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Miles Davis, Miles Ahead
Audio CD
Disk ID: 1654252
Disk length: 1h 14m 21s (20 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 1957
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Springsville | 3:27 |
| 2. The Maids of Cadiz | 3:59 |
| 3. The Duke | 3:29 |
| 4. My Ship | 4:27 |
| 5. Miles Ahead | 3:29 |
| 6. Blues for Pablo | 5:19 |
| 7. New Rhumba | 4:35 |
| 8. The Meaning of the Blues | 2:50 |
| 9. Lament | 2:16 |
| 10. I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) | 3:07 |
| 11. Springsville (remake take 7) | 3:16 |
| 12. The Maids of Cadiz (take 1) | 3:57 |
| 13. The Duke (take 11) | 3:32 |
| 14. My Ship (take 1) | 4:23 |
| 15. Miles Ahead (take 4) | 3:32 |
| 16. Blues For Pablo (take 1) | 5:27 |
| 17. New Rhumba (take 5) | 4:45 |
| 18. The Meaning of the Blues (rehearsal take) | 2:48 |
| 19. Lament (rehearsal take) | 2:21 |
| 20. I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (take 8) | 3:12 |
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Review
These 1957 recordings were the first of Miles Davis's collaborations with arranger Gil Evans for Columbia, renewing a relationship that had begun with the Birth of the Cool sessions in 1949. It was perhaps the most important relationship ever forged between a jazz soloist and an arranger, for Evans excelled at finding fresh material (like Delibes's "The Maids of Cadiz") and then adding subtle voicings and blending unusual instruments to highlight Davis's central voice. Everything Evans does enhances the trumpeter's keen sense of space and his evocative sound. He could construct complex arrangements and make them fly (as on the opening "Springsville," by John Carisi), contrast Davis's voice with tuba or bass clarinet, or create the longing, Spanish-inflected "Blues for Pablo," a precursor to their later Sketches of Spain. --Stuart Broomer
Other Versions
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