Miles Davis

The classic quintet recordings from 1955 and 1956 all together one one-special price 4-CD box set. This collection includes not only the six major studio recordings of the decade, but also some nice extra bonus tracks and a 20-page booket with new liner notes.

Unlike the similar Prestige and Concord box sets, this sterling collection does not include throwaway live and ‘broadcast’ sessions, just pure good-qualtiy studio recordings by one of the most famous and most exciting quintets in the history of the genre. What sets it apart from these other collections is the fact that includes ALL of the studio recordings by this quintet - for Prestige AND Columbia Records, whearas previous editions have only included the Prestige material. Here, for the first time ever, the COMPLETE studio recordings!

Tracks / Total times:
CD 1: 1. Two Bass Hit, 2. Ah-leu-cha, 3. Little Melonae, 4. Budo, 5. Stablemates, 6. How Am I To Know?, 7. Just Squeeze Me, 8. There Is No Greater Love, 9. The Theme, 10. S’posin’, 11. In Your Own Sweet Way, 12. Diane.
Total Time CD 1: 68: 51 mins.

CD 2: 1. Trane’s Blues, 2. Something I Dreamed Last Night, 3. It Could Happen To You, 4. Woody ‘n You, 5. Ahmad’s Blues, 6. Surreny With the Fringe on Top, 7. It Never Entered My Mind, 8. When I Fall In Love, 9. Salt Peanuts, 10. Four, 11. The Theme (long), 12. The Theme (short).
Total Time CD 2: 69: 41 mins.

CD 3: 1. Dear Old Stockholm, 2. Bye Bye Blackbird, 3. Tadd’s Delight, 4. All Of You, 5. Sweet Sue, Just You, 6. ‘Round Midnight, 7. If I Were a Bell, 8. Well You Needn’t, 9. ‘Round Midnight, 10. Half Nelson, 11. You’re My Everything.
Total Time CD 3: 67: 40 mins.

CD 4: 1. I Could Write a Book, 2. Oleo, 3. Airegin, 4. Tune Up, 5. When The Lights Are Low, 6. Blues By Five, 7. My Funny Valentine, 8. Three Little Feelings, 9. Poem For Brass.
Total Time CD 4: 66: 27 mins.

This special 4-CD set includes 6 complete albums:
"The New Miles Davis Quintet"
(Prestige LP, 1956)
Recorded in New York, November 16, 1955.

"Workin’"(Prestige LP, 1956)
Recorded in New York, May 11 & Oct 26, 1956.

"Steamin’"(Prestige LP, 1956)
Recorded in New York, May 11 & Oct 26, 1956.

"Relaxin’"(Prestige LP, 1956)
Recorded in New York, May 11 & Oct 26, 1956.

"Cookin’" (Prestige LP, 1956)
Recorded in New York October 26, 1956.

"Round About Midnight"
(Columbia LP, 1955)
Recorded in New York, Oct 27, 1955 & Jun 5, 1956.

Plus 2 bonus tracks with the Brass Ensemble of the Jazz Classical Music Society, featuring Miles Davis (tp, flhn) with brass orchestra conducted by Gunther Schuller, including J.J. Johnson, Milt Hinton & Osie Johnson.
Recorded in New York, June 20, 1956 (CD 4, track #8) and October 23, 1956 (CD 4, track #9).
Plus 20-page booklet with new liner notes.