The Very Best: The Early Years

~ Release by Miles Davis (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Move
cover recording of:
Move
composer:
Denzil Best
2:34
2Boplicity
alto saxophone:
Lee Konitz (jazz saxophonist) (on 1949-04-22)
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (on 1949-04-22)
double bass:
Nelson Boyd (on 1949-04-22)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1949-04-22)
French horn:
Sanford J. Siegelstein (on 1949-04-22)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1949-04-22)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (Jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1949-04-22)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1949-04-22)
tuba:
Bill Barber (Jazz tuba player) (on 1949-04-22)
arranger:
Gil Evans
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1949-04-22)
recording of:
Boplicity (on 1949-04-22)
composer:
Gil Evans and Cleo Henry
publisher:
Sophisticated Music
43:01
3Deception
alto saxophone:
Lee Konitz (jazz saxophonist) (on 1950-03-09)
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (on 1950-03-09)
double bass:
Al McKibbon (on 1950-03-09)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1950-03-09)
French horn:
Gunther Schuller (horn player, conductor, composer) (on 1950-03-09)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1950-03-09)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (Jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1950-03-09)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1950-03-09)
tuba:
Bill Barber (Jazz tuba player) (on 1950-03-09)
arranger:
Gerry Mulligan
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1950-03-09)
recording of:
Deception (on 1950-03-09)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
32:48
4Chance It
3:03
5How Deep Is the Ocean
recording of:
How Deep Is the Ocean?
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1932)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Irving Berlin Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
4:38
6Dear Old Stockholm
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1952-05-09)
producer:
Alfred Lion
alto saxophone:
Jackie McLean (jazz saxophonist) (on 1952-05-09)
double bass:
Oscar Pettiford (on 1952-05-09)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1952-05-09)
piano:
Gil Coggins (on 1952-05-09)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (Jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1952-05-09)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1952-05-09)
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1952-05-09)
recording of:
Dear Old Stockholm (on 1952-05-09)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Stan Getz
version of:
Ack, Värmeland, du sköna (Fryxell version)
4:12
7Tempus Fugit
producer:
Alfred Lion
bass:
Percy Heath (on 1953-04-20)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1953-04-20)
piano:
Gil Coggins (on 1953-04-20)
tenor saxophone:
Jimmy Heath (on 1953-04-20)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (Jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1953-04-20)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1953-04-20)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blue Note
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1953-04-20)
recording of:
Tempus Fugit (on 1953-04-20)
composer:
Bud Powell
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
3:50
8C.T.A.
recording of:
C.T.A.
composer:
Jimmy Heath
3:33
9It 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
4:04
10Weirdo
recording of:
Weirdo
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
4:46
11Somethin' Else
engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Alfred Lion
alto saxophone:
Julian “Cannonball” Adderley (on 1958-03-09)
double bass:
Sam Jones (US jazz bassist) (on 1958-03-09)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1958-03-09)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (on 1958-03-09)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1958-03-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blue Note Records (this is the record company; for release labels use its imprint “Blue Note”) (in 1999, in 2012), Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1999) and Mastercorp Pty Ltd (in 2011)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack - July 1,1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1958-03-09)
recording of:
Somethin’ Else (on 1958-03-09)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Unart Catalog Inc.
8:11

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Release

ASIN:US: B00094ASWW [info]