Miles Davis Miles Ahead CD

Personnel: Miles Davis (flugelhorn); Gil Evans (arranger, conductor); Lee Konitz (alto saxophone); Taft Jordan, Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, John Carisi, Louis Mucci (trumpet); Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Rehak, Joe Bennett (trombone); Tom Mitchell (bass trombone); Willie Ruff, Tony Miranda, Jimmy Buffington (French horn); Bill Barber (tuba); Romeo Penque (flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, oboe); Sid Cooper, Eddie Caine (flute, clarinet); Danny Bank (bass clarinet); Wynton Kelly (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Art Taylor (drums).
Recorded at the Columbia 30th Street Studios, New York, New York between May 6 and August 22, 1957.
Personnel: Miles Davis (flageolet, trumpet, flugelhorn); Romeo Penque (flute, clarinet, oboe); Eddie Caine, Sid Cooper (flute, clarinet); Danny Bank (bass clarinet); Lee Konitz (alto saxophone); Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker (tenor saxophone); Louis Mucci, Ernie Royal, James Jordan, Johnny Carisi, Taft Jordan, Bernie Glow (trumpet); Tony Miranda, Willie Ruff, James Buffington (French horn, horns); Tommy Mitchell , Thomas Mitchell (trombone, bass trombone); Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Joe Bennett (trombone); Billy Barber (tuba); John Lewis, Horace Silver, Walter Bishop, Jr., Wynton Kelly, Charles Mingus (piano); Max Roach, Philly Joe Jones, Art Blakey, Art Taylor (drums).
Audio Remasterer: Seth Rothstein.
Liner Note Authors: André Hodier; George Avakian; Andre Hodeir; Phil Schaap.
Recording information: 30th Street Studio, New York, NY (05/06/1957-08/22/1957); Columbia 30th Street Studios, NY (05/06/1957-08/22/1957); Nj (05/06/1957-08/22/1957).
Director: Gil Evans.
Editors: Mark Wilder; Phil Schaap.
Photographer: Don Hunstein.
Translator: David Noakes.
Arranger: Gil Evans.
This album is perhaps most significant for the process it set in motion -- the collaboration between Gil Evans and Miles Davis that would produce Porgy and Bess and Sketches of Spain, two of Davis' best albums. That said, this album is a miracle in itself, the result of a big gamble on the part of Columbia Records, who put together ...