Miles: The Best of Miles Davis

~ Release by Miles Davis (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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▼ CD 1
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1Générique
double bass:
Pierre Michelot (from 1957-12-04 until 1957-12-05)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (from 1957-12-04 until 1957-12-05)
piano:
René Urtreger (from 1957-12-04 until 1957-12-05)
tenor saxophone:
Barney Wilen (from 1957-12-04 until 1957-12-05)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (from 1957-12-04 until 1957-12-05)
recorded at:
Le Poste Parisien in Paris, Île-de-France, France (from 1957-12-04 until 1957-12-05)
recording of:
Générique (Ascenseur pour l’échafaud) (from 1957-12-04 until 1957-12-05)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
publisher:
Edition Continentale
2:51
2'Round Midnight
cover recording of:
’Round Midnight
lyricist:
Bernie Hanighen
composer:
Thelonious Monk and Cootie Williams
publisher:
Advanced Music, Advanced Music corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Thelonious Music, Thelonious Music Corporation (Publisher, affiliated to BMI.), Ultra Empire Music, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
is based on:
I Need You So
5:55
3So What
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (from 1959-03 until 1959-04)
recording engineer:
Fred Plaut (on 1959-03-02)
producer:
Irving Townsend
alto saxophone:
Cannonball Adderley (on 1959-03-02)
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-03-02)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Cobb (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-03-02)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1959-03-02, from 1959-03 until 1959-04)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1959-03-02)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1959-03-02, from 1959-03 until 1959-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding)
recorded at:
Columbia 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-03-02)
remix of:
So What (stereo) by Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
recording of:
So What (on 1959-03-02)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
publisher:
Jazz Horn Music
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
recording of:
So What (from 1959-03 until 1959-04)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
publisher:
Jazz Horn Music
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
4.359:25
4All Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1959-04-22)
engineer:
Fred Plaut (on 1959-04-22)
producer:
Irving Townsend
alto saxophone:
Cannonball Adderley (on 1959-04-22)
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-04-22)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Cobb (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-04-22)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1959-04-22)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1959-04-22)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1959-04-22)
recorded at:
Columbia 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-04-22)
recording of:
All Blues (on 1959-04-22)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
publisher:
Jazz Horn Music Corporation
4.511:36
5Miles
recording of:
Miles
writer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter), Lowell “Sly” Dunbar, Bill Laswell (US bass guitarist and record producer) and Robert “Robbie” Shakespeare
publisher:
Jazz Horn Music, More Cut Music, Songs of PolyGram International, Inc. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
5:45
6It Never Entered My Mind
cover recording of:
It Never Entered My Mind
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1940)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Lorenz Hart Publishing Co.
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
4:06
7Summertime
alto saxophone:
Cannonball Adderley (on 1958-08-18)
bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1958-08-18)
bass clarinet:
Danny Bank (reeds) (on 1958-08-18)
bass trombone:
Dick Hixson (on 1958-08-18) and Dick Nixon (on 1958-08-18)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Cobb (US jazz drummer) (on 1958-08-18) and Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1958-08-18)
flugelhorn:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1958-08-18)
flute:
Romeo Penque (on 1958-08-18) and Jerome Richardson (on 1958-08-18)
French horn:
Willie Ruff (on 1958-08-18), Gunther Schuller (horn player, conductor, composer) (on 1958-08-18) and Julius Watkins (on 1958-08-18)
trombone:
Joe Bennett (trombonist) (on 1958-08-18), Jimmy Cleveland (US jazz trombonist) (on 1958-08-18) and Frank Rehak (US jazz trombonist) (on 1958-08-18)
trumpet:
Johnny Coles (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1958-08-18), Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1958-08-18), Bernie Glow (on 1958-08-18), Louis Mucci (trumpetist) (on 1958-08-18) and Ernie Royal (on 1958-08-18)
tuba:
Bill Barber (Jazz tuba player) (on 1958-08-18)
conductor:
Gil Evans (on 1958-08-18)
arranger:
Gil Evans
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1958-08-18)
instrumental cover recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (on 1958-08-18)
lyricist:
Dorothy Kuhns (playwright), Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
3:22
8Stella by Starlight
cover recording of:
Stella by Starlight
lyricist:
Ned Washington (in 1946)
writer:
Ned Washington and Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor) (in 1944)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
4:45
9Concierto de Aranjuez
bass clarinet:
Danny Bank (reeds) (on 1959-11-15, on 1959-11-20)
clarinet:
Harold Feldman (woodwind player) (on 1959-11-15, on 1959-11-20)
double bass [bass]:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-11-15, on 1959-11-20)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Cobb (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-11-20)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Jimmy Cobb (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-11-15)
flugelhorn:
Al Block (US jazz flute/saxaphone) and Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1959-11-15, on 1959-11-20)
flute:
Albert Block (US jazz flute/saxaphone) (on 1959-11-15, on 1959-11-20) and Eddie Caine (saxophone player, not the rapper) (on 1959-11-15, on 1959-11-20)
French horn:
John Barrows (American wind instrumentalist) (on 1959-11-15, on 1959-11-20), Earl Chapin (on 1959-11-15, on 1959-11-20) and Jim Buffington (US jazz, studio and classical hornist) (on 1959-11-15, on 1959-11-20)
harp:
Janet Putnam (harpist) (on 1959-11-15, on 1959-11-20)
oboe:
Romeo Penque and Harold Feldman (woodwind player) (on 1959-11-15, on 1959-11-20)
percussion:
José Mangual and Elvin Jones (jazz drummer) (on 1959-11-15, on 1959-11-20)
trombone:
Dick Hixson (on 1959-11-15, on 1959-11-20) and Frank Rehak (US jazz trombonist) (on 1959-11-15, on 1959-11-20)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1959-11-15, on 1959-11-20), Bernie Glow (on 1959-11-15, on 1959-11-20), Taft Jordan (on 1959-11-15, on 1959-11-20), Louis Mucci (trumpetist) (on 1959-11-15, on 1959-11-20) and Ernie Royal (on 1959-11-15, on 1959-11-20)
tuba:
Jimmy McAllister (tuba) (on 1959-11-15) and Jimmy McAllister (on 1959-11-20)
conductor:
Gil Evans (on 1959-11-15, on 1959-11-20)
arranger:
Gil Evans
recorded at:
Columbia 30th Street Studios in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-11-15) and Columbia Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1959-11-20)
remaster of:
Concierto de Aranjuez (1959-11-20, master take, mono) by Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
recording of:
Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio (on 1959-11-15)
composer:
Joaquín Rodrigo (Spanish composer and virtuoso pianist) (in 1939)
arrangement of:
Concerto D'Aranjuez
part of:
Concierto de Aranjuez
partial recording of:
Concierto de Aranjuez (on 1959-11-20)
composer:
Joaquín Rodrigo (Spanish composer and virtuoso pianist) (in 1939)
recording of:
Concierto de Aranjuez
composer:
Joaquín Rodrigo (Spanish composer and virtuoso pianist) (in 1939)
cover recording of:
Concierto de Aranjuez
composer:
Joaquín Rodrigo (Spanish composer and virtuoso pianist) (in 1939)
partial cover recording of:
Concierto de Aranjuez
composer:
Joaquín Rodrigo (Spanish composer and virtuoso pianist) (in 1939)
16:23
10Someday My Prince Will Come
recording of:
Someday My Prince Will Come
lyricist:
Larry Morey
composer:
Frank Churchill
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) (in 1937)
part of:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 Disney animated film, songs and musical score)
5:38
11Circle
recording of:
Circle
writer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
5:51
▼ CD 2
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1Human Nature
engineer and mixer:
Ron Lorman and Tom Swift (engineer)
co-producer:
Vince Wilburn, Jr. (Drummer)
producer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) and Robert Irving III (Keyboardist)
bass:
Darryl Jones (bassist for The Rolling Stones) (from 1984-12-26 until 1984-12-27)
drums (drum set):
Vince Wilburn, Jr. (Drummer)
guitar:
John Scofield (US guitarist/composer)
percussion:
Steve Thornton (Percussionist) (from 1984-12-26 until 1984-12-27)
synthesizer:
Robert Irving III (Keyboardist) (from 1984-12-26 until 1984-12-27)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (from 1984-12-26 until 1984-12-27)
arranger:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) and Robert Irving III (Keyboardist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!)
recorded at:
The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1984-12-26 until 1984-12-27)
mixed at:
The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
instrumental cover recording of:
Human Nature (from 1984-12-26 until 1984-12-27)
lyricist:
John Bettis
composer:
Steve Porcaro
publisher:
John Bettis Music and Mystical Light Music
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing France, Warner Chappell Music France, ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) (, from 2017-04-01 to present), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 and ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31)
4:34
2Tutu
assistant engineer:
Maureen Thompson
engineer:
Eric Calvi and Peter Doell
producer:
Tommy LiPuma and Marcus Miller (jazz musician)
assistant mixer:
Eddie Garcia
mixer:
Bill Schnee
bass guitar, drum machine, guitar and synthesizer and other instruments [all other instruments]:
Marcus Miller (jazz musician)
bongos and drums (drum set):
Billy Hart (US jazz drummer aka "Jabali" Billy Hart)
percussion:
Paulinho da Costa (Brazilian percussionist)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
instruments arranger and arranger:
Marcus Miller (jazz musician)
engineered at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and Clinton Recording Studios (NYC 10th Ave til 2010) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Tutu
composer:
Marcus Miller (jazz musician)
45:18
3Time After Time
engineer and mixer:
Ron Lorman and Tom Swift (engineer)
co-producer:
Vince Wilburn, Jr. (Drummer)
producer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) and Robert Irving III (Keyboardist)
bass:
Darryl Jones (bassist for The Rolling Stones) (on 1984-01-26)
drums (drum set):
Al Foster (on 1984-01-26)
guitar:
John Scofield (US guitarist/composer) (on 1984-01-26)
percussion:
Steve Thornton (Percussionist) (on 1984-01-26)
synthesizer:
Robert Irving III (Keyboardist) (on 1984-01-26)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1984-01-26)
arranger:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) and Robert Irving III (Keyboardist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!)
recorded at:
The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1984-01-26)
mixed at:
The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
instrumental cover recording of:
Time After Time (on 1984-01-26)
writer:
Rob Hyman and Cyndi Lauper
publisher:
Sony Songs Inc. (ended), CBS Songs Ltd., Gray Matter Music, Human Boy Music, Rellla Music Corp., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28), Dub Notes Music (publisher) (in 1984), Rella Music Co. (publisher) (in 1984) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan), Inc., A Division, Warner Brothers Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23), Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (holding company – do not use as release label)
33:41
4MD1 / Something's On Your Mind / MD2
7:20
5Don't Stop Me Now
3:09
6Backyard Ritual
assistant engineer:
Mitch Gibson (engineer)
engineer and mixer:
Erik Zobler
executive producer:
Tommy LiPuma
producer:
George Duke
bass guitar, drum machine, guitar and synthesizer:
Marcus Miller (jazz musician)
drums (drum set):
Billy Hart (US jazz drummer aka "Jabali" Billy Hart)
other instruments [all other instruments]:
George Duke
percussion:
Paulinho da Costa (Brazilian percussionist)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
instruments arranger and arranger:
George Duke
mixed at:
Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
engineered at:
Les Gonks
recording of:
Backyard Ritual
composer:
George Duke
4:52
7Mr. Pastorius
bass, bass clarinet and electric guitar:
Marcus Miller (jazz musician)
drums (drum set):
Al Foster
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
recording of:
Mr. Pastorius
composer:
Marcus Miller (jazz musician)
5:43
8Mystery
recording of:
Mystery
writer:
Easy Mo Bee
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
3:58
9The Dream
recording engineer:
Chris Danley
producer:
Rolf de Heer and Michel Legrand
mixer:
Peter D. Smith (engineer)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1990-03)
conductor:
Michel Legrand (in 1990-03)
arranger and orchestrator:
Michel Legrand
recorded at:
Crystal Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1990-03)
mixed at:
Hendon Studios in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
3:53
10Jean-Pierre
recording of:
Jean Pierre
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
4:00
11Amandla
alto saxophone:
Kenny Garrett
bass, bass clarinet and electric guitar:
Marcus Miller (jazz musician)
drums (drum set):
Omar Hakim
percussion:
Don Alias and Bashiri Johnson
piano:
Joe Sample
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
5:23
12Shout
recording of:
Shout
composer:
Glenn Burris, Randy Hall (Chicago soul singer, jazz guitarist) and Robert Irving III (Keyboardist)
5:53
13In A Silent Way
cover recording of:
In a Silent Way
composer:
Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player)
publisher:
Zawinul Music
5:22