The Complete Columbia Studio... [Box]

構成数 : 6枚
合計収録時間 : 07:06:38
THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA STUDIO RECORDINGS compiles all of Miles Davis' collaborations with composer/arranger Gil Evans. Included are the original and alternate versions of the four albums that Davis and Evans made together--MILES AHEAD, PORGY AND BESS, SKETCHES OF SPAIN and QUIET NIGHTS--as well as various outtakes and unreleased tracks. More than half of the material is previously unreleased. Personnel includes: Miles Davis (trumpet, flugelhorn); Gil Evans (arranger, conductor); Bob Dorough (vocals, piano); Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone); Lee Konitz, Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone); Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone); Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow (trumpet); Jimmy Cleveland, J.J. Johnson, Frank Rehak (trombone); Julius Watkins, Gunther Schuller (French horn); Bill Barber (tuba); Romeo Penque (flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, oboe); Hubert Laws (flute); Jack Knitzer (bassoon); Janet Putnam (harp); Wynton Kelly (piano); Herbie Hancock (piano, electric piano); Joe Beck (electric guitar); Paul Chambers, Ron Carter (bass); Arthur Taylor, Philly Joe Jones, Jimmy Cobb, Tony Williams (drums); Willie Bobo (bongos); Elvin Jones (percussion). Producers: George Avakian, Cal Lampley, Teo Macero, John Hammond, Irving Townsend. Engineers: Harold Chapman, Fred Plaut, Frank Laico, R.G. Recorded at 30th Street Studio and Columbia Studios, New York, New York; Columbia Studios, Hollywood, California between 1957 and 1968. Originally released on MILES AHEAD, PORGY AND BESS, SKETCHES OF SPAIN, DIRECTIONS, QUIET NIGHTS, JINGLE BELL JAZZ, SORCERER and THE GIANTS OF JAZZ. Includes liner notes by Quincy Jones, George Avakian, Bill Kirchner, Bob Belden and Phil Schaap; as well as original release liner notes by Andre Hodier, Charles Edward Smith and Nat Hentoff. THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA STUDIO RECORDINGS won 1997 Grammy Awards for Best Historical Album, Best Album Notes (by George Avakian, Bob Belden, Bill Kirchner and Phil Schaap), and Best Recording Package - Boxed. All tracks have been digitally remastered. In the early 1960s, two giants of jazz went into the studios to collaborate on some of the most haunting, beautiful music ever. Miles was, by this time, a jazz star, a great trumpet player, composer and bandleader (his bands would be "finishing schools" for future titans: John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Dave Holland). Gil Evans was a subtly superb composer and arranger, who wrote for the big band of Claude Thornhill and singers Johnny Mathis and Helen Merrill, as well as the small groups of Gerry Mulligan and Teddy Charles, and would go on to leading his own edgy, modern big band (he even recorded an album of Jimi Hendrix songs!). This six-CD set, comprises, alternate takes & all, the Davis/Evans albums MILES AHEAD, PORGY AND BESS, SKETCHES OF SPAIN, QUIET NIGHTS, and PLUS 19. This is some of Miles' most gorgeous playing in intricate, thoughtful, lush and majestic orchestral settings, with more that a few subtle classical shadings. Save your pennies and dimes for this elaborately annotated (it has CD-sized "miniatures" of original album covers!) box, a treasure for fans of Miles, Evans, orchestral jazz and heartfelt instrumental music.
録音 : モノラル／ステレオ (Studio)