Miles Davis

180-gram VIRGIN VINYL LIMITED EDITION

Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue, on which the trumpeter’s classic composition “So What” first appeared, remains one of the most iconic and influential jazz albums of all time, and “So What” remains one of jazz’s most performed standards. In 2021, the tune was ranked 492 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

This LP presents four different readings of “So What”: the original studio recording, the 1961 Carnegie Hall arrangement with the Gil Evans Orchestra, and two splendid quintet versions taped live in Europe in 1960 during John Coltrane’s last tour with Miles.

TRACKS, PERSONNEL & DATES:

• SIDE A
• A1 SO WHAT [original 1959 studio version]
• Miles Davis - (trumpet)
• John Coltrane (tenor sax)
• Cannonball Adderley (alto sax)
• Bill Evans - (piano)
• Paul Chambers - (bass)
• Jimmy Cobb - (drums)
• New York, March 2, 1959.

• A2 SO WHAT [live in Copenhagen 1960]
• Miles Davis - (trumpet)
• John Coltrane (tenor sax)
• Wynton Kelly - (piano)
• Paul Chambers - (bass)
• Jimmy Cobb - (drums)
• Tivoli's Koncertal, Copenhagen, Denmark, March 24, 1960.

• SIDE B:
• B1 SO WHAT [live at Carnegie Hall 1961]
• Miles Davis - (trumpet)
• Hank Mobley - (tenor sax)
• Wynton Kelly - (piano)
• Paul Chambers - (bass)
• Jimmy Cobb - (drums)
• and The Gil Evans Orchestra.
• Carnegie Hall, New York, May 19, 1961.

• B2 SO WHAT [live in Paris 1960]
• Miles Davis - (trumpet)
• John Coltrane (tenor sax)
• Wynton Kelly - (piano)
• Paul Chambers - (bass)
• Jimmy Cobb - (drums).
• Olympia Theatre, Paris, France, March 21, 1960.