The Essential Miles Davis

Tracklist

• 12" Vinyl 1
• 1
  Now's The Time
  3:15
• 2
  Jeru
  3:10
  3.0 ★
• 3
  'Round Midnight
  5:55
  3.7 ★
• 4
  Bye Bye Blackbird
  7:54
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Generique
  2:45
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Summertime
  3:17
  5.0 ★
• 7
  So What
  9:22
  4.2 ★
• 8
  The Pan Piper
  3:52
  3.3 ★
• 12" Vinyl 2
• 1
  Someday My Prince Will Come
  9:04
• 2
  E.S.P.
  5:27
• 3
  Nefertiti
  7:49
  3.7 ★
• 4
  Miles Runs The Voodoo Down
  14:02
  3.8 ★
• 5
  Black Satin
  5:19
  4.3 ★
• 6
  Time After Time
  3:39
  4.6 ★

More by Miles Davis

Kind of Blue

Kind of Blue 1959

In a Silent Way

In a Silent Way 1969

Birth of the Cool

Birth of the Cool 1957

Bitches Brew

Bitches Brew 1970

Seven Steps to Heaven

Seven Steps to Heaven 1963

Ascenseur pour l’échafaud

Ascenseur pour l’échafaud 1958

Release credits

• Al Block
  flute [8]
• Al Foster
  drums (drum set) [5-6]
• Al Haig
  piano [2]
• Badal Roy
  tabla [5]
• Barney Wilen
  tenor saxophone [5]
• Bennie Maupin
  bass clarinet [4-5]
• Bernie Glow
  trumpet [6, 8]
• Bill Barber
  tuba [2, 6, 8]
• Bill Evans
  piano [7]
• Billy Hart
  drums (drum set) [5]
• Cannonball Adderley
  alto saxophone [6-7]
• Carlos Garnett
  soprano saxophone [5]
• Charlie Parker
  alto saxophone [1]
• Chick Corea
  Rhodes piano [5], electric piano [4]
• Curley Russell
  bass [1]
• Danny Bank
  bass clarinet [6, 8]
• Darryl Jones
  bass [6]
• Dave Holland
  electric bass guitar [4]
• David Creamer
  guitar [5]
• Dick Hixson
  bass trombone [6], trombone [8]
• Dizzy Gillespie
  piano [1]
• Don Alias
  drums (drum set) [4]
• Doug Hawkins
  recording [1]
• Elvin Jones
  percussion [8]
• Ernie Royal
  trumpet [6, 8]
• Frank Rehak
  trombone [6, 8]
• Fred Plaut
  recording [7]
• George Avakian
  producer [3-4]
• Gerry Mulligan
  arranger [2], baritone saxophone [2]
• Gil Evans
  arranger [6, 8], conductor [6, 8]
• Gunther Schuller
  French horn [6]
• Hank Mobley
  tenor saxophone [1]
• Harold "Ivory" Williams
  organ [5], synthesizer [5]
• Harold Feldman
  flute [8]
• Harvey Brooks
  electric bass guitar [4]
• Herbie Hancock
  Rhodes piano [5], piano [2-3], synthesizer [5]
• Irving Townsend
  producer [7]
• Jack DeJohnette
  drums (drum set) [4-5]
• Jack Knitzer
  bassoon [8]
• Janet Putnam
  harp [8]
• Jerome Richardson
  flute [6]
• Jim Buffington
  French horn [8]
• Jim Riley
  congas [4]
• Jimmy Cleveland
  trombone [6]
• Jimmy Cobb
  drums (drum set) [2.1, 1.7-8]
• Joe Bennett
  trombone [6]
• Joe Shulman
  double bass [2]
• John Coltrane
  tenor saxophone [1.3-4, 1.7, 2.1]
• John McLaughlin
  electric guitar [4]
• John Scofield
  guitar [6]
• Johnny Coles
  trumpet [6, 8]
• Joseph Singer
  French horn [8]
• José Mangual
  percussion [8]
• Julius Watkins
  French horn [6]
• Junior Collins
  French horn [2]
• Kai Winding
  trombone [2]
• Kenny Clarke
  drums (drum set) [5]
• Khalil Balakrishna
  electric sitar [5]
• Larry Young
  electric piano [4]
• Lee Konitz
  alto saxophone [2]
• Louis R. Mucci
  trumpet [6]
• Max Roach
  drums (drum set) [1-2]
• Michael Henderson
  bass [5]
• Miles Davis
  arranger [6], brass [8], flugelhorn [6], producer [6], trumpet [1.1-7, 2.1-6]
• Paul Chambers
  bass [6], double bass [2.1, 1.3-4, 1.7-8]
• Philly Joe Jones
  drums (drum set) [3-4, 6]
• Pierre Michelot
  double bass [5]
• Raymond Moore
  engineer [4], recording [3]
• Red Garland
  piano [3-4]
• René Urtreger
  piano [5]
• Robert Irving III
  arranger [6], producer [6], synthesizer [6]
• Romeo Penque
  flute [6], oboe [8]
• Ron Carter
  double bass [2-3]
• Ron Lorman
  engineer [6], mix [6]
• Russ Payne
  task [5]
• Stanley Tonkell
  recording [4], task [5]
• Steve Thornton
  percussion [6]
• Teddy Reig
  producer [1]
• Tom Swift
  engineer [6], mix [6]
• Tony Miranda
  French horn [8]
• Tony Williams
  drums (drum set) [2-3]
• Vince Wilburn, Jr.
  co [6]
• Wayne Shorter
  soprano saxophone [4], tenor saxophone [2-3]
• Willie Ruff
  French horn [6]
• Wynton Kelly
  piano [1]
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Issues

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  The Essential Miles Davis

  2x CD
  15 May 2001
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  The Essential Miles Davis

  2x Digital Media
  15 May 2001
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  The Essential Miles Davis

  2x CD
  2001
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  The Essential Miles Davis

  3x CD (The Essential Miles Davis 3.0 — Australian 3CD Limited Edition)
  2008
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  We Want Miles

  2x CD (identical content to "The Essential Miles Davis")
  2009
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  The Essential Miles Davis

  2x CD
  27 September 2010
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  The Essential Miles Davis

  2x 12" Vinyl
  2016