Miles Davis

2-LP SET

5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

The musical and social impact of Miles Davis, his collaborative efforts with Gil Evans, and in particular their reinvention of George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" are indeed profound. However, the most efficient method of extricating the rhetoric and opining is to experience the recording. Few other musical teams would have had the ability to remain true to the undiluted spirit and multifaceted nuance of this epic work.

PERSONNEL:

• MILES DAVIS, trumpet
• BERNIE GLOW, ERNIE ROYAL, JOHN COLES, LOUIS MUCCI, trumpet
• FRANK REHAK, JIMMY CLEVELAND, JOSEPH BENNETT, DICK HIXON, trombone
• JEROME RICHARDSON, PHIL BODNER, ROMEO PENQUE, flute
• GUNTHER SCHULLER, JULIUS B.WATKINS, WILLIE RUFF, french horn
• JULIAN ADDERLEY, DANNY BANKS, sax
• JOHN "BILL" BARBER, tuba
• PAUL CHAMBERS, bass
• PHILLY JOE JONES, JIMMY COBB, drums

Recorded on July 22, 1958"

LP ONE:

• 01. The Buzzard Song
• 02. Bess, You Is My Woman Now
• 03. Gone
• 04. Gone, Gone, Gone
• 05. Summertime
• 06. Bess, Oh Where's My Bess

LP TWO:

• 01. Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)
• 02. Fishermen, Strawberry And Devil Crab
• 03. My Man's Gone Now
• 04. It Ain't Necessarily So
• 05. Here Come De Honey Man
• 06. I Loves You, Porgy
• 07. There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York