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Miles Davis' Greatest Hits

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Miles Davis' Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Miles Davis released in vinyl in 1969 and released in 1997 in CD.

Track listing

  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 In Person Friday Night at the Blackhawk
  5. "My Funny Valentine" [live] (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 15:10
    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

Note: the original album's liner notes contain incorrect recording date information for tracks 3, 4 and 8.

  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; George Coleman, tenor sax; Herbie Hancock, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Tony Williams, drums.
    Recorded 4/21/61 at the Blackhawk Supper 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; Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, alto sax; John Coltrane, tenor sax; Hank Mobley, tenor sax; Bill Evans, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums.
    Recorded 3/2/59 at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, NY.

Production

  • 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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