Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio RecordingsThe album name is rendered differently in different places. is a box set of music by jazz musicians Miles Davis and Gil Evans originally released on CD in 1996 and remastered and re-released in 2004. It collects work from 1957 through 1968 at Columbia Records recording studios.
Miles Davis and Gil Evans had worked together on Davis's landmark album Birth of the Cool, recorded in 1949–1950. Evans was a distinguished soloist, but it was his role as arranger that is well-illustrated here with alternate and working takes.
Track listing Disc 1 – Miles Ahead
Disc 2 – Porgy and Bess
Disc 3 – Sketches of Spain
Disc 4 – Quiet Nights and More
Disc 5 – The Making of Miles Ahead
Disc 6 – Alternate and Rehearsal Takes
Personnel
Miles Davis – trumpet, flugelhorn Gil Evans – piano, arranger, conductor Bob Dorough (vocals, piano) Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone) Lee Konitz, Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone) Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone) Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, James Jorda, John Carisi, Louis Mucci (trumpet) Jimmy Cleveland, J.J. Johnson, Frank Rehak, Joe Bennett, Tom Mitchell (trombone) Julius Watkins, Gunther Schuller, Willie Ruff, Tony Miranda, Jim Buffington (French horn) Bill Barber (tuba) Romeo Penque (flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, oboe) Hubert Laws (flute) Jack Knitzer (bassoon) Janet Putnam (harp) Wynton Kelly (piano) Herbie Hancock (piano, electric piano) Joe Beck (electric guitar) Paul Chambers, Ron Carter (bass) Art Taylor, Philly Joe Jones, Jimmy Cobb, Tony Williams (drums) Willie Bobo (bongos) Elvin Jones (percussion)allmusic
References
External links Miles Ahead: A Miles Davis Website