The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane

The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane
The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane
Box set by Miles Davis and John Coltrane
Released	April 11, 2000
Recorded	October 26, 1955 to March 21, 1961
Genre	Jazz
Length	386:01
Label	Columbia/Legacy
Producer	George Avakian, Teo Macero, and Irving Townsend
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Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]
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The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane is a box set featuring jazz musicians Miles Davis and John Coltrane. It is the first box set in a series of eight from Columbia/Legacy compiling Davis's work for Columbia Records, and includes never-before-released alternate takes, omissions of other musicians, musician comments, false starts and a first version of compositions, some of which have made it to the 50th Anniversary 2-disc CD version of Kind of Blue. Originally issued on April 11, 2000, in a limited-edition metal slipcase, it was reissued in 2004 in an oversized book format. In conjunction with Sony, Mosaic Records released the 9-LP set.^[4]

Albums

Davis' and Coltrane's work together for Columbia produced three studio albums, two tracks from a fourth, and two live albums, all of which are contained in this box set:

'Round About Midnight (released March 4, 1957)
Milestones (released September 2, 1958)
Kind of Blue (released August 17, 1959)
Someday My Prince Will Come (released December 11, 1961) (2 tracks only)
Miles & Monk at Newport (released May 11, 1964) (A-side only), reissued as Miles Davis at Newport 1958 in 2001
Jazz at the Plaza (released September 28, 1973)

Track listing

Disc 1
No.	Title	Original release	Length
1.	"Two Bass Hit (Alternate Take)"	Previously unreleased	3:21
2.	"Two Bass Hit (Take 2)"	Circle in the Round	3:44
3.	"Ah-Leu-Cha (Alternate Take)"	Previously unreleased	5:51
4.	"Ah-Leu-Cha"	'Round About Midnight	5:53
5.	"Ah-Leu-Cha (Take 5)"	Previously unreleased	5:25
6.	"Little Melonae"	Basic Miles	7:22
7.	"Budo (Alternate Take)"	The Columbia Years 1955–1985	5:02
8.	"Budo"	Jazz Omnibus (various artist compilation)	4:17
9.	"Dear Old Stockholm"	Round About Midnight	7:51
10.	"Bye Bye Blackbird (Alternate Take)"	Previously unreleased	7:50
11.	"Bye Bye Blackbird"	Round About Midnight	7:56
12.	"Tadd's Delight"	'Round About Midnight	4:28
13.	"Tadd's Delight (Alternate Take)"	Previously unreleased	4:18

Disc 2
No.	Title	...	Length
1.	"Dear Old Stockholm (Alternate Take)"	Previously unreleased	6:42
2.	"All of You (Alternate Take)"	Previously unreleased	7:31
3.	"All of You"	Round About Midnight	7:03
4.	"Sweet Sue, Just You (First Version)"	Previously unreleased	4:23
5.	"Sweet Sue, Just You (False Start with Discussion Between Leonard Bernstein & Miles Davis)"	Previously unreleased	1:58
6.	"Sweet Sue, Just You (Alternate Take)"	Previously unreleased	3:32
7.	"Sweet Sue, Just You"	What Is Jazz	3:41
8.	"Miles Davis Comments"	Previously unreleased	0:30
9.	"'Round Midnight"	Round About Midnight	5:57
10.	"Two Bass Hit (Alternate Take)"	Previously unreleased	4:32
11.	"Two Bass Hit"	Milestones	5:13
12.	"Billy Boy"	Milestones	7:12
13.	"Straight No Chaser (Alternate Take)"	Previously unreleased	10:27

Disc 3
No.	Title	...	Length
1.	"Straight No Chaser"	Milestones	10:37
2.	"Milestones (Alternate Take)"	Previously unreleased	6:01
3.	"Milestones"	Milestones	5:44
4.	"Sid's Ahead"	Milestones	13:02
5.	"Little Melonae (omits Adderley)"	Previously unreleased	7:55
6.	"Dr. Jekyll"	Milestones	5:49
7.	"On Green Dolphin Street"	Jazz Track	9:50
8.	"Fran-Dance (Alternate Take)"	Previously unreleased	5:52
9.	"Fran-Dance"	Jazz Track	5:49
10.	"Stella by Starlight"	Jazz Track	4:43

Disc 4
No.	Title	...	Length
1.	"Love for Sale"	1958 Miles	11:49
2.	"Freddie Freeloader (false start)"	Previously unreleased	1:27
3.	"Freddie Freeloader"	Kind of Blue	9:48
4.	"So What"	Kind of Blue	9:23
5.	"Blue in Green"	Kind of Blue	5:38
6.	"Flamenco Sketches (Alternate Take)"	Previously unreleased	9:33
7.	"Miles Davis Comments"	Previously unreleased	0:44
8.	"Flamenco Sketches"	Kind of Blue	9:27
9.	"All Blues"	Kind of Blue	11:32

Disc 5
No.	Title	...	Length
1.	"Someday My Prince Will Come"	Someday My Prince Will Come	9:05
2.	"Teo"	Someday My Prince Will Come	9:36
3.	"Introduction by Willis Conover"	Miles Davis at Newport 1958	2:15
4.	"Ah-Leu-Cha"	Miles Davis at Newport 1958	5:52
5.	"Straight No Chaser"	Miles Davis at Newport 1958	8:47
6.	"Fran-Dance"	Miles Davis at Newport 1958	7:13
7.	"Two Bass Hit"	Miles Davis at Newport 1958	4:10
8.	"Bye Bye Blackbird"	Miles Davis at Newport 1958	9:10
9.	"The Theme"	Miles Davis at Newport 1958	2:48

Disc 6
No.	Title	...	Length
1.	"If I Were a Bell"	Jazz at the Plaza	8:31
2.	"Oleo"	Jazz at the Plaza	10:38
3.	"My Funny Valentine"	Jazz at the Plaza	10:18
4.	"Straight No Chaser"	Jazz at the Plaza	10:56

Personnel

Recorded between October 26, 1955, and March 21, 1961, in New York City (except disk 5, tracks 3–9, recorded in Newport, RI).

Miles Davis – trumpet
John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone (Disc 5: track 1)
Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone (Disc 2: tracks 10–13; Disc 3; Disc 4: tracks 1, 6–9; Disc 5: tracks 3–9; Disc 6)
Red Garland – piano (Disc 1; Disc 2; Disc 3: tracks 1–6)
Bill Evans – piano (Disc 3: tracks 7–10; Disk 4: track 1, 4–9; Disc 5: tracks 3–9; Disc 6)
Wynton Kelly – piano (Disc 4: tracks 2–3; Disc 5: tracks 1–2)
Paul Chambers – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums (Disc 1; Disc 2; Disc 3: tracks 1–6)
Jimmy Cobb – drums (Disc 3: tracks 7–10; Disk 4; Disc 5; Disc 6)

References

^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2011). "The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955–1961 – John Coltrane | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 345. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ "Discography and description". Mosaic Records. Retrieved 2021-07-25.

[1] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2011). "The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955–1961 – John Coltrane | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 August 2011.

[2] Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 345. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[4] "Discography and description". Mosaic Records. Retrieved 2021-07-25.

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Discography
Prestige albums	Mating Call (with Tadd Dameron) Tenor Conclave Coltrane Interplay Wheelin' & Dealin' John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio Soultrane Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette The Cats (with Tommy Flanagan and Kenny Burrell) Lush Life Settin' the Pace Standard Coltrane Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane Stardust Dakar The Believer Black Pearls Bahia The Last Trane Two Tenors
Blue Note albums	Blue Train Coltrane Time
Atlantic albums	Giant Steps Bags & Trane (with Milt Jackson) Coltrane Jazz My Favorite Things Olé Coltrane Coltrane Plays the Blues Coltrane's Sound The Avant-Garde
Impulse! albums	Africa/Brass Coltrane Duke Ellington & John Coltrane Ballads Impressions John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman Crescent A Love Supreme The John Coltrane Quartet Plays Ascension Meditations Kulu Sé Mama Expression Om Cosmic Music (with Alice Coltrane) Selflessness: Featuring My Favorite Things Transition Sun Ship Infinity Interstellar Space The Africa/Brass Sessions, Volume 2 First Meditations Dear Old Stockholm Stellar Regions Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album Blue World
With Miles Davis	Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet 'Round About Midnight Cookin' Relaxin' Milestones Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants Kind of Blue Jazz Track Workin' Steamin' Someday My Prince Will Come Miles & Monk at Newport Basic Miles At Newport 1958 Jazz at the Plaza Vol. I 1958 Miles Miles Davis Quintet at Peacock Alley
With Thelonious Monk	The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings Thelonious Himself Monk's Music Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane
Live albums	"Live" at the Village Vanguard Live at Birdland New Thing at Newport Live at the Village Vanguard Again! Live in Seattle Live in Japan Afro Blue Impressions The Paris Concert The European Tour Live Trane: The European Tours Bye Bye Blackbird Newport '63 The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording Live at the Half Note: One Down, One Up Offering: Live at Temple University A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy
Compilations	Alternate Takes The Best of John Coltrane The Classic Quartet – Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings Coltrane for Lovers The Coltrane Legacy The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane The Prestige Recordings Countdown: The Savoy Sessions Dial Africa: The Savoy Sessions Feelin' Good Gold Coast The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings High Step The Major Works of John Coltrane Jupiter Variation Ken Burns Jazz: John Coltrane The Last Giant: Anthology Living Space To the Beat of a Different Drum Trane's Blues Trane's Modes
Compositions	"26-2" "Alabama" "Blue Train" "Central Park West" "Countdown" "Equinox" "Giant Steps" "Impressions" "Lazy Bird" "Moment's Notice" "Mr. P.C." "Naima" "Ogunde"
Documentaries	The Church of Saint Coltrane The World According to John Coltrane Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
Related	List of sessions Coltrane changes Sheets of sound Alice Coltrane (wife) Ravi Coltrane (son) Philadelphia house Dix Hills home 5893 Coltrane asteroid John W. Coltrane Cultural Society Tribute albums Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane