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This was the first real attempt by Columbia to make any comprehensive sense of Miles Davis' colossal output for the label. This set, then, was bound to be controversial no matter how it turned out, but even so, Columbia could have done better with a strictly chronological approach. Instead producer/compiler Jeff Rosen had the cockeyed notion of organizing each of the original five LPs around a single theme. Disc one was called Blues, Disc two was devoted to Standards, Disc three had Miles Davis Originals, Disc four was something vaguely entitled Moods and all of the electric recordings were segregated on Disc five (the CDs naturally screw up the "logic" with overlaps). Thus, the first four sections jam together all kinds of unrelated sessions from different eras and the listener never gets any idea of how Miles' music evolved and changed over the years. There are only four outtakes, three of which are gratuitous alternate takes, and the fourth is a live version of "I Thought About You." However, The Columbia Years stands as a casual collage -- the only way, actually, to acquire a bop-to-rock, fairly representative selection of Miles from those decades in one package. Also one must admit that the electric section, despite the chronological chaos, is put together very cleverly, opening with precisely the hottest stretch of music from Live-Evil (the opening 3-and-a-half-minutes of "Sivad") and closing with the long, swaggering "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" from Bitches Brew. Nat Hentoff's biographical essay makes good reading -- and of course, along the way you'll hear some of the greatest music of the 20th century.
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Trombone // Steven Berkowitz - Coordination // Bill Evans - Sax (Soprano) // Bill Evans - Sax (Tenor) // Jimmy Cobb - Drums // Jimmy Cobb - Drums // Don Alias - Percussion // Don Alias - Drums // Willie Ruff - Horn // Willie Ruff - French Horn // Airto Moreira - Percussion // Airto Moreira - Percussion // Airto Moreira - Percussion // Charles Alias - Drums // George Avakian - Producer // Joe Zawinul - Piano // Badal Roy - Tabla // Danny Bank - Clarinet (Bass) // Danny Bank - Saxophone // Billy Barber - Tuba // Tom Barney - Bass // Joseph Bennett - Trombone // Albert Block - Flute // Harvey Brooks - Bass // James Buffington - Horn // James Buffington - French Horn // Dr. George Butler - A&R // Eddie Caine - Flute // Johnny Carisi - Trumpet // Paul Chambers - Bass // Mino Cinelu - Percussion // Kenny Clarke - Drums // Kenny Clarke - Drums // Kenny Clarke - Drums // Kenny Clarke - Drums // Kenny Clarke - Drums // Kenny Clarke - Drums // Billy Cobham - Drums // Billy Cobham - Drums // John Coltrane - 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Conductor // Gil Evans - Conductor // Gil Evans - Conductor // Gil Evans - Conductor // Harold Feldman - Flute // Sammy Figueroa - Percussion // Barry Finnerty - Guitar // Al Foster - Drums // Bernie Glow - Trombone // Bernie Glow - Trumpet // Randy Hall - Synthesizer // Randy Hall - Moog Synthesizer // Randy Hall - Mini Moog // Michael Henderson - Bass // Nat Hentoff - Liner Notes // Nat Hentoff - Text // Amy Herot - Project Coordinator // Howard Roberts - Producer // Darryl Jones - Bass // Jeff Jones - Coordination // Jack Knitzer - Bassoon // Cal Lampley - Producer // David Liebman - Sax (Soprano) // David Liebman - Sax (Soprano) // David Liebman - Sax (Soprano) // David Liebman - Sax (Soprano) // David Liebman - Sax (Soprano) // David Liebman - Sax (Soprano) // David Liebman - Sax (Soprano) // James Mtume - Percussion // Teo Macero - Producer // Marcus Miller - Bass // Marcus Miller - Bass // Marcus Miller - Bass // Tony Miranda - Horn // Tony Miranda - French Horn // Louis Mucci - Trumpet // Romeo Penque - Clarinet // Romeo Penque - Flute // Romeo Penque - Oboe // Janet Putnam - Harp // Jeff Rosen - Producer // Jeff Rosen - Compilation // Jeff Rosen - Compilation Producer // Gunther Schuller - French Horn // Vernon Smith - Photography // Irving Townsend - Producer // René Urtreger - Piano // Vince Wilburn - Drums // Vince Wilburn, Jr. - Drums // Mark Wilder - Digital Mastering // Mark Wilder - Remixing // Mark Wilder - Remastering // Harold "Ivory" Williams - Synthesizer // Harold "Ivory" Williams - Piano (Electric) // Dick Hixon - Trombone // Joe Singer - French Horn // Jim Marshall - Photography // Gil Evans Orchestra - ? // Don Hunstein - Photography // Christopher Austopchuk - Art Direction // David Gahr - Photography // Fred Lombardi - Photography // Tommy Mitchell - Trombone (Bass) // John Cole - Trumpet // William Gottlieb - Photography // Hank Parker - Photography // Nathaniel Brewster - Research // Elizabeth VanItallie - Design // Elizabeth VanItallie - Booklet Design // Mark Malabrigo - Cover Photo // Mark Malabrigo - Photo Treatment // Steve Thorton - Percussion // Al Avakian - Photography // Leigh Wiener - Photography // Howard Roberts - Producer // Jim Riley - Percussion // Marcel Romano - Producer // Dennis Stock - Photography // Art Maillet - Photography // David Creamer - Guitar // Seth Foster - Digital Mastering // Michael J. Henderson - Bass // Michael J. Henderson - Bass (Electric) // Marvin Koner - Photography // Diane Lapson - Production Assistant
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- Sax (Alto) //
- Sax (Soprano) //
- Sax (Tenor)
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