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Miles Davis / Gil Evans – The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
Miles Davis - The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings album cover
Label: Mosaic Records (2) – MQ11-164
Format: 11 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Box Set, Compilation, Limited Edition
Country: US
Released: 1996
Genre: Jazz
Style: Big Band, Modal, Cool Jazz
Miles Ahead - Miles Davis + 19, Gil Evans Orchestra
A1 Springsville (Master) 3:27
A2 The Maids Of Cadiz (Master) 3:53
A3 The Duke (Master) 3:35
A4 The Ship (Master) 4:28
A5 Miles Ahead (Master) 3:29
B1 Blues For Pablo (Master) 5:18
B2 New Rhumba (Master) 4:37
B3 The Meaning Of The Blues (Master) 2:48
B4 Lament (Master) 2:14
B5 I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Master) 3:06
C1 Springsville (Remake Take 7) 3:14
C2 The Maids Of Cadiz (Take 1) 3:54
C3 The Duke (Take 11) 3:30
C4 My Ship (Take 1) 4:22
C5 Miles Ahead (Take 4) 3:28
D1 Blues For Pablo (Take 1) 5:25
D2 New Rhumba (Take 5) 4:41
D3 The Meaning Of The Blues (Rehearsal Take) 2:48
D4 Lament (Rehearsal Take) 2:20
D5 I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Take 8) 3:12
Porgy And Bess - Miles Davis, Gil Evans Orchestra
E1 The Buzzard Song (Master) 4:07
E2 Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Master) 5:10
E3 Gone (Master) 3:37
E4 Gone, Gone, Gone (Master) 2:03
E5 Summertime (Master) 3:17
F1 Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess (Master) 4:28
F2 Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus) (Master) 4:39
F3 Fishermen, Strawberry And Devil Crab (Master) 4:06
F4 My Man's Gone Now (Master) 6:14
G1 It Ain't Necessarily So (Master) 4:23
G2 Here Come De Honey Man (Master) 1:18
G3 I Loves You, Porgy (Master) 3:39
G4 There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New-York (Master) 3:23
G5 Gone (Take 3) 3:37
G6 Summertime (Take 2) 3:16
H1 Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus) (Take 2) 4:14
H2 I Loves You, Porgy (Take 1, 2nd Version) 4:14
H3 There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New-York (Take 2) 3:39
H4 Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess (Take 5) 4:21
H5 Gone (Take 4) 3:40
Sketches Of Spain - Miles Davis, Gil Evans Orchestra
I1 Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio) (Master) 16:19
I2 Will O' The Wisp (Master) 3:47
J1 The Pan Piper (Master) 3:52
J2 Saeta (Master) 5:06
J3 Solea (Master) 12:15
J4 Song Of Our Country (Issued Take) 3:23
K1 Saeta (Full Version Of Master) 6:01
K2 The Pan Piper (Take 1) 3:11
K3 Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio) (Part 1, Alternate Take) 12:04
K4 Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio) (Part 2, Alternate Take) 3:32
K5 Song Of Our Country (Take 14) 3:10
Quiet Nights - Miles Davis, Gil Evans Orchestra
L1 Song No. 2 (Master) 1:36
L2 Once Upon A Summertime (Master) 3:24
L3 Aos Pes Da Cruz (Master) 4:15
L4 Song No. 1 (Master) 4:33
L5 Wait Till You See Her (Master) 4:03
L6 Corcovado (Master) 2:42
M1 Blue Xmas (Master) 2:40
M2 Nothing Like You (Master) 1:58
M3 Devil May Care (Master) 3:27
M4 The Time Of The Barracudas 12:45
N1 Falling Water (Take 4) 3:43
N2 Falling Water (Take 6) 4:22
N3 Falling Water (Take 8) 4:15
N4 Falling Water (Take 9) 4:18
O1 Springsville (Take 5) 3:32
O2 The Maids Of Cadiz (Take 11) 4:06
O3 The Maids Of Cadiz (Take 11, Insert 1) 2:36
O4 Lament (Medley : Take 2) 2:35
O5 The Duke (Take 1) 3:27
O6 I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (53225 Issued Version) 3:07
Miles Ahead - Miles Davis + 19, Gil Evans Orchestra
P1 Springsville (Rehearsal Sequence) 6:58
P2 Springsville (Rehearsal With Piano) 2:30
P3 The Maids Of Cadiz (Take 9) 0:32
P4 The Maids Of Cadiz (Take 10) 4:11
P5 The Maids Of Cadiz (Rehearsal Sequence) 1:26
P6 Count Off For The Duke (Take 3) 0:35
P7 The Duke (Take 8) 3:31
P8 The Duke (Piano Take 3) 1:52
Q1 My Ship (Take 6) 4:36
Q2 Miles Ahead (Rehearsal Sequence) 1:47
Q3 Miles Ahead (Take 12) 3:30
Q4 Miles Ahead (Take 15) 3:31
Q5 Studio Discussion 0:31
Q6 My Ship (Take 7) 4:39
Q7 Miles Ahead (Piano Insert - Mono) 3:06
R1 Blues For Pablo (Rehearsal Sequence) 5:53
R2 New Rhumba (Take 2) 4:38
R3 Lament (Take 1) 2:21
R4 I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Rehearsal) 2:10
R5 I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Take 5) 2:57
R6 Studio Discussion 0:33
R7 I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Piano Take 4) 2:58
Alternate & Rehearsal Tapes - Miles Davis & Gil Evans
S1 Studio Discussion 0:19
S2 Springsville (Take 8 With No Overdubs) 3:35
S3 Studio Discussion 0:07
S4 Miles Ahead (Take 11 Without Overdubs) 3:33
S5 I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Take 3 Without Overdubs) 2:59
S6 Springsville (Overdub Take 1) 2:08
S7 Springsville (Overdubbed Solos 4-5) 2:20
S8 Springsville (Overdubbed Solos 6-9) 2:32
S9 Springsville (Issued Overdubbed Solo) 0:27
T1 Miles Ahead (Issued Overdubbed Solo) 1:54
T2 Miles Ahead (Overdubbed Solo) 1:35
T3 I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1) 1:04
T4 I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 2) 1:26
T5 I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 4) 2:04
T6 I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 8) 3:05
T7 I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 19 & 19c) 2:57
T8 Miles Ahead (Mono Master) 3:29
U1 Gone (Rehearsal Sequence) 2:54
U2 Gone, Gone, Gone (Rehearsal Sequence) 2:57
U3 Studio Discussion 0:53
U4 Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Rehearsal Take) 4:58
U5 It Ain't Necessarily So (Take 1) 3:22
U6 Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess (Take 3) 3:53
U7 I Loves You, Porgy (Rehearsal Sequence) 2:19
V1 There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New-York (Remake) 2:24
V2 My Man's Gone Now (Remake Take) 6:13
V3 Song Of Our Country (Take 9) 2:59
V4 Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio) (Rehearsal) 7:21
V5 Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio) (Alternate Ending) 1:23
Art Direction – Arnold Levine, Chika Azuma
Artwork By [Booklet Consultant] – Charlie Lourie
Coordinator [Miles Davis Series] – Kevin Gore, Steve Berkowitz
Edited By [Restoration, Editing 1957-1969 Sessions] – Phil Schaap
Edited By [Restoration, Editing, Master Preparation 1957-1969 Sessions] – Mark Wilder
Engineer [Additional 1957-1969 Sessions] – Tom "Curly" Ruff*
Engineer [Remixing, Editing, Remastering 1962-1968 Sessions] – Mark Wilder
Executive-Producer – Michael Cuscuna
Photography By [Front Cover, Inside Cover] – Don Hunstein
Producer [Original] – Cal Lampley, George Avakian, Irving Townsend, John Hammond, Teo Macero
Limited to 5,000 albums.
Booklet: 36 pages
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MILES DAVIS/GIL EVANS ................................
The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings ................................
LIKE NEW = MINT / MINT Vinyl 11 LP Set in Collector Box ................................
Record label/brand: Mosaic MQ11-164 ................................
This is number 0616 of an edition limited to 5,000 albums. ................................
Corners of box are sharp and sides are rigid. The set is absolutly perfect. Cover is glossy and black and white image is vibrant and bold. Vinyl is new = MINT. Looks to be unplayed. The booklet looks and feels as new. ................................
This box is long out of print and getting harder to find - especially in this perfect mint condition! ................................
Review: By all appearances, they were an odd couple. Jazz trumpeter Miles Davis was flamboyant, irascible and black. Arranger and composer Gil Evans was scholarly, mild-tempered and white. Yet they were soulmates. This six-CD set is a lavish memorial to the two late musical geniuses. It includes three sessions recorded between 1957 and 1960—Miles Ahead, Porgy and Bess and Sketches of Spain—which are among the greatest jazz orchestral works ever recorded. With Evans leading a 19-piece band complete with French horns, tubas and woodwind, Davis takes center stage as the only soloist. The music is moody and introverted, and the finely woven textures of Evans's arrangements provide a perfect backdrop for Davis's reticent phrasing and vibratoless tone.
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In addition to the masterpieces, the box set is crammed with outtakes and rarities, which may delight serious collectors but confound the average listener. As musical collaborators, Davis and Evans strived for a stark standard of beauty. Stripping away unnecessary ornamentation, they evoked a painful sense of melancholy without being maudlin. In their best work, less proves to be more. So, not surprisingly, in this collection more turns out to be just a bit too much.
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