Davis, Miles | Columbia Years 55-85 | CD

Miles Davis was an American trumpeter, bandleader and composer, born in Alton, Illinois on 26 May 1926 and died in Santa Monica, California on 28 September 1991. His career spanned five decades and included several major developments in jazz, among them the creation of the hard bop style in the mid-1950s and, in the late 1960s, the introduction of electronic instruments and rock and funk rhythms into his music. Around 1975 he took a hiatus over health and personal problems, returning in 1980.

The Columbia Years 1955-1985 is a 4 CD compilation released by Columbia in 1988 and compiled by Jeff Rosen. The set consists of previously released recordings. Miles Davis plays trumpet, with John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone, Cannonball Adderley on alto saxophone, Bill Evans and Herbie Hancock on piano and John McLaughlin on guitar. Producers credited are George Avakian, Irving Townsend and Teo Macero, and Gil Evans and His Orchestra are credited as the orchestra.

Track List

Disc 1

1. Générique
2. All Blues
3. Eighty-One
4. Blues From Pablo
5. Summertime
6. Straight, No Chaser
7. Footprints
8. Florence Sur Les Champs Élysées
9. I Thought About You
10. Someday My Prince Will Come

Disc 2

1. Bye Bye Black Bird
2. My Funny Valentine
3. Love For Sale
4. Budo
5. Miles
6. Filles De Kilimanjaro
7. Fran-Dance
8. Seven Steps To Heaven

Disc 3

1. Flamenco Sketches
2. So What
3. Water Babies
4. Saeta
5. Masqalero
6. Pinocchio
7. Summer Night
8. Fall
9. It's About That Time

Disc 4

1. Sivad
2. What It Is
3. Ms. Morrisine
4. Shout
5. Honky Tonk
6. Star On Cicely
7. Thinkin' One Thing And Doin' Another
8. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down