Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Victory Ball
2. Jeru
3. Move
4. Godchild
5. Budo
6. Good Bait
7. Focus
8. April in Paris
9. Webb's Delight
10. Milano [Miles]
11. Casbah
12. Venus de Milo
13. Rouge
14. Boplicity
15. Israel
16. Rifftide
17. Good Bait
18. Wah-Hoo!
19. Don't Blame Me
20. Lady Bird
21. Allen's Alley

Disc 2:

1. Embraceable You
2. Ornithology
3. All the Things You Are
4. Hot House
5. Ornithology [Incomplete Take]
6. Conception
7. Ray's Idea
8. Deception
9. Rocker
10. Moon Dreams
11. Darn That Dream
12. Ain't Misbehavin'
13. Goodnight My Love
14. It Might as Well Be Spring
15. Mean to Me
16. Nice Work If You Can Get It
17. Wee

Disc 3:

1. Birth of the Cool Theme
2. Symphony Sid Announces the Band
3. Move
4. Why Do I Love You?
5. Godchild
6. Symphony Sid Introduction
7. S'il Vous Plait
8. Moon Dreams
9. Budo [Incomplete Take]
10. Darn That Dream
11. Move
12. Moon Dreams
13. Budo
14. Steeplechase
15. Merry-Go-Round
16. 52nd Street Theme
17. Half Nelson
18. You Go to My Head
19. Chasin' the Bird
20. Overtime

Disc 4:

1. Billie's Bounce
2. Now's the Time
3. Thriving on a Riff
4. Yardbird Suite
5. Night in Tunisia
6. Oo Bop Sh'bam
7. For Europeans Only
8. Donna Lee
9. Chasin' the Bird
10. Cheryl
11. Way You Look Tonight
12. Milestones
13. Little Willie Leaps
14. Half Nelson
15. Sippin' at Bells
16. Bird of Paradise
17. My Old Flame
18. Out of Nowhere
19. Don't Blame Me
20. Crazeology
21. How Deep Is the Ocean?
22. Another Hair Do
23. Klaunstance
24. Bird Gets the Worm

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #224561 in Music
• Released on: 2001-01-22
• Number of discs: 4
• Formats: Box set, Import

Album Description
82 early tracks including classic encounters with Charlie Parker, the immortal 'Birth of the Cool' sessions and work with Sarah Vaughan. Four standard jewel cases housed in a CD box. 2001 release.

Customer Reviews

Great Set At A Bargain Price!!!
This box set contains 82 tracks recorded by Miles Davis between 1945 and 1950. Miles' spark of genius was already apparent right from the start, and it's clear after listening to this set why Prestige gave him a lucrative recording contract which he would fulfill from 1951-1956 on his way to super-stardom. His distinctive sound on the trumpet is unmistakable here, even as a twenty year old...a sound that would delight the world for decades! This set is solid gold, filled with nuggets of beautiful jazz from start to finish. Many people may be content to limit their early Miles Davis collection to the Complete Birth Of The Cool CD, and that's fine, but you'll be missing out on lots of great music from one of the finest jazz artists of the 20th century!! The sound quality on this box set is great, save for a handful of recordings that are a little garbled but were included anyway because the playing is so beautiful. I like this set as much as the Complete Prestige Recordings box set, and this 4 disc set sells for about $75 less. I highly recommend this set-no Miles Davis collection is complete without these brilliant recordings! Happy listening!!

Proper Label box sets are always good, and this one is amazing
If you like Miles Davis and want to know what he did before Birth of the Cool, then get this fabulous and inexpensive box set. From '45-50 we are treated to an incredible chronicling of his work with other jazz greats including Bird, Gil Evans, Sarah Vaughan and many others. I cannot overstate how much I learned about Miles development from this 4 c.d. set- both from the music as well as the excellent liner notes.
You'd be crazy not to buy it.

Miles Davis, Young, but still great!
I bought this yesterday from a local record store and wow. Man is it good. It isn't hs greatest stuff because he was younger and less experienced but it is still absolutely great.