Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall

Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall is a live album by American jazz musician Miles Davis. Subtitled The Legendary Performances of May 19, 1961, it was originally released by Columbia Records in 1962.

This article is about the album by Miles Davis. For albums titled "At Carnegie Hall", see At Carnegie Hall (disambiguation).
Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall
Live album by
Miles Davis
ReleasedJuly 16, 1962
RecordedMay 19, 1961
VenueCarnegie Hall
GenreJazz, hard bop
Length44:54
LabelColumbia/Legacy
ProducerTeo Macero
Miles Davis chronology
Someday My Prince Will Come
(1961)		 Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall
(1962)		 Seven Steps to Heaven
(1963)

Background

This live performance features Davis with his regular quintet and accompanied by Gil Evans and his 21-piece orchestra. The orchestra and quintet together perform selections from Miles Ahead and Sketches of Spain", while the quintet by itself performs both Davis originals and standards by Sonny Rollins and Ahmad Jamal, among others.

Although Davis and Evans recorded multiple albums together, there were only two live performances ever with both quintet and orchestra. On top of the rarity of the occasion, the Carnegie Hall recording features a few one-offs: the only recordings of the Gil Evans-orchestrated introduction to "So What", and a version of "Spring is Here", again arranged by Evans.

Track listing

1962 Columbia/Legacy release

The original LP was released in two versions: as CL 1812 in monaural and CS 8612 as "electronically re-channeled for stereo."[1][2]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."So What"Miles Davis12:04
2."Spring Is Here"Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers3:58
3."No Blues"Davis10:55
4."Oleo"Sonny Rollins7:23
5."Someday My Prince Will Come"Frank Churchill, Larry Morey2:43
6."The Meaning of the Blues / Lament / New Rhumba"Bobby Troup, Leah Worth / J.J. Johnson / Ahmad Jamal8:31

1998 Sony/Columbia release

A two-disc CD version of the complete concert in chronological order was released by Sony/Columbia in 1998. This edition features the original mono mix.

Disc 1

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."So What"Davis12:01
2."Spring Is Here"Rogers, Hart3:58
3."Teo"Davis9:10
4."Walkin'"Richard Carpenter9:32
5."The Meaning Of The Blues / Lament"Troup, Worth / Johnson4:34
6."New Rhumba"Jamal4:07


Disc 2

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Someday My Prince Will Come"Churchill, Morey2:55
2."Oleo"Rollins7:19
3."No Blues"Davis10:38
4."I Thought About You"Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer5:00
5."En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor (adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez)"Joaquín Rodrigo17:05

Personnel
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat
(Original LP release)		[3]
Allmusic[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [5]

The Miles Davis Quintet

The Gil Evans Orchestra

Production:

Charting history
Chart Peak chart
position
Billboard Top Jazz Albums 59[6]

References
  1. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "At Carnegie Hall – Allmusic". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
  2. "MILES DAVIS At Carnegie Hall LP 6-eye mono CL 1812". Ebay. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
  3. Down Beat: October 11, 1962 vol. 29, no. 26
  4. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r106139
  5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 345. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. "At Carnegie Hall – Allmusic – Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
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