Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings

Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
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Released1996
RecordedMay 6, 1957 to February 16, 1968
GenreJazz
Length426:38
LabelColumbia, Legacy
CompilerPhil Schaap
The Miles Davis Series chronology
(Box 1)
The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane

(2000)
Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
(1996)
(Box 3)
Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis 1963–1964

(2004)
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Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings is a box set of music by jazz musicians Miles Davis and Gil Evans originally released on CD in 1996 and remastered and re-released in 2004. It collects work from 1957 through 1968 at Columbia Records recording studios.

Miles Davis and Gil Evans had worked together on Davis' landmark 1949 album Birth of the Cool. Evans was a distinguished soloist, but it was his role as arranger that is well-illustrated here with alternate and working takes.

Track listing

Disc 1 - Miles Ahead

No.TitleOriginal ReleaseLength
1."Springsville" (master)Miles Ahead3:28
2."The Maids of Cadiz" (master)Miles Ahead3:59
3."The Duke" (master)Miles Ahead3:28
4."My Ship" (master)Miles Ahead4:28
5."Miles Ahead" (master)Miles Ahead3:29
6."Blues For Pablo" (master)Miles Ahead5:19
7."New Rhumba" (master)Miles Ahead4:35
8."The Meaning of the Blues" (master)Miles Ahead2:50
9."Lament" (master)Miles Ahead2:16
10."I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (master)Miles Ahead3:07
11."Springsville" (remake take 7)Previously unreleased3:16
12."The Maids of Cadiz" (take 1)Previously unreleased3:57
13."The Duke" (take 11)Previously unreleased3:32
14."My Ship" (take 1)Previously unreleased4:23
15."Miles Ahead" (take 4)Previously unreleased3:32
16."Blues For Pablo" (take 1)Previously unreleased3:01
17."New Rhumba" (take 5)Previously unreleased4:45
18."The Meaning of the Blues" (rehearsal take)Previously unreleased2:49
19."Lament" (rehearsal take)Previously unreleased2:20
20."I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (take 8)Previously unreleased3:11
21."[pause track]" (editor added "track" to separate discs) 0:06

Disc 2 - Porgy and Bess

No.TitleOriginal ReleaseLength
1."Buzzard Song" (master)Porgy and Bess4:09
2."Bess, You Is My Woman Now" (master)Porgy and Bess5:12
3."Gone" (master)Porgy and Bess3:38
4."Gone, Gone, Gone" (master)Porgy and Bess2:05
5."Summertime" (master)Porgy and Bess3:21
6."Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess" (master)Porgy and Bess4:31
7."Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)" (master)Porgy and Bess4:42
8."Fisherman, Strawberry, Devil Crab" (master)Porgy and Bess4:11
9."My Man's Gone Now" (master)Porgy and Bess6:16
10."It Ain't Necessarily So" (master)Porgy and Bess4:25
11."Here Come De Honey Man" (master)Porgy and Bess1:20
12."I Loves You, Porgy" (master)Porgy and Bess3:43
13."There's a Boat That's Leaving" (master)Porgy and Bess3:28
14."Gone" (take 3)Previously unreleased3:40
15."Summertime" (take 2)Previously unreleased3:19
16."Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)" (take 2)Previously unreleased4:16
17."I Loves You, Porgy" (take 1, second version)Previously unreleased4:17
18."There's a Boat That's Leaving..." (take 2)Previously unreleased3:41
19."Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess" (take 5)Previously unreleased4:22
20."Gone" (take 4)Previously unreleased3:40
21."[pause track]" 0:06

Disc 3 - Sketches of Spain

No.TitleOriginal ReleaseLength
1."Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)" (master)Sketches of Spain16:19
2."Will o' the Wisp" (master)Sketches of Spain3:47
3."The Pan Piper" (master)Sketches of Spain3:52
4."Saeta" (master)Sketches of Spain5:06
5."Solea" (master)Sketches of Spain12:15
6."Song of Our Country" (issued take)Directions3:23
7."Saeta" (full version of master)Previously unreleased6:01
8."The Pan Piper" (take 1)Previously unreleased3:11
9."Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)" (alternate take, part one)Previously unreleased12:04
10."Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)" (alternate take, part two)Previously unreleased3:32
11."Song of Our Country" (take 14)Previously unreleased3:10
12."[pause track]" 0:06

Disc 4 - Quiet Nights and More

No.TitleOriginal ReleaseLength
1."Song No. 2" (master)Quiet Nights1:36
2."Once Upon a Summertime" (master)Quiet Nights3:24
3."Aos Pes Da Cruz" (master)Quiet Nights4:15
4."Song No. 1" (master)Quiet Nights4:33
5."Wait Till You See Her" (master)Quiet Nights4:03
6."Corcovado" (master)Quiet Nights2:42
7."Blue Xmas" (master)Jingle Bell Jazz2:40
8."Nothing Like You" (master)Sorcerer1:58
9."Devil May Care" (master)The Giants of Jazz (various artist compilation) / Basic Miles3:27
10."The Time of the Barracudas"Previously unreleased12:45
11."Falling Water" (take 4)Previously unreleased3:34
12."Falling Water" (take 6)Previously unreleased4:22
13."Falling Water" (take 8)Previously unreleased4:15
14."Falling Water" (take 9)Previously unreleased4:18
15."Springsville" (take 5)Previously unreleased3:32
16."The Maids of Cadiz" (take 11)Previously unreleased4:06
17."The Maids of Cadiz" (take 11, insert 1)Previously unreleased2:36
18."Lament" (medley: take 2)Previously unreleased2:35
19."The Duke" (take 1)Previously unreleased3:27
20."I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (53225 issued version)Miles Ahead 1993 reissue (catalog no. CK 53225)3:07

Disc 5 - The Making of Miles Ahead

No.TitleOriginal ReleaseLength
1."Springsville" (rehearsal sequence)Previously unreleased6:58
2."Springsville" (rehearsal with piano)Previously unreleased2:30
3."The Maids of Cadiz" (take 9)Previously unreleased0:32
4."The Maids of Cadiz" (take 10)Previously unreleased4:11
5."The Maids of Cadiz" (rehearsal sequence)Previously unreleased1:26
6."Count Off for the Duke" (take 3)Previously unreleased0:35
7."The Duke" (take 8)Previously unreleased3:31
8."The Duke" (piano take 3)Previously unreleased1:52
9."My Ship" (take 6)Previously unreleased4:36
10."Miles Ahead" (rehearsal sequence)Previously unreleased1:47
11."Miles Ahead" (take 12)Previously unreleased3:30
12."Miles Ahead" (take 15)Previously unreleased3:31
13."Studio Discussion"Previously unreleased0:31
14."My Ship" (take 7)Previously unreleased4:39
15."Miles Ahead" (piano insert-mono)Previously unreleased3:06
16."Blues for Pablo" (rehearsal sequence)Previously unreleased5:53
17."New Rhumba" (take 2)Previously unreleased4:38
18."Lament" (take 1)Previously unreleased2:21
19."I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (rehearsal)Previously unreleased2:10
20."I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (take 5)Previously unreleased2:57
21."Studio Discussion"Previously unreleased0:33
22."I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (piano take 4)Previously unreleased2:58
23."[pause track]" 0:06

Disc 6 - Alternate and Rehearsal Takes

No.TitleOriginal ReleaseLength
1."Studio Discussion"Previously unreleased0:19
2."Springsville" (take 8 without overdubs)Previously unreleased3:35
3."Studio Discussion"Previously unreleased0:07
4."Miles Ahead" (take 11 without overdubs)Previously unreleased3:33
5."I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (take 3 without overdubs)Previously unreleased2:59
6."Springsville" (overdub take 1)Previously unreleased2:08
7."Springsville" (overdubbed solos 4–5)Previously unreleased2:20
8."Springsville" (overdubbed solos 6–9)Previously unreleased2:32
9."Springsville" (issued overdubbed solo)Previously unreleased0:27
10."Miles Ahead" (issued overdubbed solo)Previously unreleased1:54
11."Miles Ahead" (overdubbed solo)Previously unreleased1:35
12."I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (overdubbed solo 1)Previously unreleased1:04
13."I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (overdubbed solo 2)Previously unreleased1:26
14."I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (overdubbed solo 4)Previously unreleased2:04
15."I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (overdubbed solo 8)Previously unreleased3:05
16."I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)" (overdubbed solo 19 & 19C)Previously unreleased2:57
17."Miles Ahead" (mono master)Previously unreleased3:29
18."Gone" (rehearsal sequence)Previously unreleased2:54
19."Gone, Gone, Gone" (rehearsal sequence)Previously unreleased2:57
20."Studio Discussion"Previously unreleased0:53
21."Bess, You Is My Woman Now" (rehearsal take)Previously unreleased4:58
22."It Ain't Necessarily So" (take 1)Previously unreleased3:22
23."Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess" (take 3)Previously unreleased3:53
24."I Loves You, Porgy" (rehearsal sequence)Previously unreleased2:19
25."There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon for New York" (remake)Previously unreleased2:24
26."My Man's Gone Now" (remake take)Previously unreleased6:13
27."Song of Our Country" (take 9)Previously unreleased2:59
28."Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)" (rehearsal)Previously unreleased7:21
29."Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)" (alternate ending)Previously unreleased1:23
30."[pause track]" 0:06

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