This special low priced 4CD celebrates one of the most acclaimed line-ups in jazz history: a quintet led by Miles Davis playing along side the great John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones, between 1955-56. Recorded in part at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio in New Jersey and Columbia studios in NY, and in part live at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in California, Davis, who was in his thirties at the time, had just entered a period of incredible artistic maturity. Behind the omnipresent glasses, was a diffident anti-hero: proud and provocative. He spoke to the audience only through his trumpet, and turned his back on it during the other musicians' solos. Thanks to his extraordinary genius jazz music was completely revolutionized. Line-up: Miles Davis: trumpet; John Coltrane: tenor saxophone; Red Garland: piano; Paul Chambers: bass; Philly Joe Jones: drums
Track listing:
CD 1: 1. Ah-Leu-Cha 2. Two Bass Hit 3. Little Melonae 4. Budo 5. Stablemates 6. How Am I To Know? 7. Just Squeeze Me 8. There Is No Greater Love 9. The Theme 10. S'posin' 11. Introduction by Gene Norman 12. Chance It (aka Max Is Making Wax) 13. Walkin' 14. Gene Norman & Miles Davis CD 2: 1. It Never Entered My Mind 2. Woody 'N You 3. Salt Peanuts 4. The Theme 5. In Your Own Sweet Way 6. Diane 7. Trane's Blues 8. Something I Dreamed Last Night 9. It Could Happen To You 10. Woody 'N' You 11. Ahmad's Blues 12. Surrey with the Fringe on Top 13. It Never Entered My Mind CD 3: 1. When I Fall In Love 2. Salt Peanuts 3. Four 4. The Theme (Take 1) 5. The Theme (Take 2) 6. Bye Bye Blackbird 7. Tadd's Delight 8. Dear Old Stockholm 9. 'Round Midnight 10. All Of You 11. Sweet Sue, Just You 12. If I Were A Bell 13. Well, You Needn't CD 4: 1. 'Round About Midnight 2. Half Nelson 3. You're My Everything 4. I Could Write A Book 5. Oleo 6. Airegin 7. Tune Up 8. When Lights Are Low 9. Blues By Five 10. My Funny Valentine
