Jazz / Cool; Hard Bop; Experimental Big Band; Orchestral Jazz
Recorded: May 1957-October 1963, 30th Street Studio, New York, New York and Columbia Stuios, Hollywood, California
The Best of Miles Davis and Gil Evans collects a dozen highlights from 1996's lavish six-disc set The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings, including performances from the masterpieces Miles Ahead, Porgy and Bess and Sketches From Spain.
---Jason Ankeny, allmusic
Includes liner notes by Bill Kirchner.
Miles Davis - trumpet, flugelhorn
Gil Evans - arranger, conductor
Wynton Kelly - piano
Herbie Hancock - piano
Paul Chambers - bass
Arthur Taylor - drums
Philly Joe Jones - drums
Jimmy Cobb - drums
Elvin Jones - percussion
Steve Lacy - soprano saxophone
Lee Konitz - alto saxophone
Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
Bernie Glow - trumpet
Ernie Royal - trumpet
Louis Mucci - trumpet
Taft Jordan - trumpet
Johnny Carisi - trumpet
Johnny Coles - trumpet
Frank Rehak - trombone
Jimmy Cleveland - trombone
Joe Bennett - trombone
Tom Mitchell - bass trombone
Dick Hixon - bass trombone
Bill Barber - tuba
Janet Putnam - harp
Willie Ruff, Tony Miranda, Julius Watkins, Gunther Schuller, Earl Chapin - French horn
Romeo Penque, Phil Bodner, Jerome Richardson, Sid Cooper, Eddie Caine, Danny Bank, Jack Knitzer, Bob Tricarico, Garvin Bushell - woodwinds |
