Miles Davis

LIMITED EDITION CLASSIC LPs

180 gram VINYL-AUDIOPHILE PRESSING

5 STARS DOWN BEAT

Although Miles Ahead was Miles Davis’ first recording with the Gil Evans Orchestra, it was certainly not Evans and Davis’ first collaboration. Gil and Miles’ 1948-49 recordings both in the studio and broadcasted live from the Royal Roost in New York are among the true jewels of jazz history. The same can be said about Miles Ahead, a completely refined product in which the arrangements, the repertoire and the mood of every improvisation were carefully selected.

PERSONNEL:

• Miles Davis - (flugelhorn) with The Gil Evans Orchestra:

• Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Louis Mucci, Taft Jordan, John Carisi (tp)
• Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Joe Bennett (tb), Tom Mitchell (b-tb)
• Willie Ruff, Jimmy Buffington, Tony Miranda (fhr), Bill Barber (tu)
• Lee Konitz (as), Danny Bank (b-cl), Romeo Penque, Sid Cooper (cl, fl)
• Gil Evans, Wynton Kelly (p), Paul Chambers (b), Art Taylor (d).

New York, May 6-27, 1957.

• (*) B6: Bonus track:
• Miles Davis (tp), John Lewis (p), Percy Heath (b), Max Roach (d).
• New York, May 19, 1953.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A:
• 01 SPRINGSVILLE
• 02 THE MAIDS OF CADIZ
• 03 THE DUKE
• 04 MY SHIP
• 05 MILES AHEAD

• SIDE B:
• 01 BLUES FOR PABLO
• 02 NEW RHUMBA
• 03 THE MEANING OF THE BLUES
• 04 LAMENT
• 05 I DON’T WANNA BE KISSED [By Anyone But You]
• 06 MILES AHEAD [quartet version] (*)