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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelSony Music Entertainment
EAN0886977878428
eBay Product ID (ePID)9052231994
Product Key Features
Era1960s, 1950s
Release Year2010
FormatCD
InstrumentTrumpet
FeaturesCompilation, Studio Recording
GenreJazz
TypeAlbum
StyleJazz Instrument, Ethereal, Modern Creative
ArtistMiles Davis / Gil Evans
Release TitleMiles Davis and Gil Evans: the Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs6
DistributionSony Music/Sony Dadc
Number of Tracks122
Reviews"...lovingly re-mastered and annotated, and contains a wealth of alternate takes and rehearsal sketches....a radical recasting of the modern big band....Most fascinating is how the annotators have resurrected the long out-of-print QUIET NIGHTS...", 5 Stars (out of 5) - "...makes even buffs jump up and cheer....some of the most memorable sessions ever recorded in jazz, with the bonus that...you get the wonderful, laconic insider-talk of musicians at work as well. Indispensable.", 4 Stars Out of 5-"A Magnificent Cornucopia of Jazz Treasures...", "...What made Davis and Evans ideal collaborators has everything to do with shared sensibilities and a mutual objective: forcing intimacy and humility upon two of the most overblown devices in music--the trumpet and the orchestra...", 5 Stars (out of 5) - "There are controversies, there are opinions, there...is room for measured disagreement and criticism. But let us begin by acknowledging the sheer and unequivocal sublimity of this music. If the sounds do not make you melt, consult your physician. You may need open-heart surgery...", "...a vital reconstruction of one of the most important artistic relationships in American popular music, let alone jazz....The elegant lyricism and gently emphatic force of Evans' orchestral voicings...inspired some of the trumpeter's most acute and dynamic improvisations..."
I have had this set before and knew it but they changed the packaging which is a little difficult with the cds remaining in place . The content is good and it's a comprehensive service