Miles Davis

INCLUDES 6 BONUS TRACKS

5 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE

Louis Malle’s "Ascenseur pour l’échafaud" wasn’t the first film to use a jazz soundtrack or to feature jazz musicians, but it was the first to show an absolute integration of jazz music into a feature film whose story had nothing to do with jazz or even with music itself. Miles Davis’ improvisations fit the dark atmosphere of the film perfectly.

The soundtrack, presented here in its entirety, was first issued in France as a 10” LP on Fontana 660.213MR. The three tracks that follow were added to the American 12” LP edition of the soundtrack, Jazz Track (Columbia CL-1268), and feature Miles Davis’ 1958 sextet, the same group that would tape the immortal "Kind of Blue" in 1959. A complete quartet session by
Miles has been added as a bonus.

PERSONNEL:

[1-10]: Soundtrack for the film Ascenseur pour l’échafaud
(Frantic/Lift to the Scaffold)

MILES DAVIS, trumpet; BARNEY WILEN, tenor sax
RENÉ URTREGER, piano; PIERRE MICHELOT, bass
KENNY CLARKE, drums.
Paris, December 4 & 5, 1957.

[11-13]:
MILES DAVIS, trumpet; JOHN COLTRANE, tenor sax
CANNONBALL ADDERLEY, alto sax; BILL EVANS, piano;
PAUL CHAMBERS, bass; JIMMY COBB, drums
New York, May 26, 1958.

[14-19] BONUS TRACKS:
MILES DAVIS, trumpet; HORACE SILVER, piano;
PERCY HEATH, bass; ART BLAKEY, drums.
Hackensack, New Jersey, March 6, 1954.

TRACKS:

01 GÉNÉRIQUE
02 L’ASSASSINAT DE CARALA
03 SUR L’AUTOROUTE
04 JULIEN DANS L’ASCENSEUR
05 FLORENCE SUR LES CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES
06 DÎNER AU MOTEL
07 EVASION DE JULIEN
08 VISITE DU VIGILE
09 AU BAR DU PETIT BAC
10 CHEZ LE PHOTOGRAPHE DU MOTEL
11 ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET
12 FRAN-DANCE
13 STELLA BY STARLIGHT
14 TAKE OFF
15 LAZY SUSAN
16 THE LEAP
17 WELL YOU NEEDN’T
18 WEIRDO
19 IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND

TOTAL TIME: 73:27