- Miles Davis' Greatest Hits
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Miles Davis' Greatest Hits Compilation album by Miles Davis Released 1969 in Vinyl and 1997 in CD Recorded 1956-1965 Genre Jazz Length 73:45 Label Sony/Legacy Producer Original Recordings Produced by Teo Macero. Miles Davis' Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Miles Davis released in vinyl in 1969 and released in 1997 in CD.
Contents
Track listing
- "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 In Person Friday Night at the Blackhawk - "My Funny Valentine" [live] (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 15:10
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: the original album's liner notes contain incorrect recording date information for tracks 3, 4 and 8.
- "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; George Coleman, tenor sax; Herbie Hancock, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Tony Williams, drums.
Recorded 4/21/61 at the Blackhawk Supper 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; Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, alto sax; John Coltrane, tenor sax; Hank Mobley, tenor sax; Bill Evans, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums.
Recorded 3/2/59 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
Notes
External links
Categories:- 1969 greatest hits albums
- Miles Davis compilation albums
- Columbia Records compilation albums
- Albums recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio
- Albums produced by Teo Macero
- Sony Records albums
- 1960s jazz album stubs
- "Seven Steps to Heaven" (Victor Feldman, Miles Davis) – 6:26
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