Miles Davis' Greatest Hits
1969 compilation album by Miles Davis
Miles Davis' Greatest Hits | ||||
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Compilation album by Miles Davis | ||||
Released | May 1969[1] | |||
Recorded | 1956–1965 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 73:45 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Teo Macero (Original) | |||
Miles Davis chronology | ||||
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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
- "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
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
- 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
External links
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recordings
- Birdland 1951
- Miles Davis at Newport 1955–1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4
- Miles & Coltrane
- Miles Davis Quintet at Peacock Alley
- Amsterdam Concert
- At Newport 1958
- Miles & Monk at Newport
- Jazz at the Plaza Vol. I
- Miles Davis & John Coltrane The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6
- In Person: At the Blackhawk, San Francisco
- Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall
- Miles Davis in Europe
- Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival
- My Funny Valentine
- Four & More
- Miles in Tokyo
- Miles in Berlin
- The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965
- Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1
- 1969 Miles – Festiva De Juan Pins
- Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2
- Live at the Fillmore East, March 7, 1970: It's About That Time
- Bitches Brew Live
- Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West
- Miles Davis at Fillmore
- Miles at the Fillmore – Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3
- The Cellar Door Sessions 1970
- Live-Evil
- In Concert
- Dark Magus
- Agharta
- Pangaea
- Miles! Miles! Miles!
- We Want Miles
- Live Around the World
- Merci Miles! Live at Vienne
- Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux
- Miles Davis and Horns
- Blue Haze
- Birth of the Cool
- Walkin'
- Miles Davis Volume 1
- Miles Davis Volume 2
- Miles Davis' Greatest Hits
- Basic Miles: The Classic Performances of Miles Davis
- Big Fun
- Get Up with It
- Water Babies
- Circle in the Round
- 1958 Miles
- Directions
- The Columbia Years 1955–1985
- Love Songs
- Super Hits
- The Essential Miles Davis
- Miles Davis Quintet: Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5
- That’s What Happened 1982-1985: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7
- The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane
- Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
- Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis 1963–1964
- The Complete Studio Recordings of The Miles Davis Quintet 1965–1968
- The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions
- The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions
- The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions
- The Complete On the Corner Sessions
- In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete
- The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965
- The Complete Miles Davis at Montreux
- The Cellar Door Sessions 1970
- Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection
- The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions
- Chronicle: The Complete Prestige Recordings 1951–1956
- Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969–1974
- Panthalassa: The Remixes
- Evolution of the Groove
- "All Blues"
- "Blue in Green"
- "Boplicity"
- "Dig"
- "Donna Lee"
- "Four"
- "Flamenco Sketches"
- "Freddie Freeloader"
- "Joshua"
- "Milestones"
- "Nardis"
- "Seven Steps to Heaven"
- "So What"
- Miles Dewey Davis Jr. (father)
- Miles Davis Quintet
- Miles: The Autobiography
- Miles! The Definitive Miles Davis at Montreux DVD Collection
- That's What Happened: Live in Germany 1987
- Live in Munich (1988)
- Miles from India
- A Different Kind of Blue (2004 documentary)
- Miles Ahead (2015 movie)
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