The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane

Infobox Album
Name = The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane
Type = box
Artist = Miles Davis and John Coltrane


Released = 2000 2004 (reissue)
Recorded = October 26, 1955 to March 21, 1961
Genre = Jazz
Length = 0:00:00 (all discs) 73:18 (disc 1) 68:41 (disc 2) 00:00 (disc 3) 00:00 (disc 4) 00:00 (disc 5) 00:00 (disc 6)
Label = Columbia
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wpftxqtkldse link]

"The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane" is a box set by jazz musicians Miles Davis and John Coltrane. It is the first box set in a series of eight from Columbia/Legacy compiling Davis's work for Columbia Records. Originally issued in 2000 in a limited-edition metal slipcase, it was reissued in 2004 in an oversized book format.

Albums

Davis' and Coltrane's work together for Columbia produced three studio albums, 2 tracks from a fourth, and two live albums, all of which are contained in this box set:

*"'Round About Midnight" (released 1956)
*"Milestones" (released 1958)
*"Kind of Blue" (released 1959)
*"Someday My Prince Will Come" (released 1961) (2 tracks only)
*" Miles & Monk at Newport" (released 1964) (one side only), reissued as "Miles Davis At Newport 1958" in 2001
*" Jazz at the Plaza (released 1973)

Track listing

:Original CD release "The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane", 2004 (Columbia)

Disc 1

# Two Bass Hit - 3:21 ¹
# Two Bass Hit - 3:44 ²
# Ah-Leu-Cha - 5:51
# Ah-Leu-Cha - 5:53 ²
# Ah-Leu-Cha - 5:25
# Little Melonae - 7:22 ²
# Budo - 5:02
# Budo - 4:17 ¹
# Dear Old Stockholm - 7:51 ²
# Bye Bye Blackbird - 7:50
# Bye Bye Blackbird - 7:56 ²
# Tadd's Delight - 4:28 ²
# Tadd's Delight - 4:18

Disc 2

# Dear Old Stockholm - 6:42
# All of You - 7:31
# All of You - 7:03 ²
# Sweet Sue, Just You - 4:23
# Sweet Sue, Just You (false start) - 1:58
# Sweet Sue, Just You - 3:32
# Sweet Sue, Just You - 3:41
# Miles Davis Comments - :30
# 'Round Midnight - 5:57 ²
# Two Bass Hit - 4:32
# Two Bass Hit - 5:13 ³
# Billy Boy - 7:12 ³
# Straight No Chaser - 10:27

Disc 3

# Straight No Chaser - 10:37 ³
# Milestones - 6:01
# Milestones - 5:44 ³
# Sid's Ahead - 13:02 ³
# Little Melonae - 7:55
# Dr. Jackle - 5:49 ³
# On Green Dolphin Street - 9:50
# Fran-Dance - 5:52
# Fran-Dance - 5:49
# Stella by Starlight - 4:43

Disc 4

# Love for Sale - 11:49 ¹
# Freddie Freeloader - 1:27
# Freddie Freeloader - 9:48 ⁴
# So What - 9:23 ⁴
# Blue in Green - 5:38 ⁴
# Flamenco Sketches - 9:33
# Miles Davis Comments - :44
# Flamenco Sketches - 9:27 ⁴
# All Blues - 11:32 ⁴

Disc 5

# Someday My Prince Will Come - 9:05 ⁵
# Teo - 9:36 ⁵
# Introduction by Willis Conover - 2:15 ⁶
# Ah-Leu-Cha - 5:52 ⁶
# Straight No Chaser - 8:47 ⁶
# Fran-Dance - 7:13 ⁶
# Two Bass Hit - 4:10 ⁶
# Bye Bye Blackbird - 9:10 ⁶
# The Theme - 2:48 ⁶

Disc 6

# If I Were a Bell - 8:31 ⁷
# Oleo - 10:38 ⁷
# My Funny Valentine - 10:18 ⁷
# Straight No Chaser - 10:56 ⁷

¹ from "Circle in the Round" ² from "'Round About Midnight" ³ from "Milestones" ⁴ from "Kind of Blue" ⁵ from "Someday My Prince Will Come" ⁶ from "Miles Davis At Newport 1958" ⁷ from "Jazz at the Plaza"

Personnel

Recorded between October 26, 1955 and March 21, 1961 in New York City (except disk 5, tracks 3-9, recorded in Newport, RI).

* Miles Davis — trumpet
* John Coltrane — tenor saxophone
* Hank Mobley — tenor saxophone (Disc 5: track 1)
* Cannonball Adderley — alto saxophone (Disc 3; Disc 4: tracks 1, 6-9; Disc 5: tracks 3-9; Disc 6)
* Red Garland — piano (Disc 1; Disc 2; Disc 3: tracks 1-6)
* Bill Evans — piano (Disc 3: tracks 6-10; Disk 4: track 1, 4-9; Disc 5: tracks 3-9; Disc 6)
* Wynton Kelly — piano (Disc 4: tracks 2-3; Disc 5: tracks1-2)
* Paul Chambers — bass
* Philly Joe Jones — drums (Disc 1; Disc 2; Disc 3: tracks 1-6)
* Jimmy Cobb — drums (Disc 3: tracks 7-10; Disk 4; Disc 5; Disc 6)