The Complete Columbia Recordings: Miles Davis & John Coltrane

The Complete Columbia Recordings: Miles Davis & John Coltrane Artist: Miles Davis , and John Coltrane
Label: Sony
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Box set
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 6


UPC: 074646583326
EAN: 0074646583326
ASIN: B00004SCH8


Release Date: 2000-04-11

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Tracks:

  1. Two Bass Hit (Alternate Take)
  2. Two Bass Hit
  3. Ah-Leu-Cha (Alternate Take)
  4. Ah-Leu-Cha
  5. Ah-Leu-Cha (Take 5)
  6. Little Melonae
  7. Budo (Alternate Take)
  8. Budo
  9. Dear Old Stockholm
  10. Bye Bye Blackbird (Alternate Take)
  11. Bye Bye Blackbird
  12. Tadd's Delight
  13. Tadd's Delight (Alternate Take)

Tracks:

  1. Dear Old Stockholm (Alternate Take)
  2. All Of You (Alternate Take)
  3. All Of You
  4. Sweet Sue, Just You (First Version)
  5. Sweet Sue, Just You
  6. Sweet Sue, Just You (Alternate Take)
  7. Sweet Sue, Just You
  8. MIles Davis Comments
  9. 'Round Midnight
  10. Two Bass Hit (Alternate Take)
  11. Two Bass Hit
  12. Billy Boy
  13. Straight, No Chaser (Alternate Take)

Tracks:

  1. Straight, No Chaser
  2. Milestones (Alternate Take)
  3. Milestones
  4. Sid's Ahead
  5. Little Melonae
  6. Dr. Jackle
  7. On Green Dolphin Street
  8. Fran-Dance (Alternate Take)
  9. Fran-Dance
  10. Stella By Starlight

Tracks:

  1. Love For Sale
  2. Freddie Freeloader (False Start)
  3. Freddie Freeloader
  4. So What
  5. Blue In Green
  6. Flamenco Sketches (Alternate Take)
  7. Miles Davis Comments
  8. Flamenco Sketches
  9. All Blues

Tracks:

  1. Someday My Prince Will Come
  2. Teo
  3. Introduction By Willis Conover
  4. Ah-Leu-Cha
  5. Straight, No Chaser
  6. Fran-Dance
  7. Two Bass Hit
  8. Bye Bye Blackbird
  9. The Theme

Tracks:

  1. If I Were A Bell
  2. Oleo
  3. My Funny Valentine
  4. Straight, No Chaser

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Complete and Exhaustive.......2004-02-24

Bought this (metal) box set when it first came out. Listened to it straight thru. Ripped and burned the tracks that are timeless classics, even the alternate take of Milestones and forget the rest. Sold the box. There is a reason these are alternate takes. Do yourself a favor and buy the recently remasterd re-releases of these 4 albums on cd (2003). Better sound quality, less filler and an overall better, more digestable presentation, the way Miles and Teo wanted it to be heard. ... That's why there is a ton of these for sale used.

2 out of 5 stars Only for the completist.......2003-07-24

There is some excellent material here but it's all in sequential order and I really don't feel Miles wanted us to hear it that way. If he did, it would've been released sequentially by Miles. My advice would be to get the albums from this era and hear the material as Miles intended. Unless of course you want four different versions of 'Two Bass Hit' which aren't really that different, anyway.

Also, I have to say the packaging is not that great. It's awkward getting to the cds.

5 out of 5 stars Wow!.......2003-03-11

and I thought the Miles Davis Quintet 1965-1968 was amazing!!

This box set may put that one to shame. This is great music for the ears and soul.

Sit back with either headphones or turn it up loud on your home stereo, because this music demands your full attention! This is not passively listening music. This is music to really listen to and digest.

Yes, this is some of the best stuff in Jazz!!

4 out of 5 stars I HAVE FINALLY FOUND THE ANSWER: DOUBLE UP!!!!.......2003-02-05

I am a huge jazz fan and for that reason own some box sets, but had never really grasped why the organizers of such box sets are not really into reproducing the original art cover, liner notes, the original sequencing and some minor details like those... until I got to read the frank words of some mr., or should I say 'SIR' Bob Blumenthal (by the way, another Sir is found sharing his thoughts with us in this box set)- pay attention, kids - :

"Since Miles Davis albums were especially well programmed, some listeners may complain more vehemently than usual about the chronological presentation here; but they should note that Davis's major albums remain as separate titles in the Columbia/Legacy catalogue, and that these classics will remain available in their original form." p.53

TRANSLATION: WHEN BUYING A JAZZ BOX SET, DON'T FORGET TO ORDER THE SAME STUFF YOU'RE BUYING IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM, UNLESS YOU'VE GOT MAGNIFYING LENSES TO CHECK OUT THE ORIGINAL ART COVER - which is the case here, and it's also in b&w, which I reckon they must have thought of bringing us back to the late 50's - AND A COMPUTER TO INSERT ALL THE DATA NEEDED TO HEAR THE ALBUMS IN THEIR ORIGINAL SEQUENCES - which has got to be done by the listener himself.

THANK YOU COLUMBIA, ATLANTIC, IMPULSE, BLUE NOTE, VERVE etc. FOR MAKING THIS WORLD SO FULL OF MUSIC!!!

5 out of 5 stars The Utmost.......2002-11-08

Miles Davis was the most brilliant minimalist in musical history. John Coltrane was probably the greatest soloist and most brilliant "maximalist" in jazz (though I might give Jimi Hendrix the nod if we move out to all forms of music). They made the most of their time together. Miles took these sessions for Columbia very seriously, aimed for excellence; with the help of Trane and the other brilliant players here (especially Red Garland, Philly Joe Jones, Paul Chambers, and Bill Evans) he laid down a series of recordings that are probably the utmost in jazz.

The "Round About Midnight" sessions, here to include other scattered and unreleased tracks, are stunning. The LP as originally configured was stunning and the utmost in "cool" sound applied to jazz; the extra material only magnifies this band's brilliance. This material includes close to 20 minutes' worth of takes of "Sweet Sue" that help to illustrate just what was going on here.

The "Milestones" sessions are rightfully famous for breaking ground and producing more gems. The "Kind of Blue" tracks are rightfully famous and well-known for their wispy elegance - but have you heard the session (three tracks) with Bill Evans that preceded that LP? It's cut from the same cloth and similarly brilliant.

After all of that perfection, discs 5 and 6 contain mostly live performances with flawed acoustics - no bass sound on the Newport '58 material, and very low-fi on the Plaza gig. But good lord those first 4 discs.

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