Miles Davis

2- CD SET

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This edition presents the complete album Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall (Columbia CS 1812), which was the only live performance recorded by Miles with the Gil Evans orchestra. Several tracks showcase the Miles David Quintet featuring Hank Mobley on tenor sax ( a formation of the quintet which only recorded two others albums, Someday My Pince Will Come and a live set at the Blackhawk in San Francisco) All of the other music taped during the concert have been added here, as well as, for comparison, the existing studio versions of the Davis - Evans tunes performed at Carnegie Hall.

PERSONNEL:

MILES DAVIS, trumpet
HANK MOBLEY, tenor sax
WYNTON KELLY, piano
paulpaul chambers, bass
JIMMY COBB, drums

Plus the GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA (on CD 1 [1-3], [5-6] and CD 2 [5, only]:
Ernie Royal, Johnny Coles, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci (tp), Jimmy Knepper,
Dick Hixson, Frank Rehak (tb), Julius Watkins, Paul Ingraham, Robert
Swisshelm (fhrn) Bill Barber (tb) Romeo Penque, Jerome Richardson,
Eddie Caine, Bob Tricarico, Danny Bank (reeds) Janet Putnam (harp),
Bobby Rosengarden, Elvin Jones (perc); Gil Evans ( arranger & composer).
Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, May 19, 1961.

Bonus tracks (CD 2 [6-9] : (6-8) From Miles Ahead:
Miles Davis (flhn) with orchestra conducted and arranged by Gil Evans.
New York, May 23 / May 27, 1957.

CD 1: Total time: 43: 27

01. So What
02. Spring Is Here
03. Teo
04. Walkin'
05. The Meaning of the Blue - Lament
06. New Rhumba.

CD 2: Total time 69:01

01. Someday My Prince Will Come
02. Oleo
03. No Blues (aka Pfrancing)
04. I Thought About You
05. Concierto de Aranjuez
06. New Rhumba (studio version)
07. The Meaning Of the Blues (studio version)
08. Lament (studio version)
09. Concierto de Aranjuez (studio version)