6x CD

The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings

Compilation by Miles Davis & Gil Evans

Released 26 August 1996

Tracklist

CD 1: Miles Ahead
1
Springsville (master)
3:27
2
The Maids of Cadiz (master)
3:59
3
The Duke (master)
3:28
4
My Ship (master)
4:28
5
Miles Ahead (master)
3:29
6
Blues for Pablo (master)
5:19
7
New Rhumba (master)
4:35
8
The Meaning of the Blues (master)
2:50
9
Lament (master)
2:16
10
I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (by Anyone but You) (master)
3:07
11
Springsville (remake take 7)
3:16
12
The Maids of Cadiz (take 1)
3:57
13
The Duke (take 11)
3:32
14
My Ship (take 1)
4:23
15
Miles Ahead (take 4)
3:32
16
Blues for Pablo (take 1)
5:27
17
New Rhumba (take 5)
4:45
18
The Meaning of the Blues (rehearsal take)
2:49
19
Lament (rehearsal take)
2:20
20
I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (by Anyone but You) (take 8)
3:11
21
[pause track]
0:06
CD 2: Porgy and Bess
1
Buzzard Song (master)
4:09
2
Bess, You Is My Woman Now (master)
5:12
3
Gone (master)
3:38
4
Gone, Gone, Gone (master)
2:05
5
Summertime (master)
3:21
5.0 ★
6
Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess (master)
4:31
7
Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus) (master)
4:42
8
Fishermen, Strawberry and Devil Crab (master)
4:07
9
My Man's Gone Now (master)
6:16
10
It Ain't Necessarily So (master)
4:25
11
Here Come de Honey Man (master)
1:20
12
I Loves You, Porgy (master)
3:42
3.8 ★
13
There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon for New York (master)
3:28
14
Gone (take 3)
3:40
15
Summertime (take 2)
3:19
16
Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus) (take 2)
4:16
17
I Loves You, Porgy (take 1, second version)
4:17
18
There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon for New York (take 2)
3:41
19
Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess (take 5)
4:22
20
Gone (take 4)
3:40
21
[pause track]
0:06
CD 3: Sketches of Spain
1
Concierto de Aranjuez (adagio) (master)
16:23
2
Will O' the Wisp (master)
3:49
2.0 ★
3
The Pan Piper (master)
3:54
3.3 ★
4
Saeta (master)
5:08
5
Solea (master)
12:19
3.4 ★
6
Song of Our Country (issued take)
3:26
7
Saeta (full version of master)
6:03
8
The Pan Piper (take 1)
3:13
9
Concierto de Aranjuez (adagio) (part one, alternate take)
12:05
10
Concierto de Aranjuez (adagio) (part two, alternate take)
3:35
11
Song of Our Country (take 14)
3:09
12
[silence]
0:06
CD 4: Quiet Nights
1
Song No. 2
1:40
2
Once Upon a Summertime
3:27
3
Aos Pes Da Cruz
4:19
4
Song No. 1
4:37
5
Wait Till You See Her
4:06
6
Corcovado
2:45
7
Blue Xmas
2:43
8
Nothing Like You
2:00
9
Devil May Care
3:29
10
The Time of the Barracudas
12:48
11
Falling Water (take 4)
3:45
12
Falling Water (take 6)
4:25
13
Falling Water (take 8)
4:17
14
Falling Water (take 9)
4:23
15
Springsville (take 5)
3:34
16
The Maids of Cadiz (take 11)
4:06
17
The Maids of Cadiz (take 11, insert 1)
2:38
18
Lament (medley: take 2)
2:37
19
The Duke (take 1)
3:30
20
I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (by Anyone but You) (53225 issued version)
3:07
CD 5: The Making of Miles Ahead
1
Springsville (rehearsal sequence)
7:01
2
Springsville (rehearsal with piano)
2:32
3
The Maids of Cadiz (take 9)
0:34
4
The Maids of Cadiz (take 10)
4:12
5
The Maids of Cadiz (rehearsal sequence)
1:27
6
Count Off for the Duke (take 3)
0:37
7
The Duke (take 8)
3:33
8
The Duke (piano take 3)
1:54
9
My Ship (take 6)
4:38
10
Miles Ahead (rehearsal sequence)
1:48
11
Miles Ahead (take 12)
3:34
12
Miles Ahead (take 15)
3:31
13
[studio discussion]
0:30
14
My Ship (take 7)
4:41
15
Miles Ahead (piano insert-mono)
3:09
16
Blues for Pablo (rehearsal sequence)
5:54
17
New Rhumba (take 2)
4:40
18
Lament (take 1)
2:24
19
I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (by Anyone but You) (rehearsal)
2:13
20
I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (by Anyone but You) (take 5)
2:58
21
[studio discussion]
0:35
22
I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (by Anyone but You) (piano take 4)
2:58
23
[pause track]
0:06
CD 6: Alternate and Rehearsal Takes
1
[studio discussion]
0:21
2
Springsville (take 8 without overdubs)
3:36
3
[studio discussion]
0:08
4
Miles Ahead (take 11 without overdubs)
3:34
5
I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (by Anyone but You) (take 3 without overdubs)
3:03
6
Springsville (overdub take 1)
2:10
7
Springsville (overdubbed solos 4-5)
2:22
8
Springsville (overdubbed solos 6-9)
2:34
9
Springsville (issued overdubbed solo)
0:29
10
Miles Ahead (issued overdubbed solo)
1:55
11
Miles Ahead (overdubbed solo)
1:36
12
I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (by Anyone but You) (overdubbed solo 1)
1:05
13
I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (by Anyone but You) (overdubbed solo 2)
1:27
14
I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (by Anyone but You) (overdubbed solo 4)
2:06
15
I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (by Anyone but You) (overdubbed solo 8)
3:06
16
I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (by Anyone but You) (overdubbed solo 19 & 19C)
3:00
17
Miles Ahead (mono master)
3:33
18
Gone (rehearsal sequence)
2:55
19
Gone, Gone, Gone (rehearsal sequence)
2:59
20
[studio discussion]
0:56
21
Bess, You Is My Woman Now (rehearsal take)
5:00
22
It Ain't Necessarily So (take 1)
3:24
23
Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess (take 3)
3:57
24
I Loves You, Porgy (rehearsal sequence)
2:21
25
There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon for New York (remake)
2:25
26
My Man's Gone Now (remake take)
6:16
27
Song of Our Country (take 9)
3:01
28
Concierto de Aranjuez (adagio) (rehearsal)
7:24
29
Concierto de Aranjuez (adagio) (alternate ending)
1:26
30
[pause track]
0:04

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Release credits

Al Block
flugelhorn [4.1-6, 3.1, 3.10], flute [1, 1-5]
Art Taylor
drums (drum set) [10]
Bernie Glow
trumpet [3.1, 3.1-6, 3.9, 2.2-5, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12-13, 4.1-6, 1.10]
Bill Barber
tuba [4.1-6, 3.2-6, 3.9, 2.2-5, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12-13, 1.10]
Bob Dorough
lead vocals [8]
Cannonball Adderley
alto saxophone [2-5, 7, 10, 12-13]
Danny Bank
alto flute [12], bass clarinet [3.1, 3.1-6, 3.9-10, 2.2-5, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12-13]
Danny Banks
bass clarinet [10]
Dick Hixson
bass trombone [2-5, 7, 10, 13], trombone [3.1, 3.1-6, 3.9-10, 2.12]
Dick Nixon
bass trombone [2-4, 7, 10, 13]
Don Corrado
French horn [1-6]
Earl Chapin
French horn [1, 10]
Eddie Caine
flute [1]
Elvin Jones
percussion [4.1-6, 3.1, 3.1-6, 3.9-10]
Ernie Royal
trumpet [1.10, 3.1, 3.1-6, 3.9, 2.2-5, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12-13, 4.1-6]
Frank Rehak
trombone [2.2-5, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12-13, 3.1, 3.1-6, 3.9-10, 4.1-6, 4.8, 1.10]
Garvin Bushell
bassoon [1-6], contrabassoon [1-6]
Gil Evans
arranger [3.1-6, 4.8, 2.2-5, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12-13], conductor [2.2-5, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12-13, 3.1, 3.1-6]
Gunther Schuller
French horn [2-5, 7, 10, 12-13]
Harold Feldman
clarinet [1], flute [2-5], oboe [1]
Harold “Shorty” Baker
trumpet [1-6]
J.J. Johnson
trombone [1-6]
Jack Knitzer
bassoon [2-5]
James McAllister
tuba [1]
Janet Putnam
harp [1, 1-5]
Jerome Richardson
clarinet [12], flute [4.1-6, 2.5, 2.7, 2.12-13]
Jim Buffington
French horn [1, 1-5, 10]
Jim McAllister
tuba [1]
Jimmy Cleveland
trombone [1.10, 2.2-5, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12-13]
Jimmy Cobb
drums (drum set) [3.1, 3.1-6, 3.9-10, 2.2, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12-13, 4.1-6, 4.8]
Joe Bennett
trombone [2.2-5, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12-13, 1.10]
John Barrows
French horn [1, 10]
John Carisi
trumpet [10]
Johnny Coles
trumpet [3.2-6, 3.9, 2.2-5, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12-13]
Joseph Singer
French horn [2-5]
José Mangual
percussion [1-6, 9-10]
Julius Watkins
French horn [2.2-5, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12-13, 4.1-6]
Lee Konitz
alto saxophone [10]
Louis R. Mucci
trumpet [3.1, 3.10, 2.2-5, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12-13, 1.10, 4.1-6]
Miles Davis
brass [2-5], flugelhorn [3.1, 3.10, 1.10, 2.2-5, 2.7, 2.10, 2.13], performer [10], trumpet [4.1-6, 4.8, 3.1, 2.2-5, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12-13]
Paul Chambers
bass [2-5, 7, 10, 13], double bass [2.12, 3.1, 3.1-6, 3.9-10, 1.10, 4.1-6, 4.8]
Phil Bodner
flute [2-4, 10]
Philly Joe Jones
drums (drum set) [3-5, 7, 13]
Ray Alonge
French horn [1-6]
Ray Beckenstein
flute [1-6]
Robert Tricarico
bassoon [1-6]
Romeo Penque
clarinet [2.12, 1.10], flute [2.2-5, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12-13, 1.10], oboe [1-6, 9-10]
Sid Cooper
clarinet [10], flute [10]
Steve Lacy
soprano saxophone [1-6]
Taft Jordan
trumpet [1.10, 3.1, 3.10]
Teo Macero
producer [8]
Tom Mitchell
bass trombone [10]
Tony Miranda
French horn [2-5]
Wayne Shorter
tenor saxophone [8]
Willie Bobo
bongos [1-6, 8]
Willie Ruff
French horn [2.2-5, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12-13, 1.10]

Issues

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(Combined release view)
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The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
6x CD
26 August 1996
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The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
11x 12" Vinyl (limited edition)
1996
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The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
6x CD
2004
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The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
6x CD
2010