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Miles Davis' Greatest Hits

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Miles Davis' Greatest Hits
Compilation album by
ReleasedMay 1969[1]
Recorded1956–1965
GenreJazz
Length73:45
LabelColumbia
ProducerTeo Macero (Original)
Miles Davis chronology
Filles de Kilimanjaro
(1969)
Miles Davis' Greatest Hits
(1969)
In a Silent Way
(1969)

Miles Davis' Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Miles Davis originally released in 1969 and re-released in 1997 on CD with different recordings of tracks 3, 4 and 8.[2][3]

Track listing 1997 CD reissue

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  1. "Seven Steps to Heaven" (Victor Feldman, Miles Davis) – 6:26
    Available on Seven Steps to Heaven
  2. "All Blues" [live] (Davis) – 8:54
    Available on My Funny Valentine
  3. "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Larry Morey, Frank E. Churchill) – 9:11
    Available on Someday My Prince Will Come
  4. "Walkin'" [live] [edited] (Richard Carpenter) – 13:11
    Unedited version available on Live in Europe
  5. "My Funny Valentine" [live] (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 5:10
    Available on My Funny Valentine
  6. "E.S.P." (Wayne Shorter) – 5:32
    Available on E.S.P.
  7. "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) – 5:58
    Available on 'Round About Midnight
  8. "So What" (Davis) – 9:23
    Available on Kind of Blue

Personnel & Recording date

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Note: tracks 3, 4 and 8 of the original 1969 edition have different personnel and recording dates.[4]

  1. "Seven Steps to Heaven"
    Miles Davis, trumpet; George Coleman, tenor sax; Herbie Hancock, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Tony Williams, drums.
    Recorded 5/14/63 at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, NY.
  2. "All Blues"
    Miles Davis, trumpet; George Coleman, tenor sax; Herbie Hancock, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Tony Williams, drums.
    Recorded 2/12/64 at the Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center, New York, NY.
  3. "Someday My Prince Will Come"
    Miles Davis, trumpet; John Coltrane, tenor sax; Hank Mobley, tenor sax; Wynton Kelly, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums.
    Recorded 3/20/61 at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York NY.
  4. "Walkin'"
    Miles Davis, trumpet; Hank Mobley, tenor sax; Herbie Hancock, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Tony Williams, drums.
    Recorded 4/21/61 at the Black Hawk Club, San Francisco, CA.
  5. "My Funny Valentine"
    Miles Davis, trumpet; George Coleman, tenor sax; Herbie Hancock, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Tony Williams, drums.
    Recorded 2/12/64 at the Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center, New York, NY.
  6. "E.S.P."
    Miles Davis, trumpet; Wayne Shorter, tenor sax; Herbie Hancock, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Tony Williams, drums.
    Recorded 1/20/65 at Columbia Studio, Los Angeles, CA.
  7. "'Round Midnight"
    Miles Davis, trumpet; John Coltrane, tenor sax; Red Garland, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums.
    Recorded 9/10/56 at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, NY.
  8. "So What"
    Miles Davis, trumpet; John Coltrane, tenor sax; Cannonball Adderley, alto sax; Bill Evans, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums.
    Recorded 3/2/1959 at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, NY.

Production

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  • Original Recordings Produced by Irving Townsend, George Avakian, Teo Macero
  • Reissue Produced by Nedra Olds-Neal
  • C 1997 Sony Music Entertainment Inc./Originally released 1969 Sony Music Entertainment Inc./"Columbia" is the exclusive trademark of Sony Music Entertainment Inc. / "Legacy" and L are trademark of Sony Music Entertainment Inc./Distribution Sony Music 01-065418-10
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  1. ^ "Billboard". June 7, 1969.
  2. ^ "Miles Davis - Miles Davis' Greatest Hits". Discogs.
  3. ^ "Miles Davis - Miles Davis' Greatest Hits". Discogs.
  4. ^ "Miles Davis - Miles Davis' Greatest Hits". Discogs.