Audio CD review:
Miles Davis, John Coltrane - The Complete Columbia Recordings: Miles Davis & John Coltrane

Miles Davis, John Coltrane - The Complete Columbia Recordings: Miles Davis & John Coltrane

Band: Miles Davis, John Coltrane Title: The Complete Columbia Recordings: Miles Davis & John Coltrane Rating: Release Date: 04 May, 2004 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Two Bass Hit 2: Two Bass Hit 3: Ah-Leu-Cha 4: Ah-Leu-Cha 5: Ah-Leu-Cha 6: Little Melonae 7: Budo 8: Budo 9: Dear Old Stockholm 10: Bye Bye Blackbird 11: Bye Bye Blackbird 12: Tadd's Delight 13: Tadd's Delight 14: Dear Old Stockholm 15: All of You 16: All of You 17: Sweet Sue, Just You 18: Sweet Sue, Just You [False Start with Discussion] 19: Sweet Sue, Just You 20: Sweet Sue, Just You 21: Miles Davis Comments 22: 'Round Midnight 23: Two Bass Hit 24: Two Bass Hit 25: Billy Boy 26: Straight, No Chaser 27: Straight, No Chaser 28: Milestones 29: Milestones 30: Sid's Ahead 31: Little Melonae 32: Dr. Jackle 33: On Green Dolphin Street 34: Fran-Dance 35: Fran-Dance 36: Stella by Starlight 37: Love for Sale 38: Freddie Freeloader 39: Freddie Freeloader 40: So What 41: Blue in Green 42: Flamenco Sketches 43: Miles Davis Comments 44: Flamenco Sketches 45: All Blues 46: Someday My Prince Will Come 47: Teo 48: Introduction by Willis Conover - John Coltrane, Willis Conover, Miles Davis 49: Ah-Leu-Cha 50: Straight, No Chaser 51: Fran-Dance 52: Two Bass Hit 53: Bye Bye Blackbird 54: Theme 55: If I Were a Bell 56: Oleo 57: My Funny Valentine 58: Straight, No Chaser

Customer Reviews The best of two masters This boxed set will appeal to many jazz fans,whether you are a student of Jazz, an aspiring musician or just some one who loves good music. There is something about the sessions between Miles and Coltrane that are magical. This collaboration of Miles and Coltrane has something for everyone. From the muted trumpet of Miles on the classic "Someday My Prince Will Come" to the up tempo riffs on "Straight No Chaser" The two giants of jazz rise to the occasion, pushing each other to new highs in music. This is a must for a complete jazz collection. . The 4th of 8 boxes Released in 2000 , it is the 4th of the 8 boxes covering Miles' Columbia recordings. Well this is the one that most jazz purists were waiting for. It would be the 1st chronologically. Two men of jazz genius defining what is jazz. Is it the best of the 8 boxes ? You decide. But in order to decide , you will need to add it to your cart , along with the other 7 !. Not for everyone, but great for its target audience This is more of a personal library piece, to be treated as such rather than an introduction or overview of these two jazz "giants". Who should buy this set? Well first of all anyone interested in Miles Davis or John Coltrane and especially their interplay together will probably be interested, but this set seems to have been made for the completist or armchair jazz scholar. This set covers Miles Davis' work with John Coltrane during Miles' time with Columbia Records. The albums that this would entail are: 'Round About Midnight Milestones Miles At Newport Kind Of Blue Someday My Prince Will Come As well as many alternate takes and live recordings not found on these albums. So you may have heard that Kind Of Blue is a great starting point for jazz. This colletion comprises that entire album and some alternate takes, but the disc that has that album has another song at the beginning and some Miles Davis comments as well as presenting the tracks out of order from the original album order. There is nothing like putting in Kind Of Blue for the first time, hearing the low bass strumming and the explosion of Miles' first notes of "So What". Here you would have to skip to track 4 and then back around for that experience. Or what if (like me) Someday My Prince Will Come is one of your favorite albums by early Columbia Miles Davis. Sadly Coltrane did not play with Miles on every track so the album is not included here in its entirety for obvious reasons. Many times alternate takes are placed one after the other for comparison sake. Rather than listening to these discs like albums with an overall feel, these discs should really be approached as study guides and keys to the interworking of Miles and Trane. If you are new to jazz or at least to Miles and Coltrane then buy Kind Of Blue and explore it over and over, buy Someday My Prince Will Come and listen to "Pfrancing" and see if it does not speak to you. If you have the aforementioned albums and you do not really care about alternate takes or the liner notes, then this set was not made for you. If you have had the aforementioned albums for some time and you love Miles and Trane, buy this set and dig deeper. Listen to the alternate takes placed next to the takes you remember from the albums. Study Miles and Trane together, the call and response, the give and take. Read the wonderful booklet enclosed with the set and learn more about Miles and trane and the other musicians in this classic quintet. . You can see a complete list of all Miles Davis, John Coltrane discography, or go back to the Miles Davis, John Coltrane tabs