The Columbia Years 1955–1985 is a 4 CD Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...

 compilation. The box set is furthermore split up into the sections of blues, standards, originals, moods and electric. These cover tracks 1-8 of the first disc, tracks 9-10 and tracks 1-3 from the second disc, tracks 4-7 on the second disc and tracks 1-2 on the third disc, tracks 3-9 on the third disc and the final disc respectively.

Disc 1

1. "Générique"
2. "All Blues
   All Blues
   "All Blues" is a jazz composition by Miles Davis first appearing on the influential 1959 album Kind of Blue.It is a 12 bar blues in 6/4; the chord sequence is that of a basic blues and made up entirely of 7th chords, with a ♭VI in the turnaround instead of just the usual V chord...
   
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3. "Eighty-One"
4. "Blues For Pablo"
5. "Summertime
   Summertime (song)
   "Summertime" is an aria composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based, although the song is also co-credited to Ira Gershwin by ASCAP....
   
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6. "Straight, No Chaser
   Straight, No Chaser (composition)
   "Straight, No Chaser" is a jazz standard composed by Thelonious Monk. It was first recorded on Monk's Blue Note Sessions in 1951. It has been recorded numerous times by Monk and others and is one of Monk's most covered songs....
   
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7. "Footprints
   Footprints (composition)
   "Footprints" is a jazz standard composed by Wayne Shorter, first appearing on his 1966 album Adam's Apple.Whilst in 6/4 metre, it is debatable whether it could be called a jazz waltz, since the feel could be divided into compound duple or simple triple time.Harmonically, it takes the form of a...
   
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8. "Florence Sur Les Champs Élysées"
9. "I Thought About You
   I Thought About You
   "I Thought About You" is a 1939 popular song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was one of three collaborations Van Heusen and Mercer wrote for the then recently established Mercer-Morris publishing company, started by Mercer and former Warner Bros. publisher Buddy...
   
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10. "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Alternate Take) (Digital Remix)

Tracks 1,3,8 and 9 are mono recordings. Track 9 is previously unreleased. The version of Straight, No Chaser is from the recording Miles And Monk At Newport.

Disc 2

1. "Bye Bye Blackbird
   Bye Bye Blackbird
   "Bye, Bye, Blackbird" is a song published in 1926 by the American composer Ray Henderson and lyricist Mort Dixon. It is considered a popular standard and was first recorded by Gene Austin in 1926.- Song information :...
   
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2. "My Funny Valentine
   My Funny Valentine
   "My Funny Valentine" is a show tune from the 1937 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart musical Babes in Arms in which it was introduced by former child star Mitzi Green...
   
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3. "Love for Sale" (Digital Remix)
4. "Budo"
5. "Miles"
6. "Filles De Kilimanjaro"
7. "Fran-Dance" (Digital Remix)
8. "Seven Steps to Heaven"

Track 4 is a mono recording.

Disc 3

1. "Flamenco Sketches
   Flamenco Sketches
   "Flamenco Sketches" is a jazz composition written by American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis and pianist Bill Evans. It is the fifth track on Davis' 1959 album Kind of Blue, the best-selling jazz record of all time, and an innovative experiment in modal jazz...
   
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2. "So What
   So What (composition)
   "So What" is the first track on the 1959 Miles Davis album Kind of Blue.-History:"So What" is one of the best known examples of modal jazz, set in the Dorian mode and consisting of 16 bars of D Dorian, followed by eight bars of E Dorian and another eight of D Dorian...
   
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3. "Water babies"
4. "Saeta"
5. "Masqualero"
6. "Pinocchio" (Digital Remix)
7. "Summer Night" (Digital Remix)
8. "Fall"
9. "It's About That Time"

Track 2 is a mono recording.

Disc 4

1. "Sivad (Excerpt)"
2. "What it Is"
3. "Ms. Morrisine"
4. "Shout"
5. "Honky Tonk"
6. "Star On Cicely"
7. "Thinkin' One Thing And Doin' Another"
8. "Miles Runs The Voodoo Down"