Miles Davis

3-CD SET WITH ESSENTIAL ORIGINAL ALBUMS

DELUXE 5-PANEL DIGIPACK

INCLUDES 20-PAGE BOOKLET

This release presents some of the best recordings ever made by the great Miles Davis. All of the tracks included here are studio recordings with excellent sound quality, and showcase the brilliant trumpeter backed by such stars as John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, and the Gil Evans orchestra.

The six complete albums contained on this set are: ‘Round About Midnight (Columbia CL-949), Relaxin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet (Prestige PRLP-7129), Miles Ahead (Columbia CL-1041), Workin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet (Prestige PRLP- 7166), Kind of Blue (Columbia CS 8163), and Ascenseur pour l’échafaud (Fontana LP-660.213).

PERSONNEL:

MILES DAVIS, trumpet on all tracks, plus

CD 1 [1-6]: ‘ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT
JOHN COLTRANE (ts), RED GARLAND (p), PAUL CHAMBERS (b), PHILLY JOE JONES (d).
New York, October 1955-September 1956.

CD 1 [7-12]: RELAXIN' with THE MILES DAVIS QUINTET
Same personnel as above. Hackensack, New Jersey, May 11 & October 26, 1956.

CD 2 [1-10]: MILES AHEAD
Miles Davis plays flugelhorn. The GIL EVANS Orchestra. New York, May 6-27, 1957.

CD 2 [11-18]: WORKIN' with THE MILES DAVIS QUINTET
Same personnel & dates as CD1, 7-12.

CD 3 [1-5]: KIND OF BLUE
JULIAN “CANNONBALL” ADDERLEY (as), JOHN COLTRANE (ts),
BILL EVANS or WYNTON KELLY (p), PAUL CHAMBERS (b), JIMMY COBB (d).
New York, March 2 & April 22, 1959.

CD 3 [6-15]: ASCENSEUR POUR L'ÈCHAFAUD
BARNEY WILEN (ts), RENÉ URTREGER (p), PIERRE MICHELOT (b),
KENNY CLARKE (d). Paris, France, December 4 & 5, 1957.

CD 1: TOTAL TIME: 75:15

01 ‘Round Midnight
02 Ah-Leu-Cha
03 All Of You
04 Bye, Bye, Blackbird
05 Tadd’s Delight
06 Dear Old Stockholm
07 If I Were A Bell
08 You’re My Everything
09 I Could Write A Book
10 Oleo
11 It Could Happen To You
12 Woody’n You

CD 2: TOTAL TIME: 79:07

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 It Never Entered My Mind
12 Four
13 In Your Own Sweet Way
14 The Theme (Take 1)
15 Trane's Blues
16 Ahmad's Blues
17 Half Nelson
18 The Theme (Take 2)

CD 3: TOTAL TIME: 72:36

01 So What
02 Freddie Freeloader
03 Blue In Green
04 All Blues
05 Flamenco Sketches
06 Générique
07 L’assassinat De Carala
08 Sur L’autoroute
09 Julien Dans L’ascenseur
10 Florence Sur Les ChampsÉlysées
11 Dîner Au Motel
12 Evasion De Julien
13 Visite Du Vigile
14 Au Bar Du Petit Bac
15 Chez Le Photographe Du Motel