The Essential Miles Davis is a Jazz album by Miles Davis, originally released in 2001. On Gatefold: 32 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Cool Jazz
- velvety
- meditative
- nocturnal
About
This fast-moving compilation gives you the crash course in Miles. The coiled energy of "Now's the Time," with quick and intense solos by Davis and Charlie Parker, hints at all the innovations to come. Gil Evans' ghostly strings on "The Pan Piper," the '60s quintet in fearless full flight on the hyperkinetic "E.S.P.," and the funky jazz-rock free-for-all on the clattering "Black Satin" fit perfectly together thanks to Davis' relentlessly questing spirit and detached, economical tone.
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Tracklist
- 1Now's the Time
- 2Jeru
- 3Compulsion
- 4Tempus Fugit
- 5Walkin'
- 6'Round Midnight5:55
- 7Bye Bye Blackbird7:53
- 8New Rhumba4:35
- 9Generique
- 10Summertime3:17
- 11So What9:21
- 12The Pan Piper3:51
- 13Someday My Prince Will Come9:03
- 2.1My Funny Valentine (Live)15:05
- 2.2E.S.P.5:28
- 2.3Nefertiti7:50
- 2.4Petits Machins (Little Stuff)8:05
- 2.5Miles Runs the Voodoo Down14:01
- 2.6Little Church3:13
- 2.7Black Satin5:15
- 2.8Jean Pierre4:01
- 2.9Time After Time3:38
- 2.10Portia
Credits
Performers
- Charlie ParkerALTO SAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Curly RussellBASS
- Max RoachDRUMS
- Dizzy GillespiePIANO
- Miles DavisTRUMPET ORGAN
- Lee KonitzALTO SAXOPHONE CLARINET
- Gerry MulliganBARITONE SAXOPHONE
- Joe ShulmanBASS
- Addison CollinsFRENCH HORN
- Al HaigPIANO
- Kai WindingTROMBONE
- Bill BarberTUBA
- Percy HeathBASS
- "Philly" Joe JonesDRUMS
- Walter Bishop, Jr.PIANO
- Sonny RollinsTENOR SAXOPHONE
- Art BlakeyDRUMS
- Gil CogginsPIANO
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 32 pressings tracked on Gatefold