Miles Davis - 'Seven Steps' Complete Columbia Sealed BX
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Oct 28, 2004 Sold Date
Oct 18, 2004 Start Date
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Sealed/Mint Miles Davis 7CD Box Set - 'Seven Steps The Complete Columbia Recordings 1963-1964'.

The seven CDs of Seven Steps chronicle the formative period of Davis's "Second Great Quintet" from its first arrival, bassist Ron Carter in the spring of 1963, to its last, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter in the fall of 1964.

The set begins with the West Coast studio session for the Seven Steps to Heaven LP, with Miles, Carter, and tenor saxophonist George Coleman joined by L.A. musicians Victor Feldman (piano) and Frank Butler (drums). Then it's off to New York where Miles would cover the same material with Herbie Hancock in the piano chair and Tony Williams on drums. (The original LP selected tracks from each group, but all the tracks from both sessions are here, including unissued alternate takes.) The rest of the set features concert performances in which the band plays established Davis anthems along with a few choice standards. The leader is inspired throughout, lashing out with passion and urgency on trumpet that's clearly fuelled by the young and extraordinary rhythm section bubbling underneath him--Hancock shows an uncanny ability to shape a group's performance on a number of levels, balanced by the steady Carter and the incendiary Williams, whose drumming is both polyrhythmic and consistently, freely lyrical.

In some ways, the set is a search for the right tenor saxophonist, but all are contenders. The polished Coleman constructs solos with remarkable tension curves. Sam Rivers is a startling presence, pressing the envelope with pin-wheeling runs and an assortment of accelerated bleats that highlight the rhythm section's avant-garde sympathies. However, the arrival of Shorter is unquestionably the highpoint, as the group dialogue developed by Davis and the rhythm section finally meets its perfect complement in Shorter's complex, multi-dimensional playing. As with Columbia's previous Davis sets, Seven Steps is another triumph of design, sound, and documentation.


Disc: 1

1. Joshua (previously unissued)
2. I Fall In Love Too Easily
3. Baby Won't You Please Come Home
4. So Near, So Far
5. Basin Street Blues
6. Seven Steps To Heaven (tk 3) (previously unissued)
7. Seven Steps To Heaven (tk 5) (previously unissued)
8. Summer Nights
Disc: 2
1. Seven Steps To Heaven (rehearsal take) (previously unissued)
2. Seven Steps To Heaven
3. So Near, So Far
4. Joshua
5. Introduction by Andre Francis
6. Autumn Leaves
7. Milestones
8. I Thought About You
Disc: 3
1. Joshua
2. All Of You
3. Walkin'
4. Bye Bye Blackbird (previously unissued)
5. Bye Bye (theme) (previously unissued)
Disc: 4
1. Introduction by Mort Fega
2. Autumn Leaves (previously unissued)
3. So What
4. Stella By Starlight
5. Walkin'
6. All Of You
7. Go-Go
Disc: 5
1. Introduction by Billy Taylor
2. All Blues
3. My Funny Valentine
4. Joshua
5. I Thought About You
6. Four
7. Seven Steps To Heaven
8. There Is No Greater Love
9. Go-Go
Disc: 6
1. Introduction by Teruo Isono
2. If I Were A Bell
3. My Funny Valentine
4. So What
5. Walkin'
6. All Of You
7. Go-Go
Disc: 7
1. Milestones
2. Autumn Leaves
3. So What
4. Stella By Starlight (previously unissued)
5. Walkin'
6. Go-Go

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