Miles Davis' Greatest Hits
| Miles Davis' Greatest Hits | ||||
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| Released | May 1969[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1956-1965 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 73:45 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Teo Macero (Original) | |||
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Miles Davis' Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Miles Davis originally released in 1969 and re-released in 1997 on CD with different recordings of tracks 3, 4 and 8.[2][3]
Track listing 1997 CD reissue[edit]
- "Seven Steps to Heaven" (Victor Feldman, Miles Davis) – 6:26
Available on Seven Steps to Heaven - "All Blues" [live] (Davis) – 8:54
Available on My Funny Valentine - "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Larry Morey, Frank E. Churchill) – 9:11
Available on Someday My Prince Will Come - "Walkin'" [live] [edited] (Richard Carpenter) – 13:11
Unedited version available on Live in Europe - "My Funny Valentine" [live] (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 5:10
Available on My Funny Valentine - "E.S.P." (Wayne Shorter) – 5:32
Available on E.S.P. - "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) – 5:58
Available on 'Round About Midnight - "So What" (Davis) – 9:23
Available on Kind of Blue
Personnel & Recording date[edit]
Note: tracks 3, 4 and 8 of the original 1969 edition have different personnel and recording dates.[4]
- "Seven Steps to Heaven"
Miles Davis, trumpet; George Coleman, tenor sax; Herbie Hancock, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Tony Williams, drums.
Recorded 5/14/63 at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, NY. - "All Blues"
Miles Davis, trumpet; George Coleman, tenor sax; Herbie Hancock, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Tony Williams, drums.
Recorded 2/12/64 at the Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center, New York, NY. - "Someday My Prince Will Come"
Miles Davis, trumpet; John Coltrane, tenor sax; Hank Mobley, tenor sax; Wynton Kelly, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums.
Recorded 3/20/61 at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York NY. - "Walkin'"
Miles Davis, trumpet; Hank Mobley, tenor sax; Herbie Hancock, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Tony Williams, drums.
Recorded 4/21/61 at the Black Hawk Club, San Francisco, CA. - "My Funny Valentine"
Miles Davis, trumpet; George Coleman, tenor sax; Herbie Hancock, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Tony Williams, drums.
Recorded 2/12/64 at the Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center, New York, NY. - "E.S.P."
Miles Davis, trumpet; Wayne Shorter, tenor sax; Herbie Hancock, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Tony Williams, drums.
Recorded 1/20/65 at Columbia Studio, Los Angeles, CA. - "'Round Midnight"
Miles Davis, trumpet; John Coltrane, tenor sax; Red Garland, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums.
Recorded 9/10/56 at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, NY. - "So What"
Miles Davis, trumpet; John Coltrane, tenor sax; Cannonball Adderley, alto sax; Bill Evans, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums.
Recorded 3/2/1959 at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, NY.
Production[edit]
- Original Recordings Produced by Irving Townsend, George Avakian, Teo Macero
- Reissue Produced by Nedra Olds-Neal
- C 1997 Sony Music Entertainment Inc./Originally released 1969 Sony Music Entertainment Inc./"Columbia" is the exclusive trademark of Sony Music Entertainment Inc. / "Legacy" and L are trademark of Sony Music Entertainment Inc./Distribution Sony Music 01-065418-10
