Jazz Track
| Jazz Track | ||||
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| Studio album by Miles Davis | ||||
| Released | 1958 | |||
| Recorded |
December 4, 1957, Paris, May 26, 1958, 30th Street Studio, New York | |||
| Genre | Hard bop, modal jazz | |||
| Length | 45:55 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Teo Macero | |||
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Jazz Track (CL 1268) is a 1958 album by Miles Davis, released by Columbia Records.[1]
Side 1 is the American issue of material recorded for the soundtrack of the 1958 Louis Malle film Ascenseur pour l'échafaud,[2] and previously released in Europe as a 10 inch LP on the Fontana label.[3] The soundtrack was recorded in Paris, December 4, 1957, using local musicians, including American expat drummer Kenny Clarke.
Side 2 consists of newly released material recorded by his sextet, May 26, 1958.[4] These were the same musicians who would soon record Kind of Blue, including pianist Bill Evans.
The sextet material was later rereleased under the title 1958 Miles, with live recordings from the same year replacing the soundtrack material. The soundtrack was rereleased on CD in the 1990s, using the original title and Fontana artwork, expanded with all studio takes from the session.
Track listing
- Side one
- Générique (Miles Davis) [Nuit sur les Champs-Élysées, take 3] - 2:46
- L'Assassinat de Carala (Davis) [Assassinat, take 3] - 2:08
- Sur l'Autoroute (Davis) [Séquence Voiture, take 2] - 2:16
- Julien dans l'Ascenseur (Davis) [Assassinat, take 2] - 2:07
- Florence sur les Champs-Élysées (Davis) [Nuit sur les Champs-Élysées, take 4] - 2:49
- Dîner au Motel (Davis) [Motel] - 3:55
- Évasion de Julien (Davis) [Ascenseur] - 0:50
- Visite du Vigile (Davis) [Assassinat, take 1] - 2:02
- Au bar du Petit Bac (Davis) [Le Petit Bal, take 2] - 2:51
- Chez le Photographe du Motel (Davis) [Final, take 3] - 3:52
- Side two
- On Green Dolphin Street (Kaper, Washington) [take 3] - 9:55
- Fran Dance (Davis) [take 2] - 5:52
- Stella by Starlight (Young, Washington) [takes 3/7] - 4:48
Personnel
- Side one
(December 4, 1957)
- Miles Davis– trumpet, leader
- Barney Wilen – tenor saxophone
- René Urtreger – piano
- Pierre Michelot – bass
- Kenny Clarke – drums
- Side two
(May 26, 1958)
- Miles Davis– trumpet, leader
- Julian "Cannonball" Adderley– alto saxophone
- John Coltrane– tenor saxophone
- Bill Evans– piano
- Paul Chambers– bass
- Jimmy Cobb– drums
References
- ↑ Jazz Track, Discogs.com, accessed May 5, 2015
- ↑ December 4, 1957 Session Details, Miles Ahead: A Miles Davis Website, accessed May 5, 2015
- ↑ Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, Discogs.com, accessed May 5, 2015
- ↑ May 26, 1958 Session Details, Miles Ahead: A Miles Davis Website, accessed May 5, 2015
