Track Listings
Side: 1
1 Now's the Time
2 Jeru
3 'Round Midnight
4 Bye Bye Blackbird
Side: 2
1 Generique
2 Summertime
3 So What - Miles Davis feat. John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans
4 The Pan Piper
Side: 3
1 Someday My Prince Will Come
2 E.S.P.
3 Nefertiti
Side: 4
1 Miles Runs the Voodoo Down - Miles Davis feat. Wayne Shorter, Bennie Maupin, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul, Dave Holland, Harvey Brooks
2 Black Satin
3 Time After Time
Reviews
The Essential Miles Davis
Editorial Reviews
Limited double vinyl LP pressing of this collection from the jazz legend. Spanning over 40 years (1945-86) and seven labels, this set captures Miles at every stage of his career, from his early recordings with Bird ('Now's the Time') through Miles' own triumphs ('Round About Midnight', 'Miles Runs the Voodoo Down') to his late recordings ('Time After Time'). Trumpeter and bandleader Miles Davis was a major catalyst for the evolution of modern music. This double vinyl release is an excellent sampler of his limitless creative genius. Davis's middle-register trumpet accommodated a myriad of styles, from the bebop classic "Now's the Time" to the Snow White waltz "Someday My Prince Will Come" to the modal masterpiece "So What" (from Kind of Blue).
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This release is good music, but not really an audiophile pressing.
It's a compilation covering 1945–1986, so the sound quality varies a lot by track.
Some cuts sound good, others are older/thinner/noisier recordings.
The 2016 Legacy pressing is more of a cheap intro sampler than a reference record.
At $20 it's a fine buy for casual listening, but I wouldn't use it to judge a system.
For better Miles Davis audiophile vinyl, I'd look at Kind of Blue, Someday My Prince Will Come, Sketches of Spain, or Miles Smiles in good reissue pressings.
Check out MoFi or UHQR pressings if you have access to a high end audio system.
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