Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall: The Legendary Performances of May 19, 1961 is a live album by American jazz musician Miles Davis originally released by Columbia in 1962. In 1987, a follow up with more recordings from the concert was released as Live Miles: More Music from the Legendary Carnegie Hall Concert, and the two were combined into a double-album in 1998.
Background This live performance features Davis with his regular quintet and accompanied by Gil Evans and his 21-piece orchestra. The orchestra and quintet together perform selections from Miles Ahead and Sketches of Spain, while the quintet by itself performs both Davis originals and standards by Sonny Rollins and Ahmad Jamal, among others.
Although Davis and Evans recorded multiple albums together, there were only two live performances ever with both quintet and orchestra. On top of the rarity of the occasion, the Carnegie Hall recording features a few one-offs: the only recordings of the Gil Evans-orchestrated introduction to "So What" and a version of "Spring Is Here," again arranged by Evans.
Track listing Original release The original LP was released in two versions: as CL 1812 in monaural and CS 8612 as "electronically re-channeled for stereo."
1998 Columbia/Legacy release A two-disc CD version of the complete concert in chronological order was released by Sony/Columbia in 1998. This edition features the original mono mix.
Disc 1
Disc 2
Personnel
The Miles Davis Quintet
Miles Davis – trumpet Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone Wynton Kelly – piano Paul Chambers – bass Jimmy Cobb – drums
The Gil Evans Orchestra Gil Evans – arranger and conductor Miles Davis – trumpet soloist Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci – trumpets Jimmy Knepper, Dick Hixon, Frank Rehak – trombones Julius Watkins, Paul Ingrahan, Bob Swisshelm – French horns Bill Barber – tuba Romeo Penque, Jerome Richardson, Eddie Caine, Bob Tricarico, Danny Bank – reeds and woodwinds Janet Putnam – harp Wynton Kelly – piano (on "Spring is Here" only) Paul Chambers – bass Jimmy Cobb – drums Bobby Rosengarden – percussion
Production Teo Macero – producer
Chart history
Chart Peakposition US Billboard Top Jazz Albums59
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