medley:
18. The Meaning Of The Blues (rehearsal take) (2:49)
19. Lament (rehearsal take) (2:21)
20. I Don´t Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (take 8) (3:12)
21. Pause Track (0:06)
Disc 2 (78:29) "PORGY AND BESS" LP (CK 67472/CL 1274)
1. Buzzard Song (master) (4:09)
2. Bess, You Is My Woman Now
(master) (5:13)
3. Gone (master) (3:38)
4. Gone, Gone, Gone (master) (2:06)
5. Summertime ((master) (3:21)
6. Oh Bess, Oh Where´s My Bess (master) (4:31)
7. Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus) (master) (4:12)
8. Fisherman, Strawberry And Devil Crab (master) (4:07)
9. My Man´s Gone Now (master) (6:17)
10. It Ain´t Necessarily So (master) (4:25)
11. Here Comes De Honey Man (master) (1:12)
12. I Loves You, Porgy (master) (3:43)
13. There´s A Boat That´s Leaving Soon For New York (master) (3:28)
14. Gone (take 3) (3:41)
15. Summertime (take 2) (3:19)
16. Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus) (take 2) (4:17)
17. I Loves You, Porgy (take 1, second version) (4:17)
18. There´s A Boat That´s Leaving Soon For New York (take 2) (3:42)
19. Oh Bess, Oh Where´s My Bess (take 5) (4:23)
20. Gone (take 4) (3:40)
21. Pause Track (0:06)
Disc 3 (73:18) "SKETCHES OF SPAIN" LP (CK 67473/CL 1480)
1. Concierto Dearanjuez
(Adagio) (master) (16:23)
2. Will O´ The Wisp (master) (3:49)
3. The Pan Piper (master) (3:55)
4. Saeta (master) (5:08)
5. Solea (master) (12:20)
6. Song Of Our Country (issued take) (3:26)
7. Saeta (full version of master) (6:04)
8. The Pan Piper (take 1) (3:14)
9. Concierto Dearanjuez (Adagio) (part one, alternate take) (12:06)
10. Concierto Dearanjuez (Adagio) (part two, alternate take) (3:35)
11. Song Of Our County (take 14) (3:09)
12. Pause Track (0:07)
Disc 4 (78:26) "QUIET NIGHTS AND MORE" LP (CK 67474/CL 2106/CS 8906)
1. Song No.2 (master) (1:40)
2. Once Upon A Summertime (master) (3:28)
3. Aos Pes Da Cruz
(master) (4:19)
4. Song No.1 (master) (4:37)
5. Wait Till You See Her (master) (4:06)
6. Corcovado (master) (2:46)
7. Blue Xmas (master) (2:43)
8. Nothing Like You (master) (2:00)
9. Devil May Care (master) (3:30)
10. The Time Of The Barracudas (12:49)
11. Falling Water (take 4) (3:45)
12. Falling Water (take 6) (4:26)
13. Falling Water (take 8) (4:17)
14. Falling Water (take 9) (4:24)
15. Springsville (take 5) (3:34)
16. Maids Of Cadiz (take 11) (4:06)
17. Maids Of Cadiz (take 11, insert 1) (2:39)
18. Lament (medley: take 2) (2:37)
19. Duke (take 1) (3:30)
20. I Don´t Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (53225 issued version) (3:08)
Disc 5 (65:43) "MAKING OF MILES AHEAD" LP (CK 67475/CL 1041)
1. Springsville (rehearsal sequnence) (7:01)
2. Springsville (rehearsal with piano) (2:33)
3. The Maids Of Cadiz (take 9) (0:35)
4. The Maids Of Cadiz (take 10) (4:12)
5. The Maids Of Cadiz (rehearsal sequnence) (1:28)
6. Count Off For The Duke (take 3) (0:33)
7. The Duke (take 8) (3:33)
8. The Duke (piano Take 3) (1:55)
9. My Ship (take 6) (4:39)
10. Miles Ahead (rehearsal sequnence) (1:49)
11. Miles Ahead (take 12) (3:34)
12. Miles Ahead (take 15) (3:31)
13. Studio Discussion (0:31)
14. My Ship (take 7) (4:41)
15. Miles Ahead (piano insert mono) (3:10)
16. Blues For Pablo (rehearsal sequnence) (5:54)
17. New Rhumba (take 2) (4:41)
18. Lament (take 1) (2:24)
19. I Don´t Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (rehearsal) (2:14)
20. I Don´t Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (take 5) (2:59)
21. Studio Discussion (0:33)
22. I Don´t Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (piano take 4) (2:58)
23. Pause Track (0:06)
Disc 6 (65:43) "ALTERNATE AND REHEARSAL TAKES" (CK 67476)
1. Studio Discussio (0:21)
2. Springsville (take 8 without overdubs) (3:36)
3. Studio Discussion (0:09)
4. Miles Ahead (take 11 without overdubs) (3:35)
5. I Don´t Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (take 3 without overdubs) (3:03)
6. Springsville (overdub take 1) (2:11)
7. Springsville (overdubs solos 4-5) (2:23)
8. Springsville (overdubs solos 6-9) (2:34)
9. Springsville (issued overdubbed solo) (0:30)
10. Miles Ahead (issued overdubbed solo) (1:55)
11. Miles Ahead (overdubbed solo) (1:36)
12. I Don´t Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (overdubbed solo 1) (1:05)
13. I Don´t Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (overdubbed solo 2) (1:27)
14. I Don´t Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (overdubbed solo 4) (2:07)
15. I Don´t Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (overdubbed solo 8) (3:06)
16. I Don´t Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (overdubbed solo 19/19c) (3:01)
17. Miles Ahead
(mono master) (3:33)
18. Gone (rehearsal sequnence) (2:56)
19. Gone, Gone, Gone (rehearsal sequnence) (2:59)
20. Studio Discussion (0:57)
21. Bess, You Is My Woman Now (rehearsal take) (4:59)
22. It Ain´t Necessarily So (take 1) (3:22)
23. Oh Bess, Oh Where´s My Bess (take 3) (3:53)
24. I Loves You, Porgy (rehearsal sequence) (2:18)
25. There´s A Boat That´s Leaving Soon For New York (remake) (2:24)
26. My Man´s Gone Now (remake take) (6:13)
27. Song Of Ourcountry (take 9) (2:59)
28. Concierto Dearanjuez (Adagio) (rehearsal) (7:21)
29. Concierto Dearanjuez (Adagio) (alternate ending) (1:22)
30. Pause Track 0:06
Muzycy
Miles Davis (26.05.1926 Alton, Illinois † 28.09.1991 Santa Monica, California)
Gil Evans
(13.031912 Toronto, Ontario, Canada † 20.031988 Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico)
Disc 1
(1,6,7,16,17) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 23.05.1957 (by Harold Chapman)
(1,2,4,8-11,18,20) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 27.05.1957 (by Harold Chapman)
(1,5,7,10) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 22.08.1957 (by Fred Plaut)
(2,3,12,13) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 6.05.1957 (by Harold Chapman)
(4,5,14,15) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 10.05.1957 (by Harold Chapman)
Produced by George Avakian, assisted by Cal Lampley (except)
Produced by Cal Lampley (1,5,7,10)
Disc 2
(4,5,14,15) All compositions from the original "Porgy And Bess" opera
(1,5-7,13,15,16,18,19) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 04.08.1958 (by Frank Laico)
(2,8,10,11) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 29.07.1958 (by Frank Laico)
(3,4,9,14,20) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 22.07.1958 (by Frank Laico)
(12,17) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 18.08.1958 (by Frank Laico)
Produced by Cal Lampley
Disc 3
(1,10) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 20.11.1958 (by Fred Plaut)
(2-8,11) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 10.03.1960 (by Fred Plaut)
(9) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 15.11.1959 (by Fred Plaut)
Produced by Teo Macero and Irving Townsend (1,9,10)
Produced by Teo Macero (2-8,11)
Disc 4
(1,2) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 06.11.1962 (by Fred Plaut)
(3,6) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 27.07.1962 (by Fred Plaut)
(4,5) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 13.08.1962 (by Fred Plaut)
(7,8) Recorded Columbia Studio A, NYC, 21.08.1962 (by Fred Plaut)
(9) Recorded Columbia Studio A, NYC, 23.08.1962 (by Fred Plaut)
(10) Recorded Columbia Studio, Hollywood, 09-10.10.1963 (by R.G/name unknown)
(11-14) Recorded Columbia Studio B, NYC, 16.02.1968 (by Frank Laico)
(15) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 23.05.1957 (by Harold Chapman)
(16,17,19) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 06.05.1957 (by Harold Chapman)
(18,20) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 27.05.1957 (by Harold Chapman)
(20) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 22.08.1957 (by Fred Plaut)
Produced by Teo Macero (except)
Produced by Irving Townsend (10)
Produced by George Avakian, assisted by Cal Lampley (15-20)
Produced by Cal Lampley (20)
Disc 5
(1,2,16,17) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 23.05.1957 (by Harold Chapman)
(3-7) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 06.05.1957 (by Harold Chapman)
(8,15,18-22) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 25.05.1957 (by Harold Chapman)
(9-14) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 10.05.1957 (by Harold Chapman)
Produced by George Avakian, assisted by Cal Lampley
Disc 6
(4,5,14,15) All compositions from the original "Porgy And Bess" opera
(1,2) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 23.05.1957 (by Harold Chapman)
(3,4,17) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 10.05.1957 (by Harold Chapman)
(5) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 27.05.1957 (by Harold Chapman)
(6-17) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 22.08.1957 (by Fred Plaut)
(18-20) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 22.07.1958 (by Frank Laico)
(21,22) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 29.07.1958 (by Frank Laico)
(23) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 04.08.1958 (by Frank Laico)
(24-26,28) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 18.08.1958 (by Frank Laico)
(27) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 10.03.1960 (by Fred Plaut)
(29) Recorded 30th Street Studio, NYC, 20.11.1959 (by Fred Plaut)
Produced by George Avakian, assisted by Cal Lampley (1-5)
Produced by Cal Lampley (6-26,28)
Produced by Teo Macero (27)
Produced by Irving Townsend (29)
Disc 1 (1-10) originally issued on "Miles Ahead" 1957
Disc 2 (1-13) originally issued on "Porgy And Bess" 1959
Disc 3 (1-5) originally issued on "Sketches Of Spain" 1960
Disc 3 (6) originally issued on "Directions" 1981
Disc 4 (1-4) originally issued on "Quiet Nights" 1963
Disc 4 (7) originally issued on "Jingle Bell Jazz" 1962
Disc 4 (8) originally issued on "Sorcerer" 1968
Disc 4 (9) originally issued on "The Giants Of Jazz" 1959
Disc 4 (20) originally issued on "Miles Ahead" (CD-53225)
1957-1960 Sessions - Reissue Producer: Phil Schaap
1962-1968 Sessions - Reissue Producer: Bob Belden
Executive Producer: Michael Cuscuna
1996 (Columbia/Legacy CXK 67397) 6CD (US) (74:27)(78:29)(73:18)(78:26)(65:43)(78:28)
1996 (Mosaic Records MQ 11-163) 11LP (US)
2004 (Legacy COL 516250 2) 6CD (EU)
2004 (Columbia CXK 90923) 6CD (US)
2006 (Columbia/Legacy 88697787842) 6CD (A) (443:07)