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	Miles Davis: Before The Cool - The Miles Davis Collection 1945-48 (CD: Acrobat, 2 CDs) Trumpeter Miles Davis was without doubt one of the most important and influential jazz musicians of the post-war era, not only as a pioneer of the bebop movement but through being at the forefront of many stylistic and musical innovations over the years. His landmark debut album for Capitol “The Birth Of The Cool”, recorded during 1949 and 1950, became regarded as seminal in the history of cool jazz, exploring unusual harmonies and textures. This excellent-value 49-track 2-CD set comprises his studio recordings in small ensembles, in which he is the only trumpeter, from his studio debut in 1945 through to the end of 1948, just weeks before the first of the “Birth Of The Cool” sessions in January 1949. As a bonus, it concludes with a ‘live’ recording with Charlie Parker’s All Stars in December 1948. (Acrobat Music) Price: £12.99


Miles Davis: Early Milestones (CD: Naxos Jazz Legends) Price: £11.99


	Miles Davis: Boplicity (CD: Naxos Jazz Legends) Price: £11.99


Miles Davis: Enigma (CD: Proper) Miles Davis' reputation precedes him. A giant of 20th century music, his influence has spread far beyond the world of jazz. The tracks on this Proper Introduction present the start of Miles's career - bebop sides made with Charlie Parker and tracks that later went on to become the Birth Of The Cool LP and spawn a whole new form of jazz - the first of many in Miles's incredible career. (Proper Records) Price: £6.99


Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (Vinyl LP: Jazz Track) Price: £17.99
180g pressing.

	Miles Davis: The Complete Birth Of The Cool (CD: Capitol) A landmark album that established the "cool" style for modern jazz in 1949. This famous nonet's distinctive sound is achieved with unusual ensemble patterns and instrumental combinations---conventional brass and reed, but augmented with tuba and French horn. This creates a full orchestral sound from a minimum number of instruments. Personnel includes Davis, Lee Konitz, Gerry Mulligan, J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, John Barber, John Lewis, Max Roach, Kenny Clarke. Assured collective and solo work captures the essence of "cool"---urbane sound, subtle contrapuntal scoring, and calm, unhurried solos. A definitive sound from a classic jazz ensemble. Essential collector's item. (Andrew Clark, Editor, Riffs & Choruses: A New Jazz Anthology. Continuum Publishing.) Though a commercial disaster at the time, Davis's nonet from 1949-50 became legendary once all the (relatively brief) tracks, cut as 78s, were assembled as an album in 1957. Miles played with more confidence than he had previously with Charlie Parker and, harnessed to some fine arrangements from the likes of Gerry Mulligan and John Lewis, this is a classic. A BEBOP SHOP MILESTONE- An essential recording for your jazz CD shelf Price: £13.99


Miles Davis: Volume 1 & 2 (CD: Blue Note, 2 CDs) Price: £13.99


	Miles Davis: Volume 1 (CD: Blue Note RVG) Davis's 1952 sextet date with J.J. Johnson and a very young Jackie McLean introduced "Dear Old Stockholm", "Donna" and the trumpeter's classic reading of "Yesterdays". His 1954 quartet date with Horace Silver, Percy Heath and Art Blakey is among the finest early Miles with hip originals and a breath-taking version of "It Never Entered My Mind". (Blue Note) First of 2-vol. remastered Blue Note sessions from early 1950s. Davis leads a 1952 sextet of Jay Jay Johnson (trombone), Jackie McLean (alto-sax), Gil Coggins (piano), Oscar Pettiford (bass) and Kenny Clarke (drums). Material is mostly re-worked bop compositions ("Chance It," "Donna," "Woody 'N' You"), with alternate takes, and ballads. Davis is in much sharper form in 1954, in a quartet with pianist Horace Silver, bassist Percy Heath and drummer Art Blakey. An interest in modal style and space previews Davis's late-50s recordings -- aspects suggested in titles like "Take Off," "The Leap," and the altered blues, "Weirdo." Interesting, interim period in Davis's development, between his "birth of the cool" phase and the later, innovative work with John Coltrane. (Andrew Clark, Editor, Riffs & Choruses: A New Jazz Anthology. Continuum Publishing.) Price: £8.99


Miles Davis: Volume 1 (Vinyl LP: Blue Note) The legendary trumpeter Miles Davis was still near the beginning of his storied career when he cut the three sessions that comprise his Blue Note recordings in 1952, 1953, and 1954. In the late 1940s, Miles had been a member of Charlie Parker’s quintet and Dizzy Gillespie’s big band, as well as cutting select sides as a leader including the influential Birth of the Cool sessions for Capitol Records. Miles’ star was still rising at the time he hooked up with Alfred Lion and Blue Note, but he was clearly on his path towards becoming one of the greatest bandleaders in jazz. Initially released across three 10” LPs—Young Man With A Horn, Vol. 2, and Vol. 3—the music captured on these Blue Note sides contains all the hallmarks of his early style from blazing bebop to beautiful ballads. When Blue Note transitioned to the 12” LP in 1955, Lion compiled Miles’ recordings onto two volumes as the inaugural releases of the 1500 series. Volume 1 (Blue Note 1501) presents tracks from the 1952 and 1953 sextet sessions featuring two stellar line-ups with included trombonist J.J. Johnson, saxophonists Jackie McLean and Jimmy Heath, pianist Gi Coggins, bassists Oscar Pettiford and Percy Heath, and drummers Kenny Clarke and Art Blakey. This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is mono, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original masters, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. (Blue Note Records) Price: £25.99


	Miles Davis: Volume 2 (Vinyl LP: Blue Note) The legendary trumpeter Miles Davis was still near the beginning of his storied career when he cut the three sessions that comprise his Blue Note recordings in 1952, 1953, and 1954. In the late 1940s, Miles had been a member of Charlie Parker’s quintet and Dizzy Gillespie’s big band, as well as cutting select sides as a leader including the influential Birth of the Cool sessions for Capitol Records. Miles’ star was still rising at the time he hooked up with Alfred Lion and Blue Note, but he was clearly on his path towards becoming one of the greatest bandleaders in jazz. Initially released across three 10” LPs—Young Man With A Horn, Vol. 2, and Vol. 3—the music captured on these Blue Note sides contains all the hallmarks of his early style from blazing bebop to beautiful ballads. When Blue Note transitioned to the 12” LP in 1955, Lion compiled Miles’ recordings onto two volumes as the inaugural releases of the 1500 series. Volume 2 (Blue Note 1502) presents tracks from all three sessions which featured Miles with the likes of trombonist J.J. Johnson, saxophonists Jackie McLean and Jimmy Heath, pianists Gi Coggins and Horace Silver, bassists Oscar Pettiford and Percy Heath, and drummers Kenny Clarke and Art Blakey. This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is mono, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original masters, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. (Blue Note Records) Price: £25.99


Miles Davis: Hi-Hat All Stars (CD: Fresh Sound) Price: £17.99


	Miles Davis + 19 (with orchestra under the direction of Gil Evans): Miles Ahead (CD: Columbia) The first collaborative album of trumpeter Miles Davis with arranger and director Gil Evans, this merging of featured soloist with orchestral score established a creative practice unique for its time. Davis plays flugelhorn throughout---an exquisite lyricism, offset by Evans' innovative arrangements for a band comprising no less than twelve brass, alto sax, three woodwinds, bass and drums. With playing running continuously, across bridged passages, the entire performance has the unified structure of a jazz suite. Miles ahead, indeed. (Andrew Clark, Editor, Riffs & Choruses: A New Jazz Anthology. Continuum Publishing.) A BEBOP SHOP MILESTONE- An essential recording for your jazz CD shelf Price: £9.99


Miles Davis + 19 (with orchestra under the direction of Gil Evans): Miles Ahead (Vinyl LP: Pan Am Records) 180g pressing. Price: £22.99


	Miles Davis (with orchestra under the direction of Gil Evans): Porgy and Bess (CD: Columbia) George Gershwin's celebrated folk opera, as interpreted by Miles Davis and arranger/ director Gil Evans' orchestra in 1958. This marks a change from Davis' celebrated small groups of the period, and features him on trumpet and flugelhorn as solo voice against a large, mostly brass ensemble. Original scoring from Evans, with rich, dense sound and varied dynamics of structure. Davis' contributions are precise, haunting and solitary---the mark of an individual voice. Gershwin's vocal scores---e.g. "Summertime," "My Man's Gone Now," "It Ain't Necessarily So," "I Loves You, Bess"---are transformed here in one of jazz's most fertile collaborations. (Andrew Clark, Editor, Riffs & Choruses: A New Jazz Anthology. Continuum Publishing.) 'Gil Evans scored Gershwin's masterpiece in glowing terms, using flutes and horns in place of saxes to create a palette of delicacy as well as toughness. Davis rose to the occasion, sounding at his most majestic in the contemplative improvisations on 'Summertime.' (The Penguin Guide To Jazz) Price: £9.99


Miles Davis (with orchestra under the direction of Gil Evans): Sketches of Spain (CD: Columbia) The last collaborative album (1959) from Miles Davis and conductor/arranger Gil Evans. Davis' solo trumpet voice is always warmly evocative---this time of a brooding, dramatic Spanish sound and feeling. Again, Evans achieves a wide range of tone colours and voicings and an unusually full-bodied orchestral sound for jazz---from tuba and French horn to high register woodwinds and brass. Perhaps not as compelling as the earlier Davis/Evans "Miles Ahead" and "Porgy and Bess" albums, but another fine example of their combined powers. (Andrew Clark, Editor, Riffs & Choruses: A New Jazz Anthology. Continuum Publishing.) Price: £9.99


	Miles Davis: Sketches Of Spain- 50th Anniversary Legacy Edition (CD: Columbia/ Sony Legacy, 2 CDs) Sketches of Spain is one of Miles Davis' most enduring and innovative achievements. Recorded in November 1959, Davis teamed with Canadian arranger Gil Evans for the third time. Davis brought Evans the album's signature piece, "Concierto de Aranjuez," after hearing a classical version of it and set about to create an entire album of material around it. The result is a masterpiece of modern art. On the "Concierto," Evans ' arrangement provided an orchestra and jazz band the opportunity to record a classical work as it was. The piece is one of the most memorable works to come from popular culture in the 20th century. Davis' control over his instrument is singular, and Evans' conducting is flawless. Also notable are "Saeta," with one of the most amazing technical solos of Davis' career, and the album's closer, "Solea," based on an Andalusian folk song, about a woman who encounters the procession taking Christ to Calvary. This set includes the original album along with rehearsal and alternate takes previously heard only on the 1996 set Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings, plus the only piece ever performed live by Miles with Gil -- "Concierto de Aranjuez" performed at Carnegie Hall on May 19, 1961. The package offers rare photos, correspondence, and clippings including the 1960 HiFi/Stereo Review article by Nat Hentoff describing the Nov. 15, 1959 recording session. (Sony Music) Price: £16.99


Miles Davis: Sketches Of Spain (Vinyl LP: Not Now Music) Enjoy this iconic Miles Davis album as it was meant to be heard on 180g vinyl. Highlights include 'Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)' and 'Solea'. (Proper Music) Price: £18.99


	Miles Davis (with orchestra under the direction of Gil Evans): Quiet Nights (CD: Columbia) Another---more subdued---example of trumpeter/ flugelhorn Miles Davis' collaboration with orchestra leader Gil Evans. Perhaps not quite as memorable as the "Porgy and Bess" and "Miles Ahead" albums (see above), but still a fine example of the integration of jazz soloist and large ensemble. Evans' chorded textural sounds and instrumental colours are as resonant as ever, and Davis brings a sense of the lone, plaintive voice to every piece. Atmosphere stuff, indeed, for those "quiet nights." (Andrew Clark, Editor, Riffs & Choruses: A New Jazz Anthology. Continuum Publishing.) Price: £9.99

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