Miles Davis - The Essential Miles Davis (2001)

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Artist: Miles Davis
Title: The Essential Miles Davis
Year Of Release: 2001
Label: Columbia [C2K85475]
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Fusion
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue,log) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 76:36
Total Size: 860 MB(+3%) | 354 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

CD1:

01. Now's The Time
02. Jeru
03. Compulsion
04. Tempus Fugit
05. Walkin'
06. 'Round Midnight
07. Bye Bye Blackbird
08. New Rhumba
09. Generique
10. Summertime
11. So What
12. The Pan Piper
13. Someday My Prince Will Come

CD2:

01. My Funny Valentine live
02. E.S.P.
03. Nefertiti
04. Petits Machins
05. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down
06. Little Church
07. Black Satin
08. Jean Pierre
09. Time After Time
10. Portia

Miles Davis - The Essential Miles Davis (2001)

At first glance, it would seem like an impossible task to summarize Miles Davis' career into a succinct double-disc set. Still, a career as multifaceted and ever-changing as Miles' winds up having a clear narrative, one that can be told by just the highlights, which is exactly what Columbia/Legacy's excellent double-disc Essential Miles Davis does. There are certainly major pieces and recordings missing, which is a deliberate move, since the compilers have chosen no more than one track per record (with the exception of two cuts from 'Round About Midnight), so there are huge portions of Kind of Blue, Sketches of Spain, E.S.P., and Bitches Brew absent, and such classic albums as Milestones, Miles Smiles, In a Silent Way, and A Tribute to Jack Johnson are entirely MIA. The funny thing is, in this context, they're not missed, because what's here -- which is how this compilation should be judged -- tells the story directly yet elegantly, touching on stages of his career. That means this is cross-licensed, opening with Miles as a sideman on Charlie Parker's "Now's the Time," then running through the Birth of the Cool sessions, before hitting on a selection from his lone Blue Note sessions and two cuts from his classic Prestige dates. After that come the Columbia recordings, with the Gil Evans collaborations and Coltrane years filling out disc one. On the second disc, his second classic quartet comes to the forefront, followed by terrific selections from the electric years, including a cut from On the Corner, traditionally disdained by jazz critics. Three tracks from the '60s round out the disc, completing an overview of astonishing scope and breadth. Yes, there is nothing particularly rare here (with the exception of "Generique," from Ascenseur Pour l'Échafaud), but this wasn't designed for the converted -- it was designed to convert and it does its job superbly.~Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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