The Essential Miles Davis

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Album Info

Release Date: 2008

Labels: Columbia, Legacy, Sony Music, Columbia Jazz

This is the Australian press. The back image is slightly different to the US/Europe version (websites are listed above the copyright information, not underneath it)


"Tempus Fugit" and "Jeru" courtesy Blue Note Records, under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets.
"Compulsion" and "Walkin" courtesy of Prestige Records/Fantasy Inc.
"Generique" courtesy of Universal Music S.A. Division Mercury, under license from Universal.
"Portia" Warner Bros. Records, Inc., produced under license from Atlantic Recording Corp.

CD1 Tracks:
Track 1 recorded 26 November 1945 at WOR Studios, NYC. Released 1946. Available on Charlie Parker - The Immortal Charlie Parker (Savoy MG 12001).
Track 2 recorded 21 January 1949 in NYC. Released 1946. Available on Miles Davis - The Complete Birth Of The Cool (Capitol CDP-94550).
Track 3 recorded 31 January 1953 at Rudy Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack NJ. Released 1946. Available on Miles Davis - Collectors' Items (Prestige OJCCD 071-2).
Track 4 recorded 20 April 1953 at WOR Studios, NYC. Released 1953. Available on Miles Davis - Volume 2 (Blue Note CDP-81502).
Track 5 recorded 29 April 1954 at Rudy Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack NJ. Released 1946. Available on Miles Davis All Stars - Walkin' (Pestige OJCCD 213-2).
Track 6 recorded 10 September 1956 at Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC. Available on Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (Columbia CK85201).
Track 7 recorded 5 June 1956 at Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC. Available on Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (Columbia CK85201).
Track 8 recorded on 23 May 1957 at Le Poste Parisien Studio, Paris (France). Available on Miles Davis + 19 - Miles Ahead (CK-65121).
Track 9 recorded on 4-5 December 1957 at Le Poste Parisien Studio, Paris (France). Available on Miles Davis - Ascenseur Pour L'Échafaud (Lift To The Scaffold) (Fontana 836-305 2).
Track 10 recorded on 4 August 1958 at Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC. Available on Miles Davis - Porgy And Bess (Columbia CK 65141).
Track 11 recorded on 2 March 1959 at Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC. Available on Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue (Columbia CK 64935)
Track 12 recorded on 10 March 1960 at Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC. Available on Miles Davis - Sketches Of Spain (Columbia CK 65142)
Track 13 recorded on 20 March 1961 at Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC. Available on (Columbia CK 65919)

CD2 Tracks:
Track 1 recorded on 12 February 1964 at Philharmonic Hall, NYC. Available on Miles Davis - The Complete Concert 1964 - My Funny Valentine + Four & More (Columbia C2K 48821)
Track 2 recorded on 20 January 1965 at Columbia Studios, Hollywood, CA. Available on Miles Davis - E.S.P. (Columbia CK 65683).
Track 3 recorded on 7 June 1967 at Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC. Available on Miles Davis - Nefertiti (Columbia CK 65681)
Track 4 recorded on 19 June 1968 at Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC. Available on Miles Davis - Filles De Kilimanjaro (Columbia CK 46116)
Track 5 recorded on 20 August 1969 at Columbia Studio 8, NYC. Available on Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (Columbia C2K 65774).
Track 6 recorded on 4 June 1970 at Columbia Studio 8, NYC. Available on Miles Davis - Live-Evil (Columbia C2K 65135).
Track 7 recorded on 7 July 1972 at Columbia Studio 8, NYC. Available on Miles Davis - On The Corner (Columbia CK 63980).
Track 8 recorded on 4 October 1981 at Shinjuku Nishi-Guchi Hiroba, Tokyo. Available on Miles Davis - We Want Miles (Columbia C2 38005)
Track 9 recorded on 26 January 1984 at Record Plant, NYC. Available on Miles Davis - You're Under Arrest (Columbia CK 40023).
Track 10 recorded on 13 February 1986 at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA. Available on Miles Davis - Tutu (Warner Bros 25490).

CD 3 tracks:
Track 1 recorded on 26 May 1958 at Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC. Available on Miles Davis, John Coltrane - The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961 (Columbia C6K 90922).
Track 2 recorded on 4 February 1958 at Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC. Available on Miles Davis - Milestones (Columbia CK 85203).
Track 3 recorded on 14 May 1963 at Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC. Available on Miles Davis - Seven Steps To Heaven (Columbia CK 93595).
Track 4 recorded on 25 October 1966 at Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC. Available on The Miles Davis Quintet - Miles Smiles (Columbia CK 65682).
Track 5 recorded on 18 February 1969 at Columbia Studio B, NYC. Available on Miles Davis - In A Silent Way (Columbia CK 86556).