Miles Davis & John Coltrane The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961 reissued for the centennial year for both artists! Between 1955 and 1961, Miles Davis led a simply extraordinary small band that changed the course of jazz. This quintet/sextet primarily spotlighted tenor saxophonist John Coltrane but also included such greats as alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley; pianists Red Garland, Bill Evans, and Wynton Kelly; bassist Paul Chambers; and drummers Philly Joe Jones and Jimmy Cobb. Originally produced by Michael Cuscuna and Bob Belden in 2000, The Complete Miles Davis Featuring John Coltrane contains 58 tracks, including such fabled Davis albums as ‘Round About Midnight, Milestones, Jazz at the Plaza, Someday My Prince Will Come, and the legendary Kind of Blue. Also included are the Davis-with-Coltrane selections that appeared on Miles and Monk at Newport, Birth Of The Blue, Basic Miles, and Circle in the Round. The set includes 18 additional tracks that hadn’t been released before 2000 and unavailable anywhere else. The original boxset won two Grammys (Best Boxset or Limited-Edition Package and Best Liner Notes) and was only released on vinyl in a super limited edition via Mosaic Records. Now available widely for the first time, the 9LP includes vinyl cut directly from the original analog tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound. It features a gorgeous 60-page adaptation of the original book with stunning rare photography and all of the essays by original producer George Avakian and Kind of Blue drummer Cobb, insightful Grammy-winning notes by noted critic Bob Blumenthal, timeline and further notes by Cuscuna & Belden and the original liner notes to Kind of Blue by pianist Evans.
Tracklist
LP1 SIDE A
01 Two Bass Hit (alternate take)
02 Two Bass Hit
03 Ah-Leu-Cha (alternate take)
04 Ah-Leu-Cha
05 Ah-Leu-Cha (take 5)

LP1 SIDE B
01 Little Melonae
02 Budo (alternate take)
03 Budo
04 Dear Old Stockholm

LP2 SIDE C
01 Bye Bye Blackbird (alternate take)
02 Bye Bye Blackbird
03 Tadd’s Delight
04 Tadd’s Delight (alternate take)

LP2 SIDE D
01 Dear Old Stockholm (alternate take)
02 All Of You (alternate take)
03 All Of You

LP3 SIDE E
01 Sweet Sue, Just You (first version)
02 Sweet Sue, Just You (false start with discussion
by Leonard Bernstein & Miles Davis)
03 Sweet Sue, Just You (alternate take)
04 Sweet Sue, Just You
05 Miles Davis comments
06 ’Round Midnight
07 Two Bass Hit (alternate take)

LP3 SIDE F
01 Two Bass Hit
02 Billy Boy
03 Straight, No Chaser (alternate take)

LP4 SIDE G
01 Straight, No Chaser
02 Milestones (alternate take)
03 Milestones

LP4 SIDE H
01 Sid’s Ahead
02 Little Melonae

LP5 SIDE I
01 Dr. Jackle
02 On Green Dolphin Street
03 Fran-Dance (alternate take)

LP5 SIDE J
01 Fran-Dance
02 Stella By Starlight
03 Love For Sale

LP6 SIDE K
01 Freddie Freeloader (false start)
02 Freddie Freeloader
03 So What

LP6 SIDE L
01 Blue In Green
02 Flamenco Sketches (alternate take)
03 Miles Davis comments

LP7 SIDE M
01 Flamenco Sketches
02 All Blues

LP7 SIDE N
01 Someday My Prince Will Come
02 Teo

LP8 SIDE O
01 Introduction by Willis Conover
02 Ah-Leu-Cha
03 Straight, No Chaser
04 Fran-Dance

LP8 SIDE P
01 Two Bass Hit
02 Bye Bye Blackbird
03 The Theme

LP9 SIDE Q
01 If I Were A Bell
02 Oleo

LP9 SIDE R
01 My Funny Valentine
02 Straight, No Chaser