ahead" (mono master)Previously unreleased3:29
18."Gone" (rehearsal sequence)Previously unreleased2:54
19."Gone, Gone, Gone" (rehearsal sequence)Previously unreleased2:57
20."Studio Discussion"Previously unreleased0:53
21."Bess, You Is My Woman Now" (rehearsal take)Previously unreleased4:58
22."It Ain't Necessarily So" (take 1)Previously unreleased3:22
23."Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess" (take 3)Previously unreleased3:53
24."I Loves You, Porgy" (rehearsal sequence)Previously unreleased2:19
25."There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon for New York" (remake)Previously unreleased2:24
26."My Man's Gone Now" (remake take)Previously unreleased6:13
27."Song of Our Country" (take 9)Previously unreleased2:59
28."Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)" (rehearsal)Previously unreleased7:21
29."Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)" (alternate ending)Previously unreleased1:23
30."[pause track]" 0:06

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