★Columbia
Electronics & Percussion (LP)
1970's re-press of the 1968 LP with five superb realizations for percussion and electronics of as many classic avant-garde compositions, including Cage's Fontana Mix-Feed, spanning from 1958 to 1965, released on Columbia's "Music Of Our Time" avant-garde music series curated by David Behrman.
The Four Symphonies (3LP box)
Landmark recordings of the diverse complete symphonies composed between 1898 and 1918 by the modernist/avant-garde composer, performed by different orchestras conducted by Eugene Ormandy, Leonard Bernstein and Leopold Stokowski, released as a 3LP box set by Columbia in 1968. With insert.
Holidays Symphony (LP)
1970's re-press with brown labels of the 1967 LP on Columbia with the 1913 orchestral by the modernist/avant-garde composer, performed by The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein.
Symphony No. 1 / Three Places In New England (LP)
1970's re-press with brown labels of the 1968 LP on Columbia with two orchestral works composed by the modernist/avant-garde composer between 1898 and 1914 and performed by Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy.
A Parable Of Death / Intermezzo / Kentuckiana (LP)
1954 LP on Columbia with Foss' cantata for tenor, narrator, chorus and orchestra plus two other orchestral works composed in the 1940/50's.
Violin Concerto / Little Symphony No. 1 (LP)
First recordings of two acclaimed orchestral works composed respectively in 1954 and 1945, released on Columbia in 1964.
Kind of Blue
*Listed as one of the four most influential Jazz albums that happened to be released in 1959 (Dave Brubeck -Time Out & Charles Mingus -Ah Um among them), so much has been said and written about Miles Davis'Kind Of Blue, it's virtually impossible to summarize all the necessary info to the length of this page. We could simply list some facts (best sold Jazz album ever worldwide). We could try to explain why it's the best Jazz album ever made, but the music itself will do that to you.
As Bill Evans…
Sketches Of Spain
On Sketches of Spain, Miles Davis floats through Gil Evans’s lush, flamenco‑tinged orchestrations like a solitary witness, turning Spanish folk and classical themes into slow‑burning tone‑poems where jazz improvisation melts into modal ritual.
The Final Tour: Copenhagen, March 24, 1960
On The Final Tour: Copenhagen, March 24, 1960, Miles Davis and John Coltrane turn a standard club set into a knife‑edge drama, Davis all poised understatement, Coltrane in full escape‑velocity experimentation over one of the greatest rhythm sections in jazz.
Miles In France 1963 & 1964 (The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8)
Miles in France is the eighth installment in the celebrated Miles Davis Bootleg Series and this edition focuses on the birth of the Second Great Quintet in 1963 and 1964. The music heard here represents the sound of an end and a beginning coming through at once. The set contains 5 separate performances of the Miles Davis Quintet spread over 8 LPs or 6 CDs and the energy and depth of feeling in the transcendent playing hint at the special relationship Miles and the group had with the French natio…
A Tribute To Jack Johnson
A Tribute to Jack Johnson was originally conceived as the soundtrack for a documentary on the life of the first african american heavyweight boxing champion, but the album stands on its own as one of the most brilliant, compelling fusion recordings ever made. This is due in large part to the increasing influence of rock and funk on miles's aesthetic, to the superb musicians (including Davis himself - who turns in some stunningly vigorous solos), and in part to the production skills of Teo Macero…
'Round About Midnight
Widely acknowledged by jazz critics and aficionados as a landmark in 'hard bop' and one of the greatest jazz albums ever, Miles Davis' 1956 Columbia Records debut showcased his first legendary quintet featuring John Coltrane.