Miles Davis - 1958 Miles - Blu-spec CD2

2023

1958 Miles is a Japanese issue of the four remaining studio tracks of the Kind of Blue band with pianist Bill Evans. Three of these orphaned tracks were originally released on the album Jazz Track (coupled with the original music for L'Ascenseur Pour L’Échafaud) while ‘Love for Sale’ turned up on a 1975 Columbia compilation Black Giants. All four titles surfaced in 1991 as ’58 Sessions Featuring Stella by Starlight (Columbia/Legacy) and in 2008 they appeared on Miles Davis – Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collectors Edition together with an alternative take. They have also popped up from time to time on bootleg releases but for reasons of space, only the main sources are cited here. They are masterpieces, of course; Bonislaw Kaper's ‘On Green Dolphin Street’ in surely its definitive version, while ‘Love for Sale’ remains as fresh now as in 1958.