Miles Davis & John Coltrane - The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961 [Remastered] (2000)
Artist: Miles Davis & John Coltrane
Title: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961
Year Of Release: 2000
Label: Columbia [C6K 65833]
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop, Bebop, Cool Jazz, Modal
Quality: CBR 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue,log)
Total Time: 6:26:30
Total Size: 885 mb / 2.29 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961
Year Of Release: 2000
Label: Columbia [C6K 65833]
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop, Bebop, Cool Jazz, Modal
Quality: CBR 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue,log)
Total Time: 6:26:30
Total Size: 885 mb / 2.29 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
Between 1955 and 1959, with occasional changes in personnel, trumpeter Miles Davis led a simply extraordinary small band that changed the course of jazz. This quintet/sextet primarily spotlighted tenor saxophonist John Coltrane but also included such greats as alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley; pianists Red Garland, Bill Evans, and Wynton Kelly; bassist Paul Chambers; and drummers Philly Joe Jones and Jimmy Cobb. The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis and John Coltrane comprise such fabled Davis albums as 'Round About Midnight, Milestones, Jazz at the Plaza, Volume 1, Someday My Prince Will Come, and the legendary Kind of Blue. Also included are the Davis-with-Coltrane selections that appeared on Miles and Monk at Newport, Jazz Track, Basic Miles, and Circle in the Round. In all, the set boasts 60 tracks, of which 18 are previously unreleased--14 of them complete takes.
This is sumptuous, vital music that's alternately exhilarating and emotive, rhythmically dynamic and smoothly flowing, complex and easy on the ear. It's music that defies classification. It's neither bebop nor hard bop yet has elements of both and remains contemporary to this day, as evidenced by such timeless numbers as "All Blues" and "So What."
From the opening "Two Bass Hit" on Disc One to the final "Straight, No Chaser" on Disc Six, we hear the dazzling contrast of two preeminent jazz stylists: Davis's singing, luminescent tone and lyrical, often laid-back yet surely swinging improvisations and Coltrane's zealous-toned, bursting-forth solos. Adding additional color and interest are the bebop-based piano work of Garland, the harmonically advanced offerings of pianist Evans, the rich, serpentine lines of alto saxophonist Adderley, the crisp-then-thumping beats from drummers Jones and Cobb, and the globular, hearty tones of Chambers's bass.
The numbers represent a minihistory of modern jazz. There are bebop tunes such as "Budo," "Two Bass Hit," and "Au-Leu-Cha," all given updated and unique airings. There are classic standards such as "All of You," "Stella by Starlight," "Green Dolphin Street, " "Sweet Sue," and "Bye Bye Blackbird," most of which were rediscovered after Davis recorded them. There are ace tunes by such Davis contemporaries as Thelonious Monk ("'Round About Midnight," "Straight, No Chaser") and Jackie McLean ("Little Melonae") that are heard fresh as arranged by the trumpeter. Finally, there are the Davis originals, pieces such as "Milestones" and "All Blues," which are now part of the jazz canon. Each of these numbers is given the kind of insistent, spirited, and deeply musical interpretation that warrants repeated listening.
Rounding out the topnotch package are essays by original producer George Avakian and Kind of Blue drummer Cobb, an insightful track-by-track overview by noted critic Bob Blumenthal, and the original liner notes to Kind of Blue by pianist Evans.
This is sumptuous, vital music that's alternately exhilarating and emotive, rhythmically dynamic and smoothly flowing, complex and easy on the ear. It's music that defies classification. It's neither bebop nor hard bop yet has elements of both and remains contemporary to this day, as evidenced by such timeless numbers as "All Blues" and "So What."
From the opening "Two Bass Hit" on Disc One to the final "Straight, No Chaser" on Disc Six, we hear the dazzling contrast of two preeminent jazz stylists: Davis's singing, luminescent tone and lyrical, often laid-back yet surely swinging improvisations and Coltrane's zealous-toned, bursting-forth solos. Adding additional color and interest are the bebop-based piano work of Garland, the harmonically advanced offerings of pianist Evans, the rich, serpentine lines of alto saxophonist Adderley, the crisp-then-thumping beats from drummers Jones and Cobb, and the globular, hearty tones of Chambers's bass.
The numbers represent a minihistory of modern jazz. There are bebop tunes such as "Budo," "Two Bass Hit," and "Au-Leu-Cha," all given updated and unique airings. There are classic standards such as "All of You," "Stella by Starlight," "Green Dolphin Street, " "Sweet Sue," and "Bye Bye Blackbird," most of which were rediscovered after Davis recorded them. There are ace tunes by such Davis contemporaries as Thelonious Monk ("'Round About Midnight," "Straight, No Chaser") and Jackie McLean ("Little Melonae") that are heard fresh as arranged by the trumpeter. Finally, there are the Davis originals, pieces such as "Milestones" and "All Blues," which are now part of the jazz canon. Each of these numbers is given the kind of insistent, spirited, and deeply musical interpretation that warrants repeated listening.
Rounding out the topnotch package are essays by original producer George Avakian and Kind of Blue drummer Cobb, an insightful track-by-track overview by noted critic Bob Blumenthal, and the original liner notes to Kind of Blue by pianist Evans.
TRACKLIST:
Disc 1
01. Two Bass Hit (Alternate Take) - 3:21
02. Two Bass Hit - 3:44 (1)
03. Ah-Leu-Cha (Alternate Take) - 5:51
04. Ah-Leu-Cha - 5:53 (2)
05. Ah-Leu-Cha (Take 5) - 5:25
06. Little Melonae - 7:22 (2)
07. Budo (Alternate Take) - 5:02 (8)
08. Budo - 4:17 (1)
09. Dear Old Stockholm - 7:51 (2)
10. Bye Bye Blackbird - 7:50
11. Bye Bye Blackbird - 7:56 (2)
12. Tadd's Delight - 4:28 (2)
13. Tadd's Delight - 4:18
Disc 2
01. Dear Old Stockholm (Alternate Take) - 6:42
02. All of You (Alternate Take) - 7:31
03. All of You - 7:03 (2)
04. Sweet Sue, Just You (First Version) - 4:23
05. Sweet Sue, Just You (False Start with Discussion Between Leonard Bernstein & Miles Davis) - 1:58
06. Sweet Sue, Just You (Alternate Take) - 3:32
07. Sweet Sue, Just You - 3:41
08. Miles Davis Comments - :30
09. 'Round Midnight - 5:57 (2)
10. Two Bass Hit (Alternate Take) - 4:32
11. Two Bass Hit - 5:13 (3)
12. Billy Boy - 7:12 (3)
13. Straight No Chaser (Alternate Take) - 10:27
Disc 3
01. Straight No Chaser - 10:37 (3)
02. Milestones - 6:01
03. Milestones - 5:44 (3)
04. Sid's Ahead - 13:02 (3)
05. Little Melonae - 7:55
06. Dr. Jackle - 5:49 (3)
07. On Green Dolphin Street - 9:50
08. Fran-Dance - 5:52
09. Fran-Dance - 5:49
10. Stella by Starlight - 4:43
Disc 4
01. Love for Sale - 11:49 (1)
02. Freddie Freeloader - 1:27
03. Freddie Freeloader - 9:48 (4)
04. So What - 9:23 (4)
05. Blue in Green - 5:38 (4)
06. Flamenco Sketches - 9:33
07. Miles Davis Comments - :44
08. Flamenco Sketches - 9:27 (4)
09. All Blues - 11:32 (4)
Disc 5
01. Someday My Prince Will Come - 9:05 (5)
02. Teo - 9:36 (5)
03. Introduction by Willis Conover - 2:15 (6)
04. Ah-Leu-Cha - 5:52 (6)
05. Straight No Chaser - 8:47 (6)
06. Fran-Dance - 7:13 (6)
07. Two Bass Hit - 4:10 (6)
08. Bye Bye Blackbird - 9:10 (6)
09. The Theme - 2:48 (6)
Disc 6
01. If I Were a Bell - 8:31 (7)
02. Oleo - 10:38 (7)
03. My Funny Valentine - 10:18 (7)
04. Straight No Chaser - 10:56 (7)
(1) from Circle in the Round
(2) from 'Round About Midnight
(3) from Milestones
(4) from Kind of Blue
(5) from Someday My Prince Will Come
(6) from Miles Davis At Newport 1958
(7) from Jazz at the Plaza
(8) from The Columbia Years 1955-1985
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: tracks1-2)
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)
58-track digitally remastered 6-CD box set of the complete Columbia recordings made between 1955 & 1961
Including 18 previously unreleased tracks with "90 minutes of new music" as the shrink-wrap sticker announced.
The 6-discs are housed inside a hard back die cut hessian book pack with an etched metal spine inside an outer metal slipcase box.
The 116-page integral booklet contains extensive liner notes full discography of the time period and many rare photographs of all the musicians.
Recorded at Columbia Studio D, New York, New York on October 26, 1955; Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, New York between June 5, 1956 and March 21, 1961; live at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport Rhode Island on July 3, 1958; live at the Persian Room, Plaza Hotel, New York, New York on September 9, 1958.
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