The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane
The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane is a box set featuring jazz musicians Miles Davis and John Coltrane. It is the first box set in a series of eight from Columbia/Legacy compiling Davis's work for Columbia Records, and includes never-before-released alternate takes, omissions of other musicians, musician comments, false starts and a first version of compositions, some of which have made it to the 50th Anniversary 2-disc CD version of Kind of Blue. Originally issued on April 11, 2000 in a limited-edition metal slipcase, it was reissued in 2004 in an oversized book format.
The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane | ||||
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Released | April 11, 2000 | |||
Recorded | October 26, 1955 to March 21, 1961 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 386:01 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | George Avakian, Teo Macero, and Irving Townsend | |||
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Albums
Davis' and Coltrane's work together for Columbia produced three studio albums, two tracks from a fourth, and two live albums, all of which are contained in this box set:
- 'Round About Midnight (released March 4, 1957)
- Milestones (released September 2, 1958)
- Kind of Blue (released August 17, 1959)
- Someday My Prince Will Come (released December 11, 1961) (2 tracks only)
- Miles & Monk at Newport (released May 11, 1964) (A-side only), reissued as Miles Davis at Newport 1958 in 2001
- Jazz at the Plaza (released September 28, 1973)
Track listing
No. | Title | Original release | Length |
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1. | "Two Bass Hit (Alternate Take)" | Previously unreleased | 3:21 |
2. | "Two Bass Hit (Take 2)" | Circle in the Round | 3:44 |
3. | "Ah-Leu-Cha (Alternate Take)" | Previously unreleased | 5:51 |
4. | "Ah-Leu-Cha" | 'Round About Midnight | 5:53 |
5. | "Ah-Leu-Cha (Take 5)" | Previously unreleased | 5:25 |
6. | "Little Melonae" | Basic Miles | 7:22 |
7. | "Budo (Alternate Take)" | The Columbia Years 1955–1985 | 5:02 |
8. | "Budo" | Circle in the Round | 4:17 |
9. | "Dear Old Stockholm" | Round About Midnight | 7:51 |
10. | "Bye Bye Blackbird (Alternate Take)" | Previously unreleased | 7:50 |
11. | "Bye Bye Blackbird" | Round About Midnight | 7:56 |
12. | "Tadd's Delight" | 'Round About Midnight | 4:28 |
13. | "Tadd's Delight (Alternate Take)" | Previously unreleased | 4:18 |
No. | Title | ... | Length |
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1. | "Dear Old Stockholm (Alternate Take)" | Previously unreleased | 6:42 |
2. | "All of You (Alternate Take)" | Previously unreleased | 7:31 |
3. | "All of You" | Round About Midnight | 7:03 |
4. | "Sweet Sue, Just You (First Version)" | Previously unreleased | 4:23 |
5. | "Sweet Sue, Just You (False Start with Discussion Between Leonard Bernstein & Miles Davis)" | Previously unreleased | 1:58 |
6. | "Sweet Sue, Just You (Alternate Take)" | Previously unreleased | 3:32 |
7. | "Sweet Sue, Just You" | What Is Jazz | 3:41 |
8. | "Miles Davis Comments" | Previously unreleased | 0:30 |
9. | "'Round Midnight" | Round About Midnight | 5:57 |
10. | "Two Bass Hit (Alternate Take)" | Previously unreleased | 4:32 |
11. | "Two Bass Hit" | Milestones | 5:13 |
12. | "Billy Boy" | Milestones | 7:12 |
13. | "Straight No Chaser (Alternate Take)" | Previously unreleased | 10:27 |
No. | Title | ... | Length |
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1. | "Straight No Chaser" | Milestones | 10:37 |
2. | "Milestones (Alternate Take)" | Previously unreleased | 6:01 |
3. | "Milestones" | Milestones | 5:44 |
4. | "Sid's Ahead" | Milestones | 13:02 |
5. | "Little Melonae (omits Adderley)" | Previously unreleased | 7:55 |
6. | "Dr. Jekyll" | Milestones | 5:49 |
7. | "On Green Dolphin Street" | Jazz Track | 9:50 |
8. | "Fran-Dance (Alternate Take)" | Previously unreleased | 5:52 |
9. | "Fran-Dance" | Jazz Track | 5:49 |
10. | "Stella by Starlight" | Jazz Track | 4:43 |
No. | Title | ... | Length |
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1. | "Love for Sale" | 1958 Miles | 11:49 |
2. | "Freddie Freeloader (false start)" | Previously unreleased | 1:27 |
3. | "Freddie Freeloader" | Kind of Blue | 9:48 |
4. | "So What" | Kind of Blue | 9:23 |
5. | "Blue in Green" | Kind of Blue | 5:38 |
6. | "Flamenco Sketches (Alternate Take)" | Previously unreleased | 9:33 |
7. | "Miles Davis Comments" | Previously unreleased | 0:44 |
8. | "Flamenco Sketches" | Kind of Blue | 9:27 |
9. | "All Blues" | Kind of Blue | 11:32 |
No. | Title | ... | Length |
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1. | "Someday My Prince Will Come" | Someday My Prince Will Come | 9:05 |
2. | "Teo" | Someday My Prince Will Come | 9:36 |
3. | "Introduction by Willis Conover" | Miles Davis at Newport 1958 | 2:15 |
4. | "Ah-Leu-Cha" | Miles Davis at Newport 1958 | 5:52 |
5. | "Straight No Chaser" | Miles Davis at Newport 1958 | 8:47 |
6. | "Fran-Dance" | Miles Davis at Newport 1958 | 7:13 |
7. | "Two Bass Hit" | Miles Davis at Newport 1958 | 4:10 |
8. | "Bye Bye Blackbird" | Miles Davis at Newport 1958 | 9:10 |
9. | "The Theme" | Miles Davis at Newport 1958 | 2:48 |
No. | Title | ... | Length |
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1. | "If I Were a Bell" | Jazz at the Plaza | 8:31 |
2. | "Oleo" | Jazz at the Plaza | 10:38 |
3. | "My Funny Valentine" | Jazz at the Plaza | 10:18 |
4. | "Straight No Chaser" | Jazz at the Plaza | 10:56 |
Personnel
Recorded between October 26, 1955 and March 21, 1961 in New York City (except disk 5, tracks 3–9, recorded in Newport, RI).
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
- Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone (Disc 5: track 1)
- Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone (Disc 3; Disc 4: tracks 1, 6–9; Disc 5: tracks 3–9; Disc 6)
- Red Garland – piano (Disc 1; Disc 2; Disc 3: tracks 1–6)
- Bill Evans – piano (Disc 3: tracks 6–10; Disk 4: track 1, 4–9; Disc 5: tracks 3–9; Disc 6)
- Wynton Kelly – piano (Disc 4: tracks 2–3; Disc 5: tracks 1–2)
- Paul Chambers – bass
- Philly Joe Jones – drums (Disc 1; Disc 2; Disc 3: tracks 1–6)
- Jimmy Cobb – drums (Disc 3: tracks 7–10; Disk 4; Disc 5; Disc 6)
References
- Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2011). "The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961 - John Coltrane | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.