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This was the first real attempt by Columbia to make any comprehensive sense of Miles Davis' colossal output for the label. This set, then, was bound to be controversial no matter how it turned out, but even so, Columbia could have done better with a strictly chronological approach. Instead producer/compiler Jeff Rosen had the cockeyed notion of organizing each of the original five LPs around a single theme. Disc one was called Blues, Disc two was devoted to Standards, Disc three had Miles Davis Originals, Disc four was something vaguely entitled Moods and all of the electric recordings were segregated on Disc five (the CDs naturally screw up the "logic" with overlaps). Thus, the first four sections jam together all kinds of unrelated sessions from different eras and the listener never gets any idea of how Miles' music evolved and changed over the years. There are only four outtakes, three of which are gratuitous alternate takes, and the fourth is a live version of "I Thought About You." However, The Columbia Years stands as a casual collage -- the only way, actually, to acquire a bop-to-rock, fairly representative selection of Miles from those decades in one package. Also one must admit that the electric section, despite the chronological chaos, is put together very cleverly, opening with precisely the hottest stretch of music from Live-Evil (the opening 3-and-a-half-minutes of "Sivad") and closing with the long, swaggering "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" from Bitches Brew. Nat Hentoff's biographical essay makes good reading -- and of course, along the way you'll hear some of the greatest music of the 20th century.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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Julian Adderley, Alto Saxophone - Paul Chambers, Bass - Irving Townsend, Producer - Bill Evans, Piano - M. Davis, Lyricist - M. Davis, Composer - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet - Jeff Rosen, Producer - John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone - Jimmy Cobb, Drums -
Originally Recorded 1959. All rights reserved by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Tony Williams, Drums - R. Carter, Composer - R. Carter, Lyricist - Ronald Carter, Bass - Irving Townsend, Producer - Herbie Hancock, Piano - Wayne Shorter, Tenor Saxophone - M. Davis, Lyricist - M. Davis, Composer - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet - Jeff Rosen, Producer -
Originally released 1965. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Willie Ruff, Horns - Bernie Glow, Trumpet - Jeff Rosen, Producer - Frank Rehak, Trombone - Sid Cooper, Clarinet - Joe Bennett, Trombone - Jimmy Cleveland, Trombone - Taft Jordan, Trumpet - G. Evans, Composer - G. Evans, Lyricist - Lee Konitz, Alto Saxophone - George Avakian, Producer - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Flugelhorn - Jimmy Buffington, Horns - Paul Chambers, Bass - Danny Bank, Bass Clarinet - Romeo Penque, Flute - Romeo Penque, Clarinet - John Carisi, Trumpet - Gil Evans & His Orchestra, Performer - Sid Cooper, Flute - Louis Mucci, Trumpet - Ernie Royal, Trumpet - Art Taylor, Drums - Tony Miranda, Horns -
Originally Recorded 1962. All rights reserved by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Willie Ruff, French Horn - Bernie Glow, Trumpet - Jeff Rosen, Producer - Frank Rehak, Trombone - Joe Bennett, Trombone - Julian Adderly, Saxophone - Jimmy Cleveland, Trombone - Cal Lampley, Producer - G. Gershwin, Composer - G. Gershwin, Lyricist - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet - Paul Chambers, Bass - Romeo Penque, Flute - John Coles, Trumpet - Philly Joe Jones, Drums - Phil Bodner, Flute - I. Gershwin, Composer - I. Gershwin, Lyricist - Gil Evans & His Orchestra, Performer - Gunther Schuller, French Horn - D. Heyward, Composer - D. Heyward, Lyricist - Louis Mucci, Trumpet - Julius B. Watkins, French Horn - Ernie Royal, Trumpet -
Originally Recorded 1959. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Musiic Entertainment
Julian Adderley, Alto Saxophone - Paul Chambers, Bass - Teo Macero, Producer - Bill Evans, Piano - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet - Jeff Rosen, Producer - John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone - Jimmy Cobb, Drums - T. Monk, Composer - T. Monk, Lyricist -
Originally Recorded 1964. All rights reserved by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Herbie Hancock, Piano - Wayne Shorter, Composer - Wayne Shorter, Lyricist - Wayne Shorter, Tenor Saxophone - Teo Macero, Producer - Ronald Carter, Bass - Tony Williams, Drums - Jeff Rosen, Producer - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet -
Originally Recorded 1967. All rights reserved by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
J. Mercer, Composer - J. Mercer, Lyricist - J. Van Heusen, Composer - J. Van Heusen, Lyricist - Herbie Hancock, Piano - Teo Macero, Producer - Ronald Carter, Bass - Tony Williams, Drums - Jeff Rosen, Producer - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet -
Originally Recorded 1963 & Released 1988 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Wynton Kelly, Piano - Frank E. Churchill, Composer - Frank E. Churchill, Lyricist - Paul Chambers, Bass - Hank Mobley, Tenor Saxophone - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - FRANK LAICO, Recording Engineer - Teo Macero, Producer - Seth Foster, Mastering Engineer - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet - Jimmy Cobb, Bass - Larry Morey, Composer - Larry Morey, Lyricist -
Originally recorded 1961. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
DISC 2
Ray Henderson, Composer - Ray Henderson, Lyricist - Philly Joe Jones, Drums - Red Garland, Piano - Paul Chambers, Bass - Mort Dixon, Composer - Mort Dixon, Lyricist - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet - Jeff Rosen, Producer - John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone - George Avakian, Producer -
Originally Recorded 1957. All rights reserved by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Tony Williams, Drums - L. Hart, Composer - L. Hart, Lyricist - Teo Macero, Producer - George Coleman, Tenor Saxophone - Herbie Hancock, Piano - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet - Ron Carter, Bass - Jeff Rosen, Producer - R. RODGERS, Composer - R. RODGERS, Lyricist -
Originally Recorded 1965. All rights reserved by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Julian Adderley, Alto Saxophone - Paul Chambers, Bass - C. Porter, Composer - C. Porter, Lyricist - Cal Lampley, Producer - Bill Evans, Piano - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet - Jeff Rosen, Producer - John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone - Jimmy Cobb, Drums -
Originally Recorded 1958 & Released 1979 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Bob Belden, Producer - Miles Davis & His Orchestra, Trumpet - Julian Adderley, Alto Saxophone - Philly Joe Jones, Drums - Red Garland, Piano - Paul Chambers, Bass - Frank Laico, Recording Engineer - Mark Wilder, Mastering Engineer - Bud Powell, Composer - Bud Powell, Lyricist - Bill Evans, Piano - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Miles Davis, Composer - Miles Davis, Lyricist - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet - John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone - Jimmy Cobb, Drums - George Avakian, Producer -
Originally Recorded 1955 & Released 1973 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Julian Adderley, Alto Saxophone - Paul Chambers, Bass - Bill Evans, Piano - M. Davis, Lyricist - M. Davis, Composer - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet - Jeff Rosen, Producer - John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone - Jimmy Cobb, Drums - George Avakian, Producer -
Originally Recorded 1967. All rights reserved by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Herbie Hancock, Piano - Wayne Shorter, Tenor Saxophone - Teo Macero, Producer - M. Davis, Lyricist - M. Davis, Composer - Ronald Carter, Bass - Tony Williams, Drums - Jeff Rosen, Producer - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet -
Originally Recorded 1969. All rights reserved by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Julian Adderley, Alto Saxophone - Paul Chambers, Bass - Irving Townsend, Producer - Bill Evans, Piano - M. Davis, Lyricist - M. Davis, Composer - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet - Jeff Rosen, Producer - John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone - Jimmy Cobb, Drums -
Originally Recorded 1959. All rights reserved by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Tony Williams, Drums - V. Feldman, Composer - V. Feldman, Lyricist - Ronald Carter, Bass - Teo Macero, Producer - George Coleman, Tenor Saxophone - Herbie Hancock, Piano - M. Davis, Lyricist - M. Davis, Composer - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet - Jeff Rosen, Producer -
Originally Recorded 1963. All rights reserved by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
DISC 3
Jimmy Cobb, Drums - Bill Evans, Piano - Julian Adderley, Alto Saxophone - Irving Townsend, Producer - Paul Chambers, Bass - John Coltrane, Tenor Saxophone - Jeff Rosen, Producer - Miles Davis, Composer - Miles Davis, Lyricist - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet -
Originally Recorded 1959 and Released 1988 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Wynton Kelly, Piano - Paul Chambers, Bass - Hank Mobley, Tenor Saxophone - Gil Evans & His Orchestra, Performer - Teo Macero, Producer - M. Davis, Lyricist - M. Davis, Composer - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet - Jeff Rosen, Producer - Jimmy Cobb, Drums -
Originally Recorded 1962. All rights reserved by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Herbie Hancock, Piano - Wayne Shorter, Composer - Wayne Shorter, Lyricist - Wayne Shorter, Tenor Saxophone - Teo Macero, Producer - Ronald Carter, Bass - Tony Williams, Drums - Jeff Rosen, Producer - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet -
Originally Recorded 1967 & Released 1976 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Bernie Glow, Trumpet - Jeff Rosen, Producer - Frank Rehak, Trombone - Harold Feldman, Flute - G. Evans, Composer - G. Evans, Lyricist - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Flugelhorn - Teo Macero, Producer - Jimmy Buffington, French Horn - Paul Chambers, Bass - Romeo Penque, Oboe - Danny Bank, Bass Clarinet - Joe Singer, French Horn - Jack Knitzer, Bassoon - Janet Putnam, Harp - Gil Evans & His Orchestra, Arranger - Gil Evans & His Orchestra, Conductor - Eddie Caine, Flute - Dick Hixon, Trombone - Johnny Cole, Trombone - Elvin Jones, Percussion - Ernie Royal, Trumpet - Tony Miranda, French Horn -
Originally released 1960. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Herbie Hancock, Piano - Wayne Shorter, Composer - Wayne Shorter, Lyricist - Wayne Shorter, Tenor Saxophone - Teo Macero, Producer - Ronald Carter, Bass - Tony Williams, Drums - Jeff Rosen, Producer - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet -
Originally Recorded 1967. All rights reserved by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Herbie Hancock, Piano - Wayne Shorter, Composer - Wayne Shorter, Lyricist - Wayne Shorter, Tenor Saxophone - Howard A. Roberts, Producer - Ronald Carter, Bass - Tony Williams, Drums - Jeff Rosen, Producer - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet -
Originally Recorded 1967 & Released 1988 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
H. Warren, Composer - H. Warren, Lyricist - Ron Carter, Bass - Teo Macero, Producer - A. Dubin, Composer - A. Dubin, Lyricist - Victor Feldman, Piano - Frank Butler, Drums - Jeff Rosen, Producer - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet -
Originally Recorded 1963. All rights reserved by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Herbie Hancock, Piano - Wayne Shorter, Composer - Wayne Shorter, Lyricist - Wayne Shorter, Tenor Saxophone - Howard A. Roberts, Producer - Ronald Carter, Bass - Tony Williams, Drums - Jeff Rosen, Producer - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet -
Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Josef Zawinul, Piano - Dave Holland, Bass - Tony Williams, Drums - Teo Macero, Producer - Chick Corea, Piano - Herbie Hancock, Piano - Wayne Shorter, Tenor Saxophone - M. Davis, Lyricist - M. Davis, Composer - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet - Jeff Rosen, Producer - John McLaughlin, Guitar -
Originally Recorded 1969. All rights reserved by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
DISC 4
Gary Bartz, Alto Saxophone - Gary Bartz, Soprano Saxophone - Airto Moreira, Percussion - Teo Macero, Producer - Michael Henderson, Bass - Jack DeJohnette, Drums - M. Davis, Lyricist - M. Davis, Composer - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet - Keith Jarrett, Piano - Jeff Rosen, Producer - John McLaughlin, Guitar -
(P) 1972 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Mino Cinelu, Percussion - Al Foster, Drums - Bill Evans, Soprano Saxophone - Darryl Jones, Bass - Jeff Rosen, Producer - Miles Davis, Producer - Miles Davis, Composer - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Lyricist - Miles Davis, Trumpet - John Scofield, Guitar - John Scofield, Lyricist - John Scofield, Composer -
(P) 1984 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
R. IRVING III, Composer - R. IRVING III, Lyricist - Steve Thorton, Percussion - M. Davis, Lyricist - M. Davis, Composer - Miles Davis, Producer - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet - Jeff Rosen, Producer - M. TYNES-IRVING, Composer - M. TYNES-IRVING, Lyricist - Robert Irving III, Producer - Robert Irving III, Synthesizer - Darryl Jones, Bass - John McLaughlin, Guitar - Vince Wilburn, Jr., Drums -
(P) 1985 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
R. IRVING III, Composer - R. IRVING III, Lyricist - Vincent Wilburn, Drums - Teo Macero, Producer - Barry Finnerty, Guitar - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet - R. Hall, Composer - R. Hall, Lyricist - Jeff Rosen, Producer - Robert Irving III, Keyboards - Robert Irving III, Bass - Sammy Figueroa, Percussion - G. BURRIS, Composer - G. BURRIS, Lyricist -
(P) 1981 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Billy Cobham, Drums - Airto Moreira, Percussion - Teo Macero, Producer - Herbie Hancock, Piano - Steve Grossman, Soprano Saxophone - Michael Henderson, Bass - M. Davis, Lyricist - M. Davis, Composer - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet - Keith Jarrett, Keyboards - Jeff Rosen, Producer - John McLaughlin, Guitar -
(P) 1974 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Teo Macero, Producer - M. Davis, Lyricist - M. Davis, Composer - Jeff Rosen, Producer - Miles Davis, Keyboards - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet -
(P) 1983 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Badal Roy, Tabla - Jeff Rosen, Producer - Jack DeJohnette, Drums - Chick Corea, Piano - Herbie Hancock, Piano - Harold I. Williams, Piano - Harold I. Williams, Synthesizer - Billy Hart, Drums - Don Alias, Percussion - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet - Teo Macero, Producer - Colin Walcott, Sitar - David Creamer, Guitar - M. Davis, Lyricist - M. Davis, Composer - Carlos Garnett, Soprano Saxophone - Benny Maupin, Bass Clarinet - James Mtume, Percussion - Dave Leibman, Soprano Saxophone - Michael Henderson, Bass -
(P) 1972 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Harvey Brooks, Bass - Don Alias, Drums - Benny Maupin, Bass Clarinet - Lenny White, Drums - Teo Macero, Producer - Chick Corea, Piano - Wayne Shorter, Soprano Saxophone - Jim Riley, Percussion - Jack DeJohnette, Drums - M. Davis, Lyricist - M. Davis, Composer - Miles Davis, Performer - Miles Davis, Trumpet - David Holland, Bass - Jeff Rosen, Producer - John McLaughlin, Guitar -
Originally released 1970. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
This was the first real attempt by Columbia to make any comprehensive sense of Miles Davis' colossal output for the label. This set, then, was bound to be controversial no matter how it turned out, but even so, Columbia could have done better with a strictly chronological approach. Instead producer/compiler Jeff Rosen had the cockeyed notion of organizing each of the original five LPs around a single theme. Disc one was called Blues, Disc two was devoted to Standards, Disc three had Miles Davis Originals, Disc four was something vaguely entitled Moods and all of the electric recordings were segregated on Disc five (the CDs naturally screw up the "logic" with overlaps). Thus, the first four sections jam together all kinds of unrelated sessions from different eras and the listener never gets any idea of how Miles' music evolved and changed over the years. There are only four outtakes, three of which are gratuitous alternate takes, and the fourth is a live version of "I Thought About You." However, The Columbia Years stands as a casual collage -- the only way, actually, to acquire a bop-to-rock, fairly representative selection of Miles from those decades in one package. Also one must admit that the electric section, despite the chronological chaos, is put together very cleverly, opening with precisely the hottest stretch of music from Live-Evil (the opening 3-and-a-half-minutes of "Sivad") and closing with the long, swaggering "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" from Bitches Brew. Nat Hentoff's biographical essay makes good reading -- and of course, along the way you'll hear some of the greatest music of the 20th century.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 4 disc(s) - 35 track(s)
- Total length: 04:16:54
- Main artists: Miles Davis
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia - Legacy
- Genre: Jazz
(P) 1988 Sony Music Entertainment
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