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Miles Ahead [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Miles Davis, Dave LiebmanAudio CD
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)

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listen  1. SpringsvilleMiles Davis 3:27$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen  2. The Maids Of CadizMiles Davis & Gil Evans 3:53$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen  3. The DukeMiles Davis 3:34$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen  4. My ShipMiles Davis 4:27$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen  5. Miles AheadMiles Davis 3:29$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen  6. Blues For PabloMiles Davis 5:17$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen  7. New RhumbaMiles Davis 4:36$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen  8. The Meaning Of The BluesMiles Davis 2:48$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen  9. LamentMiles Davis 2:17$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen10. I Don't Wanna Be Kissed ( By Anyone But You)Miles Davis 3:02$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen11. SpringsvilleMiles Davis 3:13$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen12. Blues For PabloMiles Davis 3:28$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen13. Medley: The Meaning Of The Blues/LamentMiles Davis 5:07$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen14. I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)Miles Davis 3:11$0.99  Buy MP3 


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Product Details

  • Audio CD (September 23, 1997)
  • Original Release Date: 1957
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
  • Label: Sony
  • ASIN: B000002AGM
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,626 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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These 1957 recordings were the first of Miles Davis's collaborations with arranger Gil Evans for Columbia, renewing a relationship that had begun with the Birth of the Cool sessions in 1949. It was perhaps the most important relationship ever forged between a jazz soloist and an arranger, for Evans excelled at finding fresh material (like Delibes's "The Maids of Cadiz") and then adding subtle voicings and blending unusual instruments to highlight Davis's central voice. Everything Evans does enhances the trumpeter's keen sense of space and his evocative sound. He could construct complex arrangements and make them fly (as on the opening "Springsville," by John Carisi), contrast Davis's voice with tuba or bass clarinet, or create the longing, Spanish-inflected "Blues for Pablo," a precursor to their later Sketches of Spain. --Stuart Broomer

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DAVIS MILES MILES AHEAD

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars a gem September 23, 2000
Format:Audio CD
"Miles Ahead +19" is an unusual lp when first listened to. It's not quite jazz, not quite orchestral work. It's a beautiful hybrid of the 2 that has stood the test of time well. Gil Evans asserts his mastery of composition as well as his understanding of what Miles can coax out of his trumpet (and flugelhorn on this cd), and does both masterfully.

The coup of this cd is that it has been properly re-mastered and restored to what it was in 1957. Several bad releases made this lp unlistenable for a long time (I have a mono lp copy that I got 15 years ago and it sounds terrible), but Columbia has finally solved that problem.

This lp can also be had as part of the superb Miles Davis/Gil Evans box set that covers this, "Porgy and Bess," "Sketches of Spain," and "Quiet Nights," as well as a few tracks they did in the late 60's. Highly recommended... and if you can't get that set, then of course, this lp is very much recommended.

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars 10 Stars August 25, 2003
Format:Audio CD
What in god's name more is there to say about this recording to someone who has not listened to it, and listened to it all the way through? How about an anecdote from Miles' autobiography--the joy he felt when Dizzy Gillespie came knocking on his door and asked for another copy because he had worn the first one out. "It's the best," he said. I think I've listened to it more than any other CD I own. Miles on the flugelhorn is perfect. Gil Evans' arrangements are perfect. The choice of tunes--from Dave Brubeck's "The Duke" to Ahmad Jamal's "New Rhumba" to Evans' indescribably beautiful "Blues for Pablo"--are all perfect. Listen to it, and listen to it again.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Miles Davis+19=Brilliant May 6, 1999
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Format:Audio CD
This is one of those records that trancends time. It is unlike anything that a casual jazz fan may have heard. This record was recorded in bits and pieces and was heavily edited and overdubbed. Thus it has been difficult to transfer the album onto a cd. The original stereo issue of this cd was a butchered job that contained substantially different takes and passages than the original LP (which was released in mono). A second issue (in mono this time) was better, but still included substantial differences from the original. This definitive version restores almost everything in the original LP (but it is still not exactly the same as the 1957 LP). This is beautifully simple music recorded in tight complex arrangements by the great Gil Evans. But despite what you may read below, it is not a Big Band album. It is an album by an expanded small group that takes the ideas put forth by Evans and Gerry Mulligan in the Birth of the Cool sessions (which used a nonet) to the next step. It provides almost a perfectly textured background to Miles's flugelhorn.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the three Miles Davis/Gil Evans collaborations...
...and given how good Sketches of Spain is, that's saying a lot. In fact, Davis+Evans in orchestral jazz is like Lennon and McCartney in pop music; you know it's going to be... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jeff
3.0 out of 5 stars 3
Limited, 180 Gram Audiphile Rare Mono Edition, pressed at RTI on Premium HQ-180 Vinyl. I have comments on the technical side. The fourth song is heard repeating crash. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Wojciech Kidawski
5.0 out of 5 stars Let's Hear it For Gil Evans
This is all about Miles, right? Wrong! Oh, I'm not saying that Miles didn't play a mean trumpet, & these were the days (1957)before Miles used his muted sound that was to really... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jerlaw
5.0 out of 5 stars Art is eternal
The combination of Miles Davis and Gil Evans is unequaled. The music they and gifted sidemen created is timeless and brilliant. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Carol Winitsky
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best!
I have so many of Miles Davis CD's, and this is one of the best. I recently watched a Netflix video of this arrangement in black & white recorded in 1959, Miles Davis: Cool Jazz... Read more
Published 23 months ago by K. Miller
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the All Time Greats
Hard to believe that this recording, which dates from late 1957, is still subject to reviews by mere mortals. Read more
Published on January 4, 2011 by Walter J. Jamieson Jr.
5.0 out of 5 stars Miles away from its historical moment!
Miles Davis added another glorious jewel to his impressive catalogue of succesful recordings. This suite -which dates from 1957- illustrates once more, the egregious and unequalled... Read more
Published on December 11, 2009 by Hiram Gomez Pardo
5.0 out of 5 stars It is Miles Davis!
His is what west-coast Jazz is about! Brubeck is a master of this genre,as well.
Published on September 26, 2009 by D. E. Garvin
5.0 out of 5 stars great miles album
miles was great,and the bassist paul chambers is phenomenal.It goes to show these cats were masters,playing charts, ans swinging without them
Published on April 2, 2009 by Steven D. wheeler
5.0 out of 5 stars Time for Tale-Telling!
Either as its own or as part of the elegant boxed set collecting all of the orchestral collaborations between Miles Davis and Gil Evans, "Miles Ahead" finds the ripe Davis crossing... Read more
Published on May 12, 2008 by trumpet mercenary
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