Titel:

The Essential Miles Davis  (Japan, Blu-spec CD)
Label: Sony Music Japan International Inc.
SICP 20162-3

10.1.21 / 09.7.22 / 01.8.22

Cover Scans:

Aufnahmeort / Datum:
1) WOR Studio, New York City, USA, 26. November 1945
2) Capitol Recording Studio, New York City, USA, 21. Januar 1949
3) WOR Studio, New York City, USA, 30. Januar 1953
4) WOR Studios, New York City, USA, 20. April 1953
5) Rudy van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA, 29. April 1954
6) Columbia 30th Street Studios, New York City, USA, 05. Juni 1956
7) Columbia 30th Street Studios, New York City, USA, 10. September 1956
8) Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City, USA, 27. Mai 1957
9) Le Poste Parisien Studios, Paris, Frankreich, USA, 04. Dezember 1957
10) Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City, USA, 18. August 1958
11) Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City, USA, 02. Maerz 1959
12) Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City, USA, 10. Maerz 1960
13) Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City, USA, 20. Maerz 1961
14) Lincoln Center, New York City, USA, 12. Februar 1964
15) Columbia Studio, Hollywood, USA, 20. Januar 1965
16) Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City, USA, 07. Juni 1967
17) Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City, USA, 19. Juni 1968
18) Columbia Studio B, New York City, USA, 20. August 1969
19) Columbia Studio, New York City, USA, 04. Juni 1970
20) Columbia Studio, New York City, USA, 06. Juni 1972
21) Shinjuku Nishi-Guchi Hiroba, Tokyo, Japan, 03. Oktober 1981
22) Record Plant Studio, New York City, USA, 26. Januar 1984
23) Capitol Records Studio, Los Angeles, USA, 13. Februar 1986

Songtitel:

Spielzeit:
1) Now's The Time
2) Jeru
3) Compulsion
4) Tempus Fugit
5) Walkin'
6) 'Round Midnight
7) Bye Bye Blackbird
8) New Rhumba
9) Generique
10) Summertime
11) So What
12) The Pan Piper
13) Someday My Prince Will Come

Gesamtspielzeit Disk 1

14) My Funny Valentine
15) E.S.P.
16) Nefertiti
17) Petits Machins
18) Miles Runs The Voodoo Down
19) Little Church
20) Black Satin 
21) Jean Pierre (edited)
22) Time After Time
23) Portia
22) Human Nature (Bonus Track for Japan)

Gesamtspielzeit Disk 2

03:15
03:10
05:35
03:50
13:26
05:55
07:54
04:37
02:45
03:17
09:22
03:52
09:04

76:12

14:55
05:27
07:53
08:05
14:01
03:15
05:15
04:01
03:39
06:18
04:30

77:19

Musiker:

1) 26. November 1945:
Miles Davis (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Dizzy Gillespie (p); Curley Russell (b); Max Roach (d)
2) 21. Januar 1949:
Miles Davis (tp); Kai Winding (tb); Lee Konitz (as); Bill Barber (tuba); Gerry Mulligan (bars); Al Haig (p); Junior Collins (frh); Joe Shulman (b); Max Roach (d)
3) 30. Januar 1953:
Miles Davis (tp); Sonny Rollins, "Charlie Chan" (Charlie Parker) (ts); Walter Bishop Jr. (p); Percy Heath (b); Philly Joe Jones (d)
4) 20. April 1953:
Miles Davis (tp); J.J. Johnson (tb); Jimmy Heath (ts); Gil Coggins (p); Percy Heath (b); Art Blakey (d)
5) 29. April 1954:
Miles Davis (tp); J. J. Johnson (tb); Lucky Thompson (ts); Horace Silver (p); Percy Heath (b); Kenny Clarke (d)
6) 05. Juni 1956:
Miles Davis (tp); John Coltrane (ts); Red Garland (p); Paul Chambers (b); Philly Joe Jones (d)
7) 10. September 1956:
Miles Davis (tp); John Coltrane (ts); Red Garland (p); Paul Chambers (b); Philly Joe Jones (d)
8) 27. Mai 1957: 
Miles Davis (flh); Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci, Taft Jordan, Johnny Carisi (tp); Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Joe Bennett, Tom Mitchell (tb); Willie Ruff, Tony Miranda (fr-h); Bill Barber (tuba); Romeo Penque (fl, cl, oboe); Eddie Caine (cl, fl); Lee Konitz (as); Danny Bank (bcl); Wynton Kelly (p); Paul Chambers (b); Arthur Taylor (d); Gil Evans (arr, cond)
9) 04. Dezember 1957:
Miles Davis (tp); Barney Wilen (ts); Rene Urtreger (p); Pierre Michelot (b); Kenny Clarke (d)
10) 18. August 1958: 
Miles Davis (tp, flh); Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci (tp); Joe Bennett, Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Dick Hixon (tb); Willie Ruff, Julius Watkins, Gunther Schuller (fr-h); Bill Barber (tuba); Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (as); Romeo Penque, Jerome Richardson (fl, afl, cl); Danny Bank (afl, bcl); Paul Chambers (b); Jimmy Cobb (d); Gil Evans (arr, cond)
11) 02. Maerz 1959:
Miles Davis (tp); Julian "Cannonball" Adderly (as); John Coltrane (ts); Wynton Kelly, Bill Evans (p); Paul Chambers (b); Jimmy Cobb (d)
12) 10. Maerz 1960:
Miles Davis (tp); Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci (tp); Dick Hixon, Frank Rehak (tb); Jimmy Buffington, Joe Singer, Tony Miranda (fr-h); Bill Barber (tuba); Al Block, Harold Feldman (fl); Danny Bank (bcl); Romeo Penque (oboe); Jack Knitzer (bas); Janet Putnam (harp); Paul Chambers (b); Jimmy Cobb (d); Elvin Jones, Jose Manguel (perc); Gil Evans (arr, cond)
13) 20. Maerz 1961:
Miles Davis (tp); John Coltrane (ts); Wynton Kelly (p); Paul Chambers (b); Jimmy Cobb (d)
14) 12. Februar 1964:
Miles Davis (tp); George Coleman (ts); Herbie Hancock (p); Ron Carter (b); Tony Williams (d)
15) 20. Januar 1965:
Miles Davis (tp); Wayne Shorter (ts); Herbie Hancock (p); Ron Carter (b); Tony Williams (d)
16) 07. Juni 1967:
Miles Davis (tp); Wayne Shorter (ts); Herbie Hancock (p); Ron Carter (b); Tony Williams (d)
17) 19. Juni 1968:
Miles Davis (tp); Wayne Shorter (ts); Herbie Hancock (p, el-p); Ron Carter (b); Tony Williams (d)
18) 20. August 1969:
Miles Davis (tp); Wayne Shorter (ss); Bennie Maupin (bcl); John McLaughlin (g); Chick Corea, Josef Zawinul (el-p); Dave Holland (b); Harvey Brooks (el-b); Jack DeJohnette (d); Jim Riley (perc)
19) 04. Juni 1970:
Miles Davis (tp); Steve Grossman (ss); John McLaughlin (el-g); Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett (el-p); Dave Holland (b); Jack DeJohnette (d); Airto Moreira (perc); Hermeto Pascoal (voc)
20) 06. Juni 1972:
Miles Davis (tp); Carlos Garnett (ts); Herbie Hancock, Harold Williams (keyb); David Creamer (g); Colin Walcott (sitar); Michael Henderson (b); William W. Hart, Jack DeJohnette (d); James Mtume Foreman (cga, perc); Badal Roy (tabla)
21) 03. Oktober 1981:
Miles Davis (tp); Bill Evans (ss, ts, fl, el-p); Mike Stern (g); Marcus Miller (b); Al Foster (d); Mino Cinelu (perc)
22) 26. Januar 1984:
Miles Davis (tp); John Scofield (g); Robert Irving III (synth); Darryl Jones (el-b); Al Foster (d); Steve Thornton (perc)
23) 13. Februar 1986:
Miles Davis (tp); Paulinho Da Costa (perc); Marcus Miller (other Instruments)