Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection is an album by Miles Davis, released in 2009. A sprawling collection that showcases Miles Davis's evolution through numerous jazz styles and iconic performances. This album is significant not only for its extensive catalog but also for its critical acclaim, receiving high ratings across multiple platforms. It serves as an essential resource for understanding the breadth of Davis's work, influencing countless musicians and shaping the landscape of modern jazz. The release has been lauded for bringing together both studio and live recordings that span his groundbreaking career. Here's what makes it worth your time and what to listen to next.

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Disc 1

• 1 Rifftide 4:34
• 2 Good Bait 5:47
• 3 Don’t Blame Me 4:19
• 4 Lady Bird 5:05
• 5 Wahhoo 5:33
• 6 Allen’s Alley 4:21
• 7 Embraceable You 3:57
• 8 Ornithology 3:51
• 9 All the Things You Are 4:16
• 10 Lover Man 3:14
• 11 The Squirrel 3:59

Disc 2

• 1 ’Round Midnight 5:56
• 2 Ah‐Leu‐Cha 5:51
• 3 All of You 7:01
• 4 Bye Bye Blackbird 7:55
• 5 Tadd’s Delight 4:27
• 6 Dear Old Stockholm 7:49
• 8 Little Melonae 7:20
• 9 Budo 4:15
• 10 Sweet Sue, Just You 3:38

Disc 3

• 1 Two Bass Hit 3:44
• 2 Love for Sale 11:49
• 3 Blues No. 2 6:48
• 4 Circle in the Round 26:17

Disc 4

• 1 Teo’s Bag 5:57
• 2 Side Car I 5:00
• 3 Side Car II 3:34
• 4 Splash 8:30
• 5 Sanctuary 8:50
• 6 Guinnevere 18:10

Disc 5

• 1 Springsville 3:27
• 2 The Maids of Cadiz 3:53
• 3 The Duke 3:34
• 4 My Ship 4:27
• 5 Miles Ahead 3:29
• 6 Blues for Pablo 5:18
• 7 New Rhumba 4:36
• 8 The Meaning of the Blues 2:48
• 9 Lament 2:14
• 10 I Don’t Wanna Be Kissed (by Anyone but You) 3:11
• 11 Springsville (remake take 7) 3:16
• 12 Blues for Pablo (take 1) 3:32
• 13 Medley: The Meaning of the Blues / Lament (rehearsal) 5:09
• 14 I Don’t Wanna Be Kissed (by Anyone but You) (alternate take) 3:11

Disc 6

• 1 Dr. Jackle 5:49
• 2 Sid’s Ahead 13:02
• 3 Two Bass Hit 5:14
• 4 Milestones 5:46
• 5 Billy Boy 7:14
• 6 Straight, No Chaser 10:40
• 7 Two Bass Hit (alternate take) 4:32
• 8 Milestones (alternate take) 6:01
• 9 Straight, No Chaser (alternate take) 10:28

Disc 7

• 1 On Green Dolphin Street 9:50
• 2 Fran‐Dance 5:49
• 3 Stella by Starlight 4:46
• 4 Love for Sale 11:49
• 5 Fran‐Dance (alternate take) 5:51

Disc 8

• 1 Introduction by Willis Connover 2:16
• 2 Ah‐Leu‐Cha 5:52
• 3 Straight, No Chaser 8:47
• 4 Fran‐Dance 7:13
• 5 Two Bass Hit 4:10
• 6 Bye Bye Blackbird 9:10
• 7 The Theme 2:48

Disc 9

• 1 Buzzard Song 4:09
• 2 Bess, You Is My Woman Now 5:12
• 3 Gone 3:38
• 4 Gone, Gone, Gone 2:05
• 5 Summertime 3:21
• 6 Oh Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess 4:30
• 7 Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus) 4:42
• 8 Fishermen, Strawberry and Devil Crab 4:07
• 9 My Man’s Gone Now 6:16
• 10 It Ain’t Necessarily So 4:25
• 11 Here Come de Honey Man 1:20
• 12 I Loves You, Porgy 3:42
• 13 There’s a Boat That’s Leaving Soon for New York 3:26
• 14 I Loves You, Porgy (take 1, second version) 4:16
• 15 Gone (take 4) 3:40

Disc 10

• 1 If I Were a Bell 8:31
• 2 Oleo 10:38
• 3 My Funny Valentine 10:18
• 4 Straight, No Chaser / The Theme 10:57

Disc 11

• 1 So What Standout 9:25
• 2 Freddie Freeloader Standout 9:49
• 3 Blue in Green 5:37
• 4 All Blues 11:35
• 5 Flamenco Sketches 9:25
• 6 Flamenco Sketches (alternate take) 9:32

Disc 12

• 1 Concierto de Aranjuez 16:20
• 2 Will o’ the Wisp 3:47
• 3 The Pan Piper 3:55
• 4 Saeta 4:57
• 5 Solea 12:08
• 7 Concierto de Aranjuez, Part 1 (alternate take) 12:04
• 8 Concierto de Aranjuez, Part 2 (alternate take) 3:34

Disc 13

• 1 Song of Our Country 3:23
• 2 ’Round Midnight 7:39
• 3 So Near, So Far 5:13
• 4 Limbo 5:28
• 5 Water on the Pond 7:00
• 6 Fun 4:07
• 7 Directions I 6:46
• 8 Directions II 4:49

Disc 14

• 1 Ascent 14:40
• 2 Duran 10:56
• 3 Konda 14:05
• 4 Willie Nelson 10:19

Disc 15

• 1 Someday My Prince Will Come 9:05
• 2 Old Folks 5:17
• 3 Pfrancing (No Blues) 8:33
• 4 Drad‐Dog 4:51
• 5 Teo 9:35
• 6 I Thought About You 4:55
• 7 Blues No.2 7:08
• 8 Someday My Prince Will Come (alternate take) 5:33

Disc 16

• 1 Oleo 6:56
• 2 No Blues 17:13
• 3 Bye Bye (The Theme) 2:49
• 4 If I Were a Bell 12:43
• 5 Fran‐Dance 7:38
• 6 On Green Dolphin Street 12:12
• 7 The Theme 0:43

Disc 17

• 1 All of You 15:47
• 2 Neo 10:18
• 3 I Thought About You 5:04
• 4 Bye Bye Blackbird 9:46
• 5 Walkin’ 14:16
• 6 Love, I’ve Found You 1:52

Disc 18

• 1 If I Were a Bell 12:42
• 2 So What Standout 12:14
• 3 No Blues (Closing Theme) 0:25
• 4 On Green Dolphin Street 12:02
• 5 Walkin’ 12:23
• 6 ’Round Midnight 7:29
• 7 Well, You Needn’t 8:02
• 8 Bye Bye (The Theme) 0:17

Disc 19

• 1 Autumn Leaves 11:45
• 2 Neo 12:28
• 3 Two Bass Hit 4:35
• 4 Bye Bye (The Theme) 3:27
• 5 Love, I’ve Found You 1:53
• 6 I Thought About You 5:32
• 7 Someday My Prince Will Come 9:38
• 8 Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise 8:40

Disc 20

• 1 So What Standout 12:01
• 2 Spring Is Here 4:02
• 3 Teo 9:10
• 4 Walkin’ 9:30
• 5 The Meaning of the Blues / Lament 4:34
• 6 New Rhumba 4:05

Disc 21

• 1 Someday My Prince Will Come 2:50
• 2 Oleo 7:19
• 3 No Blues 10:38
• 4 I Thought About You 4:57
• 5 Concierto de Aranjuez 17:04

Disc 22

• 1 Song No. 2 1:40
• 2 Once Upon a Summertime 3:27
• 3 Aos pes da cruz 4:19
• 4 Song No. 1 4:37
• 5 Wait Till You See Her 4:06
• 6 Corcovado 2:45
• 7 Summer Night 6:04
• 8 The Time of the Barracudas 12:47
• 9 Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern) 2:42
• 10 Devil May Care 3:27

Disc 23

• 1 Basin Street Blues 10:30
• 2 Seven Steps to Heaven 6:26
• 3 I Fall in Love Too Easily 6:46
• 4 So Near, So Far 6:59
• 5 Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home? 8:28
• 6 Joshua 7:00
• 7 So Near, So Far (alternate take) 5:11
• 8 Summer Night 6:01

Disc 24

• 1 Introduction by André Francis 0:46
• 2 Autumn Leaves 13:52
• 3 Milestones 9:16
• 4 I Thought About You 11:44
• 5 Joshua 11:26
• 6 All of You 16:49
• 7 Walkin’ 16:15

Disc 25

• 1 My Funny Valentine 15:03
• 2 All of You 14:58
• 3 Stella by Starlight 13:01
• 4 All Blues 8:57
• 5 I Thought About You 11:15

Disc 26

• 1 So What Standout 9:10
• 2 Walkin’ 8:08
• 3 Joshua 9:32
• 4 Go‐Go (The Theme) + Announcement 1:41
• 5 Four 6:20
• 6 Seven Steps to Heaven 7:45
• 7 There Is No Greater Love 10:02
• 8 Go‐Go (The Theme) + Announcement 1:21

Disc 27

• 1 If I Were a Bell 11:30
• 2 My Funny Valentine 12:53
• 3 So What Standout 8:08
• 4 Walkin’ 9:19
• 5 All of You 12:40

Disc 28

• 1 Milestones 8:58
• 2 Autumn Leaves 12:38
• 3 So What Standout 10:27
• 4 Stella by Starlight 12:53
• 5 Walkin’ 10:39
• 6 Go‐Go (The Theme) + Announcement 1:45

Disc 29

• 1 E.S.P. 5:32
• 2 Eighty‐One 6:16
• 3 Little One 7:24
• 4 R.J. 3:59
• 5 Agitation 7:48
• 6 Iris 8:33
• 7 Mood 8:49

Disc 30

• 1 Walkin’ 11:05
• 2 Agitation 11:02
• 3 On Green Dolphin Street 13:05
• 4 So What Standout 13:36
• 5 The Theme 3:33

Disc 31

• 1 ’Round Midnight 8:45
• 2 Stella by Starlight 13:10
• 3 All Blues 12:23
• 4 Yesterdays 15:05
• 5 The Theme 5:05

Disc 32

• 1 Orbits 4:38
• 2 Circle 5:54
• 3 Footprints 9:48
• 4 Dolores 6:23
• 5 Freedom Jazz Dance 7:12
• 6 Gingerbread Boy 7:48

Disc 33

• 1 Prince of Darkness 6:31
• 2 Pee Wee 4:51
• 3 Masqualero 8:56
• 4 The Sorcerer 5:14
• 5 Limbo 7:19
• 6 Vonetta 5:39
• 7 Nothing Like You 2:03
• 8 Masqualero (alternate take) 7:08
• 9 Limbo (alternate version) 5:27

Disc 34

• 1 Nefertiti 7:55
• 2 Fall 6:38
• 3 Hand Jive 8:57
• 4 Madness 7:33
• 5 Riot 3:05
• 6 Pinocchio 5:09
• 7 Hand Jive (first alternate take) 6:51
• 8 Hand Jive (second alternate take) 8:17
• 9 Madness (alternate take) 6:45
• 10 Pinocchio (alternate take) 5:08

Disc 35

• 1 Water Babies 5:08
• 2 Capricorn 8:29
• 3 Sweet Pea 8:02
• 4 Two Faced 18:02
• 5 Dual Mr. Anthony Tillmon Williams Process 13:22
• 6 Splash 10:05

Disc 36

• 1 Stuff 17:03
• 2 Paraphernalia 12:42
• 3 Black Comedy 7:32
• 4 Country Son 13:57
• 5 Black Comedy (alternate take) 6:26
• 6 Country Son (alternate take) 14:38

Disc 37

• 1 Frelon brun (Brown Hornet) 5:43
• 2 Tout de suite 14:09
• 3 Petits Machins (Little Stuff) 8:10
• 4 Filles de Kilimanjaro 12:04
• 5 Mademoiselle Mabry (Miss Mabry) 16:36
• 6 Tout de suite (alternate take) 14:38

Disc 38

• 1 Shhh / Peaceful (original LP mix from 1969) 18:16
• 2 In a Silent Way / It’s About That Time (original LP mix from 1969) 19:52

Disc 39

• 1 Pharaoh’s Dance 20:07
• 2 Bitches Brew 27:00

Disc 40

• 1 Spanish Key 17:26
• 2 John McLaughlin 4:24
• 3 Miles Runs the Voodoo Down 14:01
• 4 Sanctuary 10:56
• 5 Feio 11:49

Disc 41

• 1 Medley: Great Expectations / Orange Lady 27:25
• 2 Ife 21:36
• 3 Recollections 18:58
• 4 Trevere 5:57

Disc 42

• 1 Go Ahead John 28:27
• 2 Lonely Fire 21:21
• 3 The Little Blue Frog 9:11
• 4 Yaphet 9:41

Disc 43

• 1 Right Off 26:54
• 2 Yesternow 25:35

Disc 44

• 1 Directions 8:44
• 2 Spanish Key 11:16
• 3 Masqualero 9:57
• 4 It’s About That Time / The Theme 14:04

Disc 45

• 1 Directions 10:14
• 2 Miles Runs the Voodoo Down 7:40
• 3 Bitches Brew 8:01
• 4 Spanish Key 8:33
• 5 It’s About That Time / Willie Nelson 11:43

Disc 46

• 1 Directions 10:46
• 2 Miles Runs the Voodoo Down 12:22
• 3 Willie Nelson 6:23
• 4 I Fall in Love Too Easily 1:35
• 5 Sanctuary 4:01
• 6 It’s About That Time 10:00

Disc 47

• 1 Bitches Brew 12:53
• 2 Masquaiero 9:07
• 3 Spanish Key / The Theme 12:15

Disc 48

• 1 Directions 2:29
• 2 Bitches Brew 0:53
• 3 The Mask 1:35
• 4 It’s About That Time 8:12
• 5 Bitches Brew / The Theme 10:55
• 6 Directions 5:38
• 7 The Mask 9:50
• 8 It’s About That Time 11:22

Disc 49

• 1 It’s About That Time 9:01
• 2 I Fall in Love Too Easily 2:00
• 3 Sanctuary 3:44
• 4 Bitches Brew / The Theme 13:09
• 5 It’s About That Time 3:46
• 6 I Fall in Love Too Easily 0:54
• 7 Sanctuary 2:49
• 8 Bitches Brew 6:57
• 9 Willie Nelson / The Theme 7:57

Disc 50

• 1 Directions 7:30
• 2 Bitches Brew 10:09
• 3 It’s About That Time 6:17
• 4 Sanctuary 1:10
• 5 Spanish Key 8:15
• 6 The Theme 2:11

Disc 51

• 1 Sivad 15:17
• 2 Little Church 3:17
• 3 Medley: Gemini / Double Image 5:56
• 4 What I Say 21:13
• 5 Nem Um Talvez 4:03

Disc 52

• 1 Selim 2:16
• 2 Funky Tonk 23:29
• 3 Inamorata and Narration by Conrad Roberts 26:30

Disc 53

• 1 On the Corner 2:59
• 2 New York Girl 1:29
• 3 Thinkin’ One Thing and Doin’ Another 6:44
• 4 Vote for Miles 8:47
• 5 Black Satin 5:20
• 6 One and One 6:09
• 7 Helen Butte 16:05
• 8 Mr. Freedom X 7:14

Disc 54

• 1 Rated X 12:16
• 2 Honky Tonk 9:18
• 3 Theme from Jack Johnson 10:13
• 4 Black Satin / The Theme 14:15

Disc 55

• 1 Ife 27:54
• 2 Right Off / The Theme 10:31

Disc 56

• 1 Moja, Part I 12:28
• 2 Moja, Part II 12:40
• 3 Wili, Part I 14:20
• 4 Wili, Part II 10:44

Disc 57

• 1 Tatu, Part I 18:47
• 2 Tatu, Part II 6:32
• 3 Nne, Part I 15:19
• 4 Nne, Part II 10:11

Disc 58

• 1 He Loved Him Madly 32:21
• 2 Maiysha 14:57
• 3 Honky Tonk 5:58
• 4 Rated X 6:54

Disc 59

• 1 Calypso Frelimo 32:12
• 2 Red China Blues 4:12
• 3 Mtume 15:13
• 4 Billy Preston 12:36

Disc 60

• 1 Prelude 32:30
• 2 Maiysha 12:21

Disc 61

• 1 Interlude / Theme from Jack Johnson 51:36

Disc 62

• 1 Zimbabwe 41:42

Disc 63

• 1 Gondwana 49:46

Disc 64

• 1 Fat Time 9:55
• 2 Back Seat Betty 11:18
• 3 Shout 5:54
• 4 Aida 8:13
• 5 The Man With the Horn 6:35
• 6 Ursula 10:47

Disc 65

• 1 Jean Pierre 10:42
• 2 Back Seat Betty 8:20
• 3 Fast Track 15:19
• 4 Jean Pierre 4:04
• 5 Ursula 2:10
• 6 Aida 12:18

Disc 66

• 1 My Man’s Gone Now 20:19
• 2 KIX 18:49
• 3 Fat Time 13:05

Disc 67

• 1 Come Get It 11:18
• 2 It Gets Better 9:51
• 3 Speak / That’s What Happened 8:29
• 4 Star People 18:47
• 5 U ’n’ I 5:56
• 6 Star on Cicely 4:27

Disc 68

• 1 Decoy 8:33
• 2 Robot 415 1:10
• 3 Code M.D. 5:59
• 4 Freaky Deaky 4:34
• 5 What It Is 4:32
• 6 That’s Right 11:12
• 7 That’s What Happened 3:31

Disc 69

• 1 One Phone Call / Street Scenes 4:35
• 2 Human Nature 4:31
• 3 MD 1 / Something’s on Your Mind / MD 2 7:18
• 4 Ms. Morrisine 4:52
• 5 Katia Prelude 0:46
• 6 Katia 7:40
• 7 Time After Time 3:39
• 8 You’re Under Arrest 6:13
• 9 Medley: Jean Pierre / You’re Under Arrest / Then There Were None 3:27

Disc 70

• 1 Intro 4:49
• 2 White 6:05
• 3 Yellow 6:56
• 4 Orange 8:42
• 5 Red 6:09
• 6 Green 8:12
• 7 Blue 6:38
• 8 Electric Red 4:19
• 9 Indigo 6:08
• 10 Violet 9:03

Disc 71

• 1 Introduction 0:59
• 2 Agitation 6:42
• 3 Footprints 6:02
• 4 I Fall In Love Too Easily 11:33
• 5 Walkin’ 9:16
• 6 Gingerbread Boy 5:33
• 7 The Theme 0:28
• 8 Introduction 0:26
• 9 Agitation 6:56
• 10 Footprints 9:05
• 11 ’Round Midnight 8:30
• 12 Gingerbread Boy 7:35
• 13 The Theme 1:34

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