Artist:Miles Davis & John Coltrane
Song:All Blues
Album:The Complete Columbia Recordings
Columbia Records has so much unreleased Miles Davis sitting in their vault, it's very unlikely they will ever release everything. But in recent years Columbia has started releasing Davis' recordings in comprehensive box sets. These are not for beginners or casual listeners. This 5CD box set has every studio recording that Davis & Coltrane made at Columbia from 1955-61 along with 18 alternate takes. Coltrane was great enough to be a star anyway but his recordings with Davis accelerated that process. Of course All Blues is from the classic 1959 album Kind Of Blue also featuring Cannonball Adderley on alto sax, Bill Evans on piano, Paul Chambers on bass and Jimmy Cobb on drums. Kind Of Blue is one of the greatest jazz albums ever and is recommended to beginners. I have this box set in a metal box but it looks like Columbia rereleased it in 2004 in a cardboard box. Either way I highly recommend it to jazz fans. Here's Miles Davis & John Coltrane with the Gil Evans Orchestra performing So What in 1959.
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