Prolific composer in the band, was advancing his tunes and his were quicklyĭiscarding their live performance practice of playing loads of standardsĪnd were further discarding traditional melodic structures for more Is immediately and unceasingly startling. Original LPs ( E.S.P., Miles Smiles, Sorcerer, Nefertiti, Miles in the Sky), The material here, which hasĪlso been reissued on expanded single CDs of the main full-length Intelligently skewed the move really was. These six CDs show just how creatively and As early as 1957, EvansĪnd Davis were already beginning to use the studio itself as an Much about the processes that went into these works, includingĮxtensive editing and even some overdubbing. Phil Schaap, who has compiled a wealth of alternate takes.
What most distinguishes the box set is the archival work of They're all here,Īlong with less-inspired, later projects like the Quiet Nights bossa Porgy and Bess (1958), and Sketches of Spain (1960). Together DavisĪnd Evans produced three orchestral masterpieces: Miles Ahead (1957), Light percussion to the trumpeter's solitary lament.
His arrangements for Davis are like settings for theįinest jewels, whether he's creating rich, brass chords or adding only To the conventional big band and thinning its saxophone, trumpet, and Mixes of distinct voices, adding French horns, oboe, bassoon, and harp Interest in unusual instrumentation and a talent for creating subtle Though a product of the big-band tradition,Įvans was never limited by sectional voicings and riffs. However, when Davis had forged a relationship with a major record Real opportunity to explore their shared vision didn't come until 1957, Its a fascinating insight into the development of his music during these key formative years.įrom their first work together on the Birth of the Cool sessions in 1949, Miles Davis and Gil Evans forgedĪ unique relationship as great soloist and brilliant arranger. Johnson, Al Haig, Curly Russell and others.
Charlie Parker was his primary collaborator on these sessions, but among the musicians featured in the various line-ups were Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Kai Winding, Coleman Hawkins, Lucky Thompson, Hank Jones, John Lewis, Max Roach, J.J. It features performances with Charlie Parker's Reeboppers, the Charlie Parker Septet, Charlie Parker All Stars, Coleman Hawkins All Stars, Miles Davis All Stars, Charlie Parker Quintet & Charlie Parker Sextet from eleven different recording sessions during these years. As a bonus, it concludes with a live recording with Charlie Parkers All Stars in December 1948. 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.
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