The Essential Miles Davis Explained

The Essential Miles Davis
Type:greatest
Artist:Miles Davis
Cover:The Essential Miles Davis.jpg
Released:May 15, 2001
Recorded:1945–1986
Genre:Jazz
Length:149:13 (2 disc set)
Label:Sony/Columbia/Legacy
Producer:Michael Cuscuna, Bob Belden, Steve Berkowitz and Seth Rothstein for Columbia Legacy label of Sony Entertainment
Prev Title:Super Hits
Prev Year:2001
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The Essential Miles Davis is a 2-CD compilation album by Miles Davis released by Columbia Legacy on May 15, 2001. It belongs to Sony Music Entertainment's "The Essential" series, not to the series "Essentials", established by WEA International, and was released as part of Sony's Miles 75 Anniversary program. In 2008, The Essential Miles Davis 3.0 was released as a limited edition album featuring a bonus third disc that added five more songs to the original track list.

Track listing

CD1

  1. "Now's the Time"  - C. Parker
  2. "Jeru"  - G. Mulligan
  3. "Compulsion"  - M. Davis
  4. "Tempus Fugit"  - B. Powell
  5. "Walkin'"  - R. Carpenter
  6. "Round Midnight"  - T. Monk - B. Hanighen - C. Williams
  7. "Bye Bye Blackbird"  - M. Dixon - R. Henderson
  8. "New Rhumba"  - A. Jamal
  9. "Generique"  - M. Davis
  10. "Summertime"  - G. Gershwin - I. Gershwin - D. Heyward
  11. "So What"  - M. Davis
  12. "The Pan Piper"  - Gil Evans
  13. "Someday My Prince Will Come"  - F.E. Churchill - L. Morey

CD2

  1. "My Funny Valentine (Live)"  - R. Rodgers - L. Hart
  2. "E.S.P."  - Miles Davis - W. Shorter
  3. "Nefertiti"  - W. Shorter
  4. "Petits Machins (Little Stuff)"  - Miles Davis - Gil Evans
  5. "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down"  - Miles Davis
  6. "Little Church"  - H. Pascoal
  7. "Black Satin"  - Miles Davis
  8. "Jean Pierre (Live)"  - Miles Davis
  9. "Time After Time"  - C. Lauper - R. Hyman
  10. "Portia"  - M. Miller

CD3 (Limited Edition)

  1. "Stella by Starlight"  - V. Young - N. Washington
  2. "Milestones"  - M. Davis
  3. "Seven Steps to Heaven"  - M. Davis - V. Feldman
  4. "Footprints"  - W. Shorter
  5. "In a Silent Way"  - J. Zawinul

Notes and References

  1. 75.

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