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The Miles Davis and Gil Evans: Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
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Artist(s)Miles Davis and Gil Evans
StudioSony
Release DateMay 11, 2004
UPC Code827969092323
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6 Audio CD, Usually ships in 24 hours, Box set, Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
 

About Miles Davis, Gil Evans - The Miles Davis and Gil Evans: Complete Columbia Studio Recordings

From their first work together on the Birth of the Cool sessions in 1949, Miles Davis and Gil Evans forged a unique relationship as great soloist and brilliant arranger. The real opportunity to explore their shared vision didn't come until 1957, however, when Davis had forged a relationship with a major record label able to support it. Though a product of the big-band tradition, Evans was never limited by sectional voicings and riffs. He had an interest in unusual instrumentation and a talent for creating subtle mixes of distinct voices, adding French horns, oboe, bassoon, and harp to the conventional big band and thinning its saxophone, trumpet, and trombone sections. His arrangements for Davis are like settings for the finest jewels, whether he's creating rich, brass chords or adding only light percussion to the trumpeter's solitary lament. Together Davis and Evans produced three orchestral masterpieces: Miles Ahead (1957), Porgy and Bess (1958), and Sketches of Spain (1960). They're all here, along with less-inspired, later projects like the Quiet Nights bossa nova album. What most distinguishes the box set is the archival work of Phil Schaap, who has compiled a wealth of alternate takes. They reveal much about the processes that went into these works, including extensive editing and even some overdubbing. As early as 1957, Evans and Davis were already beginning to use the studio itself as an integral part of their music. --Stuart Broomer Amazon.com

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. Springville
  2. The Maids Of Cadiz
  3. The Duke
  4. My Ship
  5. Miles Ahead
  6. Blues For Pablo
  7. New Rhumba
  8. The Meaning Of The Blues
  9. Lament
  10. I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)
  11. Springsville (Remake Take 7)
  12. The Maids Of Cadiz (Take 1)
  13. The Duke (Take 11)
  14. My Ship (Take 1)
  15. Miles Ahead (Take 4)
  16. Blues For Pablo (Take 1)
  17. New Rhumba (Take 5)
  18. The Meaning Of The Blues (Rehearsal Take)
  19. Lament (Rehearsal Take)
  20. I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Take 8)
  21. Pause Track
Disc 2
  1. Buzzard Song
  2. Bess, You Is My Woman Now
  3. Gone
  4. Gone, Gone, Gone
  5. Summertime
  6. Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess
  7. Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)
  8. Fishermen, Strawberry And Devil Crab
  9. My Man's Gone Now
  10. It Ain't Necessarily So
  11. Here Come De Honey Man
  12. I Loves You, Porgy
  13. There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York
  14. Gone (Take 3)
  15. Summertime (Take 2)
  16. Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus) (Take 2)
  17. I Loves You, Porgy (Take 1, Second Version)
  18. There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York (Take 2)
  19. Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess (Take 5)
  20. Gone (Take 4)
  21. Pause Track
Disc 3
  1. Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio)
  2. Will O' The Wisp
  3. The Pan Piper
  4. Saeta
  5. Solea
  6. Song Of Our Country (Issued Take)
  7. Saeta (Full Version Of Master)
  8. The Pan Piper (Take 1)
  9. Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio) (Part One, Alternate Take)
  10. Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio) (Part Two, Alternate Take)
  11. Song Of Our Country (Take 14)
  12. Pause Track
Disc 4
  1. Song No. 2
  2. Once Upon A Summertime
  3. Ads Pes Da Cruz
  4. Song No. 1
  5. Wait Till You See Her
  6. Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars)
  7. Blue Xmas
  8. Nothing Like You
  9. Devil May Care
  10. The Time Of The Barracudas
  11. Falling Water (Take 4)
  12. Falling Water (Take 6)
  13. Falling Water (Take 8)
  14. Falling Water (Take 9)
  15. Springsville (Take 5)
  16. The Maids Of Cadiz (Take 11)
  17. The Maids Of Cadiz (Take 11, Insert 1)
  18. Lament (Medley: Take 2)
  19. The Duke (Take 1)
  20. I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (53225 Issued Version)
Disc 5
  1. Springsville (Rehearsal Sequence)
  2. Springsville (Rehearsal With Piano)
  3. The Maids Of Cadiz (Take 9)
  4. The Maids Of Cadiz (Take 10)
  5. The Maids Of Cadiz (Rehearsal Sequence)
  6. Count Off For The Duke (Take 3)
  7. The Duke (Take 8)
  8. The Duke (Piano Take 3)
  9. My Ship (Take 6)
  10. Miles Ahead (Rehearsal Sequence)
  11. Miles Ahead (Take 12)
  12. Miles Ahead (Take 15)
  13. Studio Discussion
  14. My Ship (Take 7)
  15. Miles Ahead (Piano Insert-Mono)
  16. Blues For Pablo (Rehearsal Sequence)
  17. New Rhumba (Take 2)
  18. Lament (Take 1)
  19. I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)
  20. I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Take 5)
  21. Studio Discussion
  22. I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)
  23. Pause Track

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User Reviews

Average user review: 5.0 (2 reviews)

rating: 5 QuoteLEGENDQuote
MILES DAVIS, WHAT CAN I SAY BUT MILES AHEAD OF HIS TIME AT HIS TIME AT ANY TIME August 21, 2008

rating: 5 QuoteThe first of 8 deluxe boxesQuote
Shame you can barely find this is in the metal encased box as it was originally released. Glad I snatched it up when it came out in 1997. This is the first RELEASED Columbia boxes that took from 1997 until 2007 to complete. Chronologically , it would be the 2nd box. Fabulous sound on this reissue. The people who put this entire series together did so with extreme care and meticulous detail.The music ? C'mon , it's MILES...put it in your shopping cart ! December 18, 2007

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