Miles Davis

INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

This release contains the complete classic album Porgy and Bess (Columbia CS-8085) by Miles Davis with the Gil Evans orchestra. As a bonus, four extra tracks have been added featuring Miles playing Gershwin tunes with jazz giants such as Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk and Milt Jackson.

Orchestra under the direction of GIL EVANS:

Johnny Coles, Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Louis Mucci (tp)
Joe Bennett, Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Dick Hixson (tb)
Willie Ruff, Julius Watkins, Gunther Schuller (fhr), Bill Barber (tu)
Phil Bodner or Jerome Richardson, Romeo Penque (fl, cl), Danny Bank (b-cl, fl)
Julian “Cannonball” Adderley (as), Paul Chambers (b), Philly Joe Jones or Jimmy Cobb (d)
Gil Evans (arr, cond).

New York, July-August, 1958.

Bonus Tracks:

14-15: Miles Davis (tp), Sonny Rollins (ts), Horace Silver (p),
Percy Heath (b), Kenny Clarke (d). Hackensack, New Jersey, June 29, 1954.

16-17: Miles Davis (tp), Milt Jackson (vib), Thelonious Monk (p), Percy Heath (b)
Kenny Clarke (d). Hackensack, New Jersey, December 24, 1954.

TRACKS:

01 THE BUZZARD SONG 4:07
02 BESS, YOU IS MY WOMAN NOW 5:11
03 GONE 3:38
04 GONE, GONE, GONE 2:03
05 SUMMERTIME 3:18
06 BESS, OH, WHERE’S MY BESS 4:27
07 PRAYER (OH, DOCTOR JESUS) 4:40
08 FISHERMEN, STRAWBERRY AND DEVIL CRAB 4:06
09 MY MAN’S GONE NOW 6:12
10 IT AIN’T NECESSARILY SO 4:23
11 HERE COME DE HONEY MAN 1:12
12 I LOVES YOU, PORGY 4:06
13 THERE’S A BOAT THAT’S LEAVING SOON FOR NEW YORK 3:24
14 BUT NOT FOR ME (take 1) 5:45*
15 BUT NOT FOR ME (take 2) 4:35*
16 THE MAN I LOVE (take 1) 8:07*
17 THE MAN I LOVE (take 2) 7:56*

TOTAL TIME: 77:18