Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961

THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA RECORDINGS contains tracks recorded from October 1955 to March 1961.
Personnel: Miles Davis (trumpet); John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone); Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone); Red Garland, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Philly Joe Jones, Jimmy Cobb (drums).
Producers: George Avakian, Cal Lampley, Teo Macero, Irving Townsend.
Compilation producers: Michael Cuscuna, Bob Belden.
Engineers include: Frank Laico, Harold Chapman, Buddy Graham.
Recorded at Columbia Studio D, New York, New York on October 26, 1955; Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, New York between June 5, 1956 and March 21, 1961; live at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport Rhode Island on July 3, 1958; live at the Persian Room, Plaza Hotel, New York, New York on September 9, 1958. Includes liner notes by Jimmy Cobb, George Avakian, Michael Cuscuna, Bob Blumenthal, Bob Belden, Ken Vail and Bill Evans.
Digitally remastered by Mark Wilder.
THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA RECORDINGS won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Boxed Recording Package. The set also won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Album Notes.
Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Miles Davis (trumpet); Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone); Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone); Red Garland, Wynton Kelly, Bill Evans (piano); Jimmy Cobb , Philly Joe Jones (drums).
Audio Remixer: Mark Wilder.
Liner Note Authors: Ken Vail; George Avakian; Jimmy Cobb ; Michael Cuscuna; Bill Evans ; Bob Belden; Bob Blumenthal.
Recording information: Columbia 30th St. Studio, New York, NY (10/26/1955-03/21/1961); Columbia Studio D, New York, NY (10/26/1955-03/21/1961); Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI (10/26/1955-03/21/1961); Persian (10/26/1955-03/21/1961); Persian Room, Plaza Hotel, NY (10/26/1955-03/21/1961).
Photographers: Don Hunstein; Dennis Stock; Vernon Smith; Francis Wolff; Marvin Koner; Aram Avakian; Chuck Stewart.
Arrangers: Gil Evans; Teo Macero.
This massive set is the first in a series of Columbia boxed collections of the many periods in the career of Miles Davis. It encompasses the first great quintet, which included John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones, and the subsequent sextet with Cannonball Adderley, Wynton Kelly or Bill Evans, and Jimmy Cobb. Covering what is for some the most fruitful of the Davis eras, it features such classics as "Round Midnight," "Someday My Prince Will Come," "Bye Bye Blackbird," and the entire KIND OF BLUE album.
While many may already own these essential recordings, it's the included extras that make this set so enticing--over the course of the six discs, 18 tracks have never before been issued. Most of these include alternate takes and trial runs of the golden cuts that any Miles Davis fan knows by heart, often with drastic changes in tempo and direction. Also included are a few behind-the-scenes studio discussions, including one between Davis and Leonard Bernstein. Finally, for the aficionado, the tremendous packaging that is this series' trademark serves as an excellent accompaniment to the musical treasures it contains.