The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955–1961

Celebrate the dual centennial of Miles Davis and John Coltrane with The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955–1961, a landmark collection documenting one of the most influential small bands in jazz history.

Between 1955 and 1961, Miles Davis led extraordinary quintet and sextet sessions featuring tenor saxophonist John Coltrane, alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, pianists Red Garland, Bill Evans, and Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummers Philly Joe Jones and Jimmy Cobb.

Originally produced by Michael Cuscuna and Bob Belden in 2000, this collection features 58 tracks spanning such essential Davis albums as 'Round About Midnight, Milestones, Jazz at the Plaza, Someday My Prince Will Come, and the legendary Kind of Blue. It also includes Davis and Coltrane performances from Miles and Monk at Newport, Birth of the Blue, Basic Miles, and Circle in the Round, along with 18 additional tracks that were previously unreleased before 2000 and unavailable elsewhere.

9LP - The original box set won two Grammy Awards for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package and Best Album Notes. Previously available on vinyl only as a highly limited Mosaic Records edition, this 9LP reissue makes the collection widely available for the first time.

The set features vinyl cut directly from the original analog tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound, along with a beautifully designed 60-page adaptation of the original book. The accompanying publication includes rare photography, essays by original producer George Avakian and Kind of Blue drummer Jimmy Cobb, Grammy-winning liner notes by critic Bob Blumenthal, a timeline and additional notes by Cuscuna and Belden, and the original Kind of Blue liner notes by pianist Bill Evans.

9LP Vinyl Box Set Track Listing

LP1 – Side A

1. Two Bass Hit (alternate take)
2. Two Bass Hit
3. Ah-Leu-Cha (alternate take)
4. Ah-Leu-Cha
5. Ah-Leu-Cha (take 5)

LP1 – Side B

1. Little Melonae
2. Budo (alternate take)
3. Budo
4. Dear Old Stockholm

LP2 – Side C

1. Bye Bye Blackbird (alternate take)
2. Bye Bye Blackbird
3. Tadd's Delight
4. Tadd's Delight (alternate take)

LP2 – Side D

1. Dear Old Stockholm (alternate take)
2. All Of You (alternate take)
3. All Of You

LP3 – Side E

1. Sweet Sue, Just You (first version)
2. Sweet Sue, Just You (false start with discussion by Leonard Bernstein & Miles Davis)
3. Sweet Sue, Just You (alternate take)
4. Sweet Sue, Just You
5. Miles Davis comments
6. 'Round Midnight
7. Two Bass Hit (alternate take)

LP3 – Side F

1. Two Bass Hit
2. Billy Boy
3. Straight, No Chaser (alternate take)

LP4 – Side G

1. Straight, No Chaser
2. Milestones (alternate take)
3. Milestones

LP4 – Side H

1. Sid's Ahead
2. Little Melonae

LP5 – Side I

1. Dr. Jackle
2. On Green Dolphin Street
3. Fran-Dance (alternate take)

LP5 – Side J

1. Fran-Dance
2. Stella By Starlight
3. Love For Sale

LP6 – Side K

1. Freddie Freeloader (false start)
2. Freddie Freeloader
3. So What

LP6 – Side L

1. Blue In Green
2. Flamenco Sketches (alternate take)
3. Miles Davis comments

LP7 – Side M

1. Flamenco Sketches
2. All Blues

LP7 – Side N

1. Someday My Prince Will Come
2. Teo

LP8 – Side O

1. Introduction by Willis Conover
2. Ah-Leu-Cha
3. Straight, No Chaser
4. Fran-Dance

LP8 – Side P

1. Two Bass Hit
2. Bye Bye Blackbird
3. The Theme

LP9 – Side Q

1. If I Were A Bell
2. Oleo

LP9 – Side R

1. My Funny Valentine
2. Straight, No Chaser
   
   

6CD Track Listing

CD1

1. Two Bass Hit (alternate take)
2. Two Bass Hit
3. Ah-Leu-Cha (alternate take)
4. Ah-Leu-Cha
5. Ah-Leu-Cha (take 5)
6. Little Melonae
7. Budo (alternate take)
8. Budo
9. Dear Old Stockholm
10. Bye Bye Blackbird (alternate take)
11. Bye Bye Blackbird
12. Tadd's Delight
13. Tadd's Delight (alternate take)

CD2

1. Dear Old Stockholm (alternate take)
2. All Of You (alternate take)
3. All Of You
4. Sweet Sue, Just You (first version)
5. Sweet Sue, Just You (false start with discussion by Leonard Bernstein & Miles Davis)
6. Sweet Sue, Just You (alternate take)
7. Sweet Sue, Just You
8. Miles Davis comments
9. 'Round Midnight
10. Two Bass Hit (alternate take)
11. Two Bass Hit
12. Billy Boy
13. Straight, No Chaser (alternate take)

CD3

1. Straight, No Chaser
2. Milestones (alternate take)
3. Milestones
4. Sid's Ahead
5. Little Melonae
6. Dr. Jackle
7. On Green Dolphin Street
8. Fran-Dance (alternate take)
9. Fran-Dance
10. Stella By Starlight

CD4

1. Love For Sale
2. Freddie Freeloader (false start)
3. Freddie Freeloader
4. So What
5. Blue In Green
6. Flamenco Sketches (alternate take)
7. Miles Davis comments
8. Flamenco Sketches
9. All Blues

CD5

1. Someday My Prince Will Come
2. Teo
3. Introduction by Willis Conover
4. Ah-Leu-Cha
5. Straight, No Chaser
6. Fran-Dance
7. Two Bass Hit
8. Bye Bye Blackbird
9. The Theme

CD6

1. If I Were A Bell
2. Oleo
3. My Funny Valentine
4. Straight, No Chaser