Audio CD review:
Miles Davis - The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions

Miles Davis - The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions

Band: Miles Davis Title: The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions Rating: Release Date: 2006-05-23 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Stablemates - Miles Davis, Golson, Benny 2: How Am I to Know? - Miles Davis, Parker, Dorothy 3: Just Squeeze Me - Miles Davis, Ellington, Duke 4: There Is No Greater Love - Miles Davis, Jones, Isham 5: The Theme - Miles Davis, Davis, Miles 6: S'posin' - Miles Davis, Denniker, Paul 7: In Your Own Sweet Way - Miles Davis, Brubeck, Dave 8: Diane - Miles Davis, Rapee, Erno 9: Trane's Blues - Miles Davis, Coltrane, John 10: Something I Dreamed Last Night - Miles Davis, Fain, Sammy 11: It Could Happen to You - Miles Davis, VanHeusen, Jimmy 12: Woody'n You - Miles Davis, Gillespie, Dizzy 13: Ahmad's Blues - Miles Davis, Jamal, Ahmad 14: Surrey with the Fringe on Top - Miles Davis, Rodgers, Richard 15: It Never Entered My Mind - Miles Davis, Rodgers, Richard 16: When I Fall in Love - Miles Davis, Young, Victor 17: Salt Peanuts - Miles Davis, Gillespie, Dizzy 18: Four - Miles Davis, Davis, Miles 19: The Theme - Miles Davis, Davis, Miles 20: The Theme - Miles Davis, Davis, Miles 21: If I Were a Bell - Miles Davis, Loesser, Frank 22: Well, You Needn't - Miles Davis, Monk, Thelonious 23: 'Round Midnight - Miles Davis, Monk, Thelonious 24: Half Nelson - Miles Davis, Davis, Miles 25: You're My Everything - Miles Davis, Warren, Harry 26: I Could Write a Book - Miles Davis, Hart, Lorenz 27: Oleo - Miles Davis, Rollins, Sonny 28: Airegin - Miles Davis, Rollins, Sonny 29: Tune Up - Miles Davis, Davis, Miles 30: When Lights Are Low - Miles Davis, Carter, Benny 31: Blues by Five - Miles Davis, Garland, Red 32: My Funny Valentine - Miles Davis, Hart, Lorenz 33: Steve Allen Intro - Miles Davis, 34: Max Is Making Wax (Chance It) - Miles Davis, Pettiford, Oscar 35: Steve Allen Intro 2 - Miles Davis, 36: It Never Entered My Mind - Miles Davis, Hart, Lorenz 37: Tune Up - Miles Davis, Davis, Miles 38: Walkin' - Miles Davis, Carpenter, Richard 39: Four - Miles Davis, Davis, Miles 40: Bye Bye Blackbird - Miles Davis, Henderson, Ray 41: Walkin' - Miles Davis, Carpenter, Richard 42: Two Bass Hit - Miles Davis, Gillespie, Dizzy

Great Collection of the Quintet's Prestige Recordings These sessions are: Nov 16, 1955 May 11, 1956 Oct 26, 1956 In addition a forth CD is included that has live performances from three different points in the Quintet's history as well as transcriptions of some of Davis' solos in pdf format. This box set is a great value! The first three discs contain all of the tracks from the Quintet's 5 Prestige albums: - Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet - Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet - Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet - Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (Note: Some of the track listings on Amazon are mislabeled, but all of the tracks from these 5 albums are here) All of the tracks are presented in chronological order by recording date. If you don't already own all of the Quintet's Prestige albums, I highly recommend buying this box set!. Packaging issues - not the music! The cover is nice - Miles Davis artwork, but the inside contains unnecessary CARDBOARD holders for the discs, unlike the clear plastic ones Columbia uses. I've read mixed reviews about Prestige box set releases and I have to say, the packaging for this set is HORRIBLE. One of the cardboard holders isn't even lined up right. It looks like an elementary school art project. The booklet slides into a cardboard sleeve as does the fourth disc. It's. . . weird. I just received it today and I don't foresee the set packaging holding up as well as the sleek Columbia sets. However, we don't really have a choice, do we? The music is always a must. : ). Beautiful Collection! Miles Fans Must Have This! Flawless remaster. Beautifully packaged. Classy photos. Fantastic music from Miles' legendary quintet,what more could you possibly want from a set like this? This is by far my most frequently played and favorite Miles Davis Box Set. I love this stuff. And that's ironic. . . I started off getting very, very deep into Miles' electric stuff from 68 - 75. Then for the heck of it, I picked up the stuff he did in the early to mid 60's and loved it all. I've had Kind of Blue for almost 30 years and then picked up Round About Midnight and really enjoyed it. When I purchased this I sort of figured I needed to own it since I was learning so much about Miles and his music. I figured I'd listen to it once in a while, learn a little bit from it. WRONG. This stuff is great. My favorite track is the beautiful "It Never Entered My Mind". It's funny but when I listen to this music and the music Miles did with Gil Evans, I can really understand why his loyal fans got so upset when he went electric. Now, that said, I love it all! But I can see why the original fans took exception. This music is just so beautiful, so expressive. Nobody plays the trumpet with as much personality as Miles, nobody. It's all wonderful folks! If you like Miles, you must have this!. Great Music, Another $$$ Grab The extras tracks here aren't particularly special (the Steve Allen intros are actually painfully clumsy) the booklet is a yawner (nice photos, tho) and the sound quality is only marginally better than recent releases of this stuff (and not as bright as the vinyl. The labels will be repackaging Miles long after I'm dead, and I'm relatively young. ) If you already own this in digital format, I see zero reason to make this purchase. But if you are a completist, or newly discovering Miles, it is recommended for the wonderful music. The tracks are packaged sequentially, rather than in original album order. on a high end system the sound IS a serious improvement ! less "digitalis" (overly bright highs) but not at the expense of rolled off highs. the sound of Miles trumpet is significantly better here. this is sonically better then the rvg 2006 remaster of relaxin'. in fact it sounds more like the MOSAIC records vinyl pressings then any 16 bit release so far. it may even surpass them in some ways but I did not do an a/b comparison yet so I couldn't say. But some of what I heard hinted at it: it sounded as if the tapes were fresher here. my search for truely enjoyable cd masterings of this incredible work is finished. Thanks Joe Tarantino for working a wonder! . You can see a complete list of all Miles Davis discography, or go back to the Miles Davis tabs