Twenty Classic Albums

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

Annotation

Solid cardboard box containing 10 CDs in vinyl design, holding 2 original albums each, and a 12-page booklet with detailed track listings and credits.
The CDs are packed in top-open digisleeves showing the original LP-artwork of their content.

Annotation last modified on 2023-06-14 17:22 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Birth of the Cool (1950) & Conception (1951)
2▶CD: Dig (1951) & Blue Haze (1954)
3▼CD: Walkin' (1954) & The Musings of Miles (1955)
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1Walkin'
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1954-04-29)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1954-04-29)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1954-04-29)
piano:
Horace Silver (on 1954-04-29)
tenor saxophone:
Lucky Thompson (on 1954-04-29)
trombone:
Jay Jay Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1954-04-29)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1954-04-29)
performer:
Miles Davis Sextet (on 1954-04-29)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1954-04-29)
recording of:
Walkin’ (usually credited to Richard Carpenter) (on 1954-04-29)
composer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
413:30
2Blue 'n' Boogie
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1954-04-29)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1954-04-29)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1954-04-29)
piano:
Horace Silver (on 1954-04-29)
tenor saxophone:
Lucky Thompson (on 1954-04-29)
trombone:
Jay Jay Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1954-04-29)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1954-04-29)
performer:
Miles Davis Sextet (on 1954-04-29)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1954-04-29)
recording of:
Blue ’n’ Boogie (on 1954-04-29)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
8:20
3Solar
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1954-04-03)
alto saxophone:
Davey Schildkraut (on 1954-04-03)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1954-04-03)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1954-04-03)
piano:
Horace Silver (on 1954-04-03)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1954-04-03)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1954-04-03)
recording of:
Solar (on 1954-04-03)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
publisher:
Prestige Music Co. (US, affiliated with BMI)
4:45
4You Don't Know What Love Is
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1954-04-03)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1954-04-03)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1954-04-03)
piano:
Horace Silver (on 1954-04-03)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1954-04-03)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1954-04-03)
instrumental recording of:
You Don’t Know What Love Is (on 1954-04-03)
lyricist:
Don Raye
composer:
Gene de Paul
publisher:
Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
cover recording of:
You Don’t Know What Love Is
lyricist:
Don Raye
composer:
Gene de Paul
publisher:
Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
4:23
5Love Me or Leave Me
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1954-04-03)
alto saxophone:
Davey Schildkraut (on 1954-04-03)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1954-04-03)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1954-04-03)
piano:
Horace Silver (on 1954-04-03)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1954-04-03)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1954-04-03)
instrumental recording of:
Love Me or Leave Me (on 1954-04-03)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd., Keith Prowse Music Publishing Ltd., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), Donaldson Publishing Co. (in 1928, in 1955) and Gilbert Keyes Music Company (in 1928, in 1955)
6:56
6Will You Still Be Mine
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1955-06-07)
producer:
Bob Weinstock (task: supervised by)
double bass:
Oscar Pettiford (on 1955-06-07)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1955-06-07)
piano:
Red Garland (on 1955-06-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1955-06-07)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1955-06-07)
instrumental recording of:
Will You Still Be Mine? (on 1955-06-07)
lyricist:
Tom Adair
composer:
Matt Dennis (American singer, pianist, band leader)
6:23
7I See Your Face Before Me
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1955-06-07)
producer:
Bob Weinstock (task: supervised by)
double bass:
Oscar Pettiford (on 1955-06-07)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1955-06-07)
piano:
Red Garland (on 1955-06-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1955-06-07)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1955-06-07)
instrumental recording of:
I See Your Face Before Me (on 1955-06-07)
lyricist and composer:
Howard Dietz (librettist) and Arthur Schwartz
publisher:
Arthur Schwartz Music Ltd. and Chappell & Co.
4:46
8I Didn't
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1955-06-07)
producer:
Bob Weinstock (task: supervised by)
double bass:
Oscar Pettiford (on 1955-06-07)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1955-06-07)
piano:
Red Garland (on 1955-06-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1955-06-07)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1955-06-07)
recording of:
I Didn't (on 1955-06-07)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
6:05
9A Gal in Calico
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1955-06-07)
producer:
Bob Weinstock (task: supervised by)
double bass:
Oscar Pettiford (on 1955-06-07)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1955-06-07)
piano:
Red Garland (on 1955-06-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1955-06-07)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1955-06-07)
instrumental recording of:
A Gal in Calico (on 1955-06-07)
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Arthur Schwartz
part of:
The 20th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
5:18
10A Night in Tunisia
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1955-06-07)
producer:
Bob Weinstock (task: supervised by)
double bass:
Oscar Pettiford (on 1955-06-07)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1955-06-07)
piano:
Red Garland (on 1955-06-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1955-06-07)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1955-06-07)
recording of:
Night in Tunisia (instrumental) (on 1955-06-07)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
7:23
11Green Haze
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1955-06-07)
producer:
Bob Weinstock (task: supervised by)
double bass:
Oscar Pettiford (on 1955-06-07)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1955-06-07)
piano:
Red Garland (on 1955-06-07)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1955-06-07)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1955-06-07)
recording of:
Green Haze (on 1955-06-07)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
45:48
4▶CD: Blue Moods (1955) & Quintet / Sextet (1955)
5▶CD: Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet (1956) & Miles Davis with Horns (1956)
6▶CD: Relaxin' (1957) & Bag's Groove (1957)
7▶CD: Round About Midnight (1957) & Mile's Ahead (1957)
8▶CD: Cookin' (1957) & Milestones (1958)
9▶CD: Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (1958) & Somethin' Else (with Cannonball Adderley, 1958)
10▶CD: 1958 Miles (1958) & Selections from Porgy and Bess (1958)

Credits

Release

rights society:MCPS (UK rights society; do not use this as a label or work publisher!)
remaster of:’Round About Midnight
1958 Miles
Bags’ Groove
Birth of the Cool
Blue Haze
Blue Moods
Conception by Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter), Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz (jazz saxophonist), Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) & Zoot Sims (US jazz saxophonist)
Cookin’ With the Miles Davis Quintet by Miles Davis Quintet (US jazz group, active 1955–58 and 1964–68)
Dig by Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) featuring Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist)
Miles by Miles Davis Quintet (US jazz group, active 1955–58 and 1964–68)
Miles Ahead
Miles Davis and Horns
Miles Davis and Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet by Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) & Milt Jackson
Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants
Milestones
Porgy and Bess by Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) with orchestra under the direction of Gil Evans (Canadian‐American jazz pianist and composer)
Relaxin' With the Miles Davis Quintet by Miles Davis Quintet (US jazz group, active 1955–58 and 1964–68)
Somethin’ Else by Cannonball Adderley
The Musings of Miles
Walkin' by Miles Davis All Stars
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/6209066 [info]

Release group

part of:… Classic Albums (Real Gone Jazz) (order: 9)