Forever Miles Davis

Forever Miles Davis
Compilation album by Miles Davis
Released	September 18, 2007
Recorded	May 11, 1956 + October 26, 1956
Genre	Jazz music, hard bop, post bop
Length	111:10
Label	Madacy Special Markets
Miles Davis chronology
Evolution of the Groove (2007) Forever Miles Davis (2007) Cool: The Best of Miles Davis (2007)

Forever Miles Davis is a three-disc compilation album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released in 1981 by independent label Madacy Special Markets.

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "My Funny Valentine" (Hart, Rodgers) – 6:04
2. "Blues by Five" (Garland) – 10:23
3. "Airegin" (Rollins) – 4:26
4. "Tune-Up/When Lights Are Low" (Carter, Davis, Williams) – 13:09

Disc 2

1. "If I Were a Bell" (Loesser) – 8:18
2. "You're My Everything" (Dixon, Warren, Young) – 5:19
3. "I Could Write a Book" (Hart, Rodgers) – 5:10
4. "Oleo" (Rollins) – 6:20
5. "It Could Happen to You" (Burke, VanHeusen) – 6:39
6. "Woody'n You" (Gillespie) – 5:02

Disc 3

1. "It Never Entered My Mind" (Hart, Rodgers) – 5:26
2. "Four" (Davis) – 7:15
3. "In Your Own Sweet Way" (Brubeck) – 5:45
4. "The Theme [Take 1]" (Davis) – 2:01
5. "Trane's Blues" (Coltrane) – 8:35
6. "Ahmad's Blues" (Jamal) – 7:27
7. "Half Nelson" (Davis) – 4:47
8. "The Theme [Take 2]" (Davis) – 1:04

Personnel

• Rikka Arnold – project assistant
• Dave Brubeck – composing
• Johnny Burke – composer
• Emmanuel Campeau – cover design
• Chris Clough – project assistant
• John Coltrane – composing, tenor saxophone
• Miles Davis – composer, trumpet
• Esmond Edwards – cover design
• Zev Feldman – project assistant
• Red Garland – composer, piano
• Dizzy Gillespie – composer
• Ira Gitler – liner notes
• Joe Goldberg – liner notes
• Lorenz Hart – composer
• Jimmy Van Heusen – composer
• Terri Hinte – project assistant
• Ahmad Jamal – composer
• Philly Joe Jones – drums
• Stuart Kremsky – reissue production assistant
• Frank Loesser – composer
• Jack Maher – liner notes
• Reid Miles – cover design
• Cheryl Pawelski – project assistant
• Nick Phillips – reissues producer, reissues supervisor
• Richard Rodgers – composer
• Sonny Rollins – composer
• David Roy – liner notes
• Rudy Van Gelder – author, engineering, remastering
• Bob Weinstock – supervisor

Charting history

Chart	Peak chart position
Billboard Top Jazz Albums	20[1]

References

1. "Forever Miles Davis – Allmusic – Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-06-16.

External links

• Forever Miles Davis at AllMusic