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: FLAC (tracks+cue,log)

Total Time: 6:26:30

Total Size: 2.29 GB



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."





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)