Miles Davis

• 2 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 1 CD

• 5 STARS DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE

• INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

This CD presents the complete original album Miles Ahead, Mile's first collaboration with the Gil Evans Orchestra and probably the best. As a bonus, the complete album Blue Moods, an instrocpective LP made by Miles in 1955 with quintet featuring Charles Mingus and Elvin Jones.

PERSONNEL:

• MILES DAVIS, flugelhorn, with THE GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA

• Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Louis Mucci, Taft Jordan, John Carisi (tp)
• Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Joe Bennett (tb), Tom Mitchell (b-tb)
• Willie Ruff, Jimmy Buffington, Tony Miranda (fhr), Bill Barber (tu)
• Lee Konitz (as), Danny Bank (b-cl), Romeo Penque, Sid Cooper (cl, fl)
• Gil Evans, Wynton Kelly (p), Paul Chambers (b) Art Taylor (d)
• Gil Evans (arr, cond).

New York, May 6-27, 1957.

• (*) BONUS ALBUM: BLUE MOODS
• MILES DAVIS QUINTET:
• Miles Davis (tp), Britt Woodman (tb), Teddy Charles (vib), Charles Mingus (b), Elvin Jones (d).
• New York, July 9, 1955.

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 Nature Boy (*)
• 12 Alone Together (*)
• 13 There's No You (*)
• 14 Easy Living (*)

• TOTAL TIMR: 63:50 Min.