Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
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Performer: Miles DavisPerformer: John Coltrane
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Import
CD Release Date: 2011-03-29
Music Label: Sony UK / Zoom
Music reviews of Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
Music Review: ONE OF THE BEST BARGAINS OF SOME OF THE BEST JAZZ EVER RECORDED
Rating: 5 Stars
6 discs-over 6 hours of music. This edition was manufactured in Germany, and the music is identical to the original edition. This isn't a knock-off-it's under the Sony Music label from Europe. The book style holder is heavy cardboard approximately 5.5 x 7.5 inches. The discs are snapped in, inside the front and back covers-in groups of three, overlapping each other. This isn't the best protection for the discs, so I put them in double CD jewel cases-a minor inconvenience considering the low cost of this edition. The 72 page booklet is attached inside the holder. It contains the same information as the originally issued edition, along with great period photographs. Of particular worth is the discography and the session details.
By now if you're a jazz fan you probably own this set. If for whatever reason you don't-purchase this edition immediately. Admittedly you don't get the cool red metal slipcase, and the discs aren't in separate sleeves, and this new edition's holder is a bit taller than the original-but for a bit over twenty dollars you have everything else. The studio recordings are like self-contained little gems. The best of these tracks have their own unique sparkle. The live recordings add depth to this collection. One listen to Coltrane's (and the band's) playing on "Bye Bye Blackbird", from the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, or "If I Were a Bell", and Davis' and Coltrane's rapid fire delivery on "Oleo", both from the Plaza Hotel in 1958 will tell you what this band was all about on stage.
This band created some of the finest jazz in history, and arguably, in all of music. Every member of the band brought something unique to the group. If you don't know by now what's included, this set contains the much celebrated album, "Kind of Blue", and the albums and music that surround it-including alternate tracks. This group was one of the most important in all of jazz. The effects of this wonderful music is still very evident today. Davis was always searching for something new, and Coltrane, too, was looking ahead to a different approach to his music. The great (and at the time-very popular) Cannonball Adderley, on alto sax, brings his typically intelligent, warm sound to the tracks he plays on. Hank Mobley's tenor sax is warm, round, and seemingly unhurried. Some people dismiss Mobley's sound and style. Indeed, he was labeled "the middleweight of the tenor sax". But that label does him an injustice-listen to his many albums, and as a sideman, for the Blue Note label-and you'll hear some great tenor sax. The various rhythm sections (Red Garland, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly-piano/Jimmy Cobb, Philly Joe Jones-drums/Paul Chambers-bass) on these discs were never short of stellar. Together they created, at their best, timeless music that's still relevant and moving today. While there's nothing quite like hearing the opening notes of "So What", on the "Kind of Blue" album, the music from around the same period is full of high points. But I still have to say that you need to own a stand alone version of the "Kind of Blue" album (one of the later remastered editions), in order to appreciate and feel the full effects of this music.
If for whatever reason you've never heard "Kind of Blue", I envy you. And if you want to hear more music surrounding that landmark album, this is the set for you. Considering that the original metal slipcase edition sells for between $150-$300, and the later, long box edition is $50-$100 new, this is a fantastic deal. For a bit over twenty dollars you can hear some very fine (and some of the finest ever) jazz, with intelligent, insightful essays, and great period photos, all in one nicely made package. Buy it for yourself. Give it as a gift to your jazz loving friends. Spread the word.
Description of Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
Out of print in the U.S. EU six CD box set. This massive set encompasses the first great quintet, which included John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones, and the subsequent sextet with Cannonball Adderley, Wynton Kelly or Bill Evans, and Jimmy Cobb. Covering what is for some the most fruitful of the Davis eras, it features such classics as "Round Midnight", "Someday My Prince Will Come", "Bye Bye Blackbird", and the entire Kind Of Blue album. While many may already own these essential recordings, it's the included extras that make this set so enticing--over the course of the six discs, 18 tracks have never before been issued. Most of these include alternate takes and trial runs of the golden cuts that any Miles Davis fan knows by heart, often with drastic changes in tempo and direction. Also included are a few behind-the-scenes studio discussions, including one between Davis and Leonard Bernstein.Jazz CDs
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