Miles Davis

This was a great and underrated Davis ensemble. The fact that they were playing some of the innovative pieces of the Gil Evans/Davis era with full orchestral accompaniment and in a live setting (and with acoustics of Carnegie Hall no less) should have made for a mounumental recording. As a historic document, it's a must-have: the playing is without reservation, first rate. But then, the sound. Even with remastering, you can't fix mike overload, and it is there often, and most specifically on Miles' principal mike of all places. At best the high dyanmics make for a rough sound, almost frayed and thready in its texture. Anyone used to listening to overmiked recordings, especially live ones from the 30's and 40's can deal with this, and enjoy it, if you like a rough, electric timbre to your trumpet sound. But at worst it's just full-blown distortion, distracting and disappointing and would have been so if any other instrument or player was playing in any other venue, whether Carnegie Hall or your cousin's wedding reception at the Elks Club. And this after all, IS Miles Davis, and this IS Carnegie Hall. Me, I can live with the sonic shortcomings; the performace, the occasion, and the lineup are all too important not to. But it's really a shame; this could have been, all around, one of the finest recordings, live or in studio, of Miles' career. As it is-- well, I have it playing now. So there you go.

Track Listings:

CD 01:

1. So What 12:02
2. Spring Is Here 4:03
3. Teo 9:11
4. Walkin' 9:32
5. The Meaning of the Blues/Lament 4:34
6. New Rhumba 4:07

CD 02:

1. Someday My Prince Will Come 2:55
2. Oleo 7:19
3. No Blues 10:38
4. I Thought About You 5:00
5. En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor 17:05

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If you like old Miles Davis, buy this concert before it goes out of print (most do). It's expensive, but i'm so glad I own this show... Here it is: Line-up; Miles, Stitt, Chambers, Cobb, W. Kelly. Songs; Walkin', All of You, So What, The Theme. These cd's are simply wonderful copies of the original concerts! No editing, no changing the song orders, it is as if you were there!

Track Listing:

CD 01:

1. All Of You 17:06
2. So What 13:26
3. On Green Dolphin Street 14:40

CD 02:

1. Walkin' / B 15:53
2. Bye Bye Blackbird 13:58
3. Round About Midnight 5:37
4. Oleo 4:23
5. The Theme 0:49

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Porgy and Bess is a 1958 album by jazz musician Miles Davis which he and Gil Evans arranged from George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess. The album was recorded in four sessions on July 22, July 29, August 4 and August 18, 1958 at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City. It is the second collaboration between Davis and Evans and has garnered much critical acclaim since its release, being acknowledged by music critics as the best of their collaborations. For many jazz critics, this recording is regarded as historic.

Tracks:

All compositions by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward, except otherwise noted.

Side one

1. The Buzzard Song 4:07
2. Bess, You Is My Woman Now 5:10
3. Gone 3:37
4. Gone, Gone, Gone 2:03
5. Summertime 3:17
6. Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus) 4:18

Side two

1. Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus) 4:39
2. Fisherman, Strawberry and Devil Crab 4:06
3. My Man's Gone Now 6:14
4. It Ain't Necessarily So 4:23
5. Here Come De Honey Man 1:18
6. I Wants to Stay Here (a.k.a. I Loves You, Porgy) 3:39
7. There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon for New York 3:23

1997 Reissue bonus tracks

1. I Loves You, Porgy (take 1, second version) 4:14
2. Gone (take 4) 3:40

Personnel

Miles Davis - trumpet, flugelhorn
Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Johnny Coles and Louis Mucci - trumpet
Dick Hixon, Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland and Joe Bennett - trombone
Willie Ruff, Julius Watkins and Gunther Schuller - horn
Bill Barber - tuba
Phil Bodner, Jerome Richardson and Romeo Penque - flute, alto flute & clarinet
Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
Danny Bank - alto flute & bass clarinet
Paul Chambers - bass
Jimmy Cobb - drums (except tracks 3,4, 9, & 15)
Philly Joe Jones - drums (tracks 3,4, 9, & 15)
Gil Evans - arranger & conductor

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At the 1958 Newport Festival, Miles Davis was leading one of his most celebrated groups: a sextet consisting of John Coltrane (tenor sax), Cannonball Adderley (alto sax), Bill Evans (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), and Jimmy Cobb (drums). This same lineup would record Kind of Blue within a year. The results here aren't quite as magical. Coltrane, at the peak of his sheets-of-sound period, is incredible -- he tears through the songs with ferocity. Just listen to "Two Bass Hit". Bill Evans, on the other hand, sounds a little out of place on the bop tunes that compose the bulk of this set; his reflective, abstract playing doesn't fit in as well in this context. Adderley and Davis play well though I wouldn't call this performance a milestone for either one. The sextet also tackle a few of the tunes a bit faster than they can handle, and they bungle the theme to "Ah Leu Cha". But this is still a very good recording of a great group, and worth buying for the hardcore Davis aficionado.

Personnel

Miles Davis (trumpet)
John Coltrane (tenor sax)
Cannonball Adderley (alto sax)
Bill Evans (piano)
Paul Chambers (bass)
Jimmy Cobb (drums)

Tracks

1. Introduction 2:16
2. Ah-Leu-Cha 5:53
3. Straight, No Chaser 8:48
4. Fran-Dance 7:14
5. Two Bass Hit 4:11
6. Bye Bye Blackbird 9:11
7. The Theme 2:49

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Birth of the Cool is an album which collects twelve songs recorded by the Miles Davis nonet for Capitol Records in 1949 and 1950.
Featuring unusual instrumentation and several notable musicians, the music consisted of innovative arrangements strongly inspired by classical music, and marked a major development in post-bebop jazz. As the title implies, these recordings are considered seminal in the history of cool jazz.

Personnel

Miles Davis – trumpet (all)
Kai Winding – trombone (January 1949)
J. J. Johnson – trombone (April 1949, March 1950)
Junior Collins – French horn (January 1949)
Sandy Siegelstein – French horn (April 1949)
Gunther Schuller – French horn (March 1950)
Bill Barber – tuba (all)
Lee Konitz – alto saxophone (all)
Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone (all)
Al Haig – piano (January 1949)
John Lewis – piano (April 1949, March 1950)
Joe Shulman – bass (January 1949)
Nelson Boyd – bass (April 1949)
Al McKibbon – bass (March 1950)
Max Roach – drums (January 1949, March 1950)
Kenny Clarke – drums (April 1949)
Kenny Hagood – vocal ("Darn That Dream" only)

Track listing

Arrangements by the composer unless otherwise noted.
"Move" (Denzil Best, arranged by John Lewis) – 2:32
"Jeru" (Gerry Mulligan) – 3:10
"Moon Dreams" (Chummy MacGregor, Johnny Mercer, arranged by Gil Evans) – 3:17
"Venus de Milo" (Mulligan) – 3:10
"Budo" (Miles Davis, Bud Powell, arranged by Lewis) – 2:32
"Deception" (Davis, arranged by Mulligan) – 2:45
"Godchild" (George Wallington, arranged by Mulligan) – 3:07
"Boplicity" (Cleo Henry, i.e. Davis and Gil Evans, arranged by Evans) – 2:59
"Rocker" (Mulligan) – 3:03
"Israel" (Johnny Carisi) – 2:15
"Rouge" (John Lewis) – 3:13
"Darn That Dream" (Eddie DeLange, James Van Heusen, arranged by Mulligan) – 3:26

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