Miles Davis

• THE COMPLETE ALBUM + 10 BONUS TRACK
• INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET
• 5 STARS DOWNBEAT

Miles Ahead was Miles Davis’ first recording with the Gil Evans Orchestra and opened the way for many more jewels to come. It is presented here in its entirety, along with the five 1962 orchestral tracks from Miles and Gil’s last studio collaboration, Quiet Nights.

The May 19, 1961 Carnegie Hall concert was the only live performance both recorded as a team, and
included versions of three songs from Miles Ahead, as well as an arrangement of “Spring Is Here” which never made it into any of the Miles Davis-Gil Evans studio albums. All four tracks have been added here as a bonus, as well as Miles’ 1953 original quartet version of “Miles Ahead”.

PERSONNEL:

MILES DAVIS, flugelhorn
With THE GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA

New York, May 6, 23 & 27, 1957.

(*) BONUS TRACKS:
[11-16] [from Quiet Nights]: MILES DAVIS (tp) with the GIL EVANS Orchestra.
New York, July 27, August 13 & November 6, 1962.
[17-19]: MILES DAVIS (tp) with the GIL EVANS Orchestra.
Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, May 19, 1961.
[20]: Miles Davis (tp) John Lewis (p), Percy Heath (b), Max Roach (d).
New York, May 19, 1953.

TRACKS:

01 SPRINGSVILLE
02 THE MAIDS OF CADIZ
03 THE DUKE
04 MY SHIP
05 MILES AHEAD
06 BLUES FOR PABLO
07 NEW RHUMBA
08 THE MEANING OF THE BLUES
09 LAMENT
10 I DON’T WANNA BE KISSED (By Anyone But You)
11 SONG #2 (*)
12 ONCE UPON A SUMMERTIME (*)
13 AOS PES DA CRUZ (*)
14 SONG #1 (*)
15 WAIT TILL YOU SEE HER (*)
16 CORCOVADO [aka QUIET NIGHTS] (*)
17 THE MEANING OF THE BLUES/LAMENT [Live] (*)
18 NEW RHUMBA [Live] (*)
19 SPRING IS HERE [Live] (*)
20 MILES AHEAD [original quartet version] (*)

TOTAL TIME: 74:57