''Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall'' is a live album by American jazz musician

Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musi ...

. Subtitled ''The Legendary Performances of May 19, 1961'', it was released by Columbia Records as CL 1812 in monaural and CS 8612 as "electronically re-channeled for stereo." This live performance features Davis with his regular quintet and also accompanied by

Gil Evans Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (né Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) was a Canadian–American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing an important role i ...

and his 21-piece orchestra. The orchestra is heard on several selections drawn from '' Miles Ahead'' as well as a complete reading of the adagio movement from ''Concierto de Aranjuez'' as recorded on ''

Sketches of Spain ''Sketches of Spain'' is an album by Miles Davis, recorded between November 1959 and March 1960 at the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City. An extended version of the second movement of Joaquín Rodrigo's ''Concierto de Aranjuez'' (1939) ...

''. The concert begins with the orchestra playing the Gil Evans introduction to " So What", which is performed by the quintet, and then segues directly into the only recording of an Evans arrangement of "

Spring is Here "Spring is Here" is a 1938 popular song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart for the musical ''I Married an Angel'' (1938), where it was introduced by Dennis King and Vivienne Segal. Rodgers and Hart had previously written a so ...

Track listing of the original LP

#" So What" (

) – 12:04 #"

Spring Is Here "Spring is Here" is a 1938 popular song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart for the musical ''I Married an Angel'' (1938), where it was introduced by Dennis King and Vivienne Segal. Rodgers and Hart had previously written a so ...

" ( Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:58 #"No Blues" (Davis) – 10:55 #" Oleo" ( Sonny Rollins) – 7:23 #" Someday My Prince Will Come" ( Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) – 2:43 #" The Meaning of the Blues" / "Lament" / "New Rhumba" (Troup, Worth / J.J. Johnson / Ahmad Jamal) – 8:31

CD version of the complete concert

A two-disc CD version of the complete concert was released by Sony/Columbia in 1998. This album has the first half of the concert on CD 1 and the second half on CD 2. This is the only CD edition of the album to feature the original mono mix. Track listing: CD 1 #" So What" (

) – 12:01 #"

" ( Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 4:03 #"Teo" (Davis) – 9:10 #"

Walkin' ''Walkin'' (PRLP 7076) is a Miles Davis compilation album released in March 1957 by Prestige Records. The album compiles material previously released on two 10 inch LPs in 1954 (''Miles Davis All-Star Sextet'' and Side One of ''Miles Davis Quinte ...

" (Richard Carpenter) – 9:32 #" The Meaning of the Blues" / "

Lament A lament or lamentation is a passionate expression of grief, often in music, poetry, or song form. The grief is most often born of regret, or mourning. Laments can also be expressed in a verbal manner in which participants lament about something ...

" (Troup, Worth/J.J. Johnson) – 4:34 #"New Rhumba" (Ahmad Jamal) – 4:07 Track listing: CD 2 #" Someday My Prince Will Come" ( Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) – 2:55 #" Oleo" ( Sonny Rollins) – 7:19 #"No Blues" (Davis) – 10:38 #"

I Thought About You "I Thought About You" is a 1939 popular song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Background It was one of three collaborations Van Heusen and Mercer wrote for the Mercer-Morris publishing company started by Mercer and f ...

" (J. Van Heusen/J. Mercer) – 5:00 #"En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor" (adagio from ''

Concierto de Aranjuez The ''Concierto de Aranjuez'' (, "Aranjuez Concerto") is a classical guitar concerto by the Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo. Written in 1939, it is by far Rodrigo's best-known work, and its success established his reputation as one of the mos ...

'') (J. Rodrigo) – 17:05

Personnel

The Miles Davis Quintet: *

- Trumpet * Hank Mobley - Tenor saxophone *

Wynton Kelly Wynton Charles Kelly (December 2, 1931 – April 12, 1971) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He is known for his lively, blues-based playing and as one of the finest accompanists in jazz. He began playing professionally at the age of ...

- Piano *

Paul Chambers Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers Jr. (April 22, 1935 – January 4, 1969) was an American jazz double bassist. A fixture of rhythm sections during the 1950s and 1960s, he has become one of the most widely-known jazz bassists of the hard bop era. ...

- Bass *

Jimmy Cobb Wilbur James "Jimmy" Cobb (January 20, 1929May 24, 2020) was an American jazz drummer. He was part of Miles Davis's First Great Sextet. At the time of his death, he had been the band's last surviving member for nearly thirty years. He was a ...

- Drums The

Orchestra: *Gil Evans - Arranger and Conductor *Miles Davis - Trumpet soloist * Ernie Royal,

Bernie Glow Bernie Glow (February 6, 1926 – May 8, 1982) was an American trumpet player who specialized in jazz and commercial lead trumpet from the 1940s to 1970s. Glow's early career was on the road with Artie Shaw, Woody Herman and others during the las ...

Johnny Coles John Coles (July 3, 1926 – December 21, 1997) was an American jazz trumpeter. Early life Coles was born in Trenton, New Jersey on July 3, 1926. He grew up in Philadelphia and was self-taught on trumpet. Later life and career Coles spent his ...

, Louis Mucci - Trumpets *

Jimmy Knepper James Minter Knepper (November 22, 1927 – June 14, 2003) was an American jazz trombonist. In addition to his own recordings as leader, Knepper performed and recorded with Charlie Barnet, Woody Herman, Claude Thornhill, Stan Kenton, Benny Goo ...

, Dick Hixon,

Frank Rehak Frank Rehak (July 6, 1926, in New York City – June 22, 1987 Badger, California) was an American jazz trombonist. He began on piano and cello before switching to trombone. He worked with Gil Evans and Miles Davis. He also appeared with Davis on ...

- Trombones *

Julius Watkins Julius Watkins (October 10, 1921 – April 4, 1977) was an American jazz musician who played French horn. Described by AllMusic as "virtually the father of the jazz French horn", Watkins won the ''Down Beat'' critics poll in 1960 and 1961 for M ...

, Paul Ingrahan, Bob Swisshelm - French Horns * Bill Barber -

Tuba The tuba (; ) is the lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by lip vibrationa buzzinto a mouthpiece. It first appeared in the mid-19th century, making it one of the ne ...

*Romeo Penque,

Jerome Richardson Jerome Richardson (November 15, 1920 – June 23, 2000) was an American jazz musician, tenor saxophonist, and flute player, who also played soprano sax, alto sax, baritone sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto flute and piccolo. He played with C ...

, Eddie Caine, Bob Tricarico,

Danny Bank Daniel Bernard Bank (July 17, 1922 – June 5, 2010) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist. He is credited on some releases as Danny Banks. He was born on July 17, 1922. Early in his career Bank played with Charlie Barnet ...

- Reeds and Woodwinds *Janet Putnam - Harp *

Piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

(on "Spring is Here" only) *

- Bass *

- Drums * Bobby Rosengarden -

Percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

Production: *

Teo Macero Attilio Joseph "Teo" Macero (October 30, 1925 – February 19, 2008) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and record producer. He was a producer at Columbia Records for twenty years. Macero produced Miles Davis' '' Bitches Brew'', and ...

- Producer

Charting history

References

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* {{Authority control 1961 live albums Albums produced by Teo Macero Miles Davis live albums Columbia Records live albums Albums recorded at Carnegie Hall Legacy Recordings live albums Live hard bop albums Albums conducted by Gil Evans Albums arranged by Gil Evans