Session details: Columbia 30th Street Studio (August 22, 1957)

Miles Ahead session details

August 22, 1957 (17 items; TT = 21:37)

Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York NY

Commercial for Columbia

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Miles Davis (flh)

1	Springsville (overdub take 1) (J. Carisi)	2:08
	Right channel only until 0:19
2	Springsville (overdub solo 4) (J. Carisi)	1:41
	Lampley: "OK, this is Miles Davis tracking 'Springsville', take four..." At the end Davis says "...I mean, we could play it all the way through, or unless I stop it." Lampley: "It doesn't matter, whatever you wanna do, OK?"
3	Springsville (overdub solo 5) (J. Carisi)	0:41
	Lampley: "OK, this'll be Miles Davis tracking 'Springsville', take five..."
4	Springsville (overdub solo 6) (J. Carisi)	0:49
5	Springsville (overdub solo 7) (J. Carisi)	0:23
6	Springsville (overdub solo 8) (J. Carisi)	0:31
7	Springsville (overdub solo 9) (J. Carisi)	0:49
8	Springsville (overdub solo 11 (issued)) (J. Carisi)	0:28
9	Miles Ahead (issued overdub solo) (M. Davis-G. Evans)	1:54
	Cal Lampley: "New press, take three..." At the end, Davis: "I think the first one's better." Lampley: "I'm still sold..."
10	Miles Ahead (unissued overdub solo) (M. Davis-G. Evans)	1:34
	At the end, Lampley: "You know what?" Davis: "What?" Lampley: "I like it..."
11	I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (overdub solo 1 (fs)) (H. Spina-J. Elliott)	0:20
	Lampley: "This'll be Ahmad's Miles, one..." False start. Davis: "Hold it. Goddamn, that's kinda fast, ain't it?"
12	I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (overdub solo 1) (H. Spina-J. Elliott)	0:51
	Davis: "Hey, Vincent, let's try it -- want to?" Lampley: "Yeah, as a matter of fact that was so good I was recording... And if you want help, Miles, you know, if you miss it again, you can keep going, and after we get through we can come back and do the beginning. Dig?"
13	I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (overdub solo 2) (H. Spina-J. Elliott)	1:20
	Lampley: "OK, this will be Ahmad's Miles, take two..."
14	I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (overdub solo 4) (H. Spina-J. Elliott)	2:05
15	I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (overdub solo 8) (H. Spina-J. Elliott)	3:05
	At the end Davis asks, "Cal, do you have an ending?" Lampley: "Yeah..."
16	I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (overdub solo 19) (H. Spina-J. Elliott)	1:30
	Lampley: "OK, ah, one-nine, Ahmad's Miles..."
17	I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (overdub solo 19 (complete)) (H. Spina-J. Elliott)	1:28
	Lampley: "Ahmad's Miles, complete, one-nine..."


1 Springsville (overdub take 1) 12" LP: Columbia CJ 40784, Mosaic MQ11-164 CD: Columbia CK 40784, Columbia Legacy CXK 67397, Columbia Legacy CXK 90923, Sony SRCS 7945/50, Sony SICP 657/62
2 Springsville (overdub solo 4) 12" LP: Mosaic MQ11-164 CD: Columbia Legacy CXK 67397, Columbia Legacy CXK 90923, Sony SRCS 7945/50, Sony SICP 657/62
3 Springsville (overdub solo 5) 12" LP: Mosaic MQ11-164 CD: Columbia Legacy CXK 67397, Columbia Legacy CXK 90923, Sony SRCS 7945/50, Sony SICP 657/62
4 Springsville (overdub solo 6) 12" LP: Mosaic MQ11-164 CD: Columbia Legacy CXK 67397, Columbia Legacy CXK 90923, Sony SRCS 7945/50, Sony SICP 657/62
5 Springsville (overdub solo 7) 12" LP: Mosaic MQ11-164 CD: Columbia Legacy CXK 67397, Columbia Legacy CXK 90923, Sony SRCS 7945/50, Sony SICP 657/62
6 Springsville (overdub solo 8) 12" LP: Mosaic MQ11-164 CD: Columbia Legacy CXK 67397, Columbia Legacy CXK 90923, Sony SRCS 7945/50, Sony SICP 657/62
7 Springsville (overdub solo 9) 12" LP: Mosaic MQ11-164 CD: Columbia Legacy CXK 67397, Columbia Legacy CXK 90923, Sony SRCS 7945/50, Sony SICP 657/62
8 Springsville (overdub solo 11 (issued)) 12" LP: Mosaic MQ11-164 CD: Columbia Legacy CXK 67397, Columbia Legacy CXK 90923, Sony SRCS 7945/50, Sony SICP 657/62
9 Miles Ahead (issued overdub solo) 12" LP: Mosaic MQ11-164 CD: Columbia Legacy CXK 67397, Columbia Legacy CXK 90923, Sony SRCS 7945/50, Sony SICP 657/62
10 Miles Ahead (unissued overdub solo) 12" LP: Mosaic MQ11-164 CD: Columbia Legacy CXK 67397, Columbia Legacy CXK 90923, Sony SRCS 7945/50, Sony SICP 657/62
11 I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (overdub solo 1 (fs)) 12" LP: Mosaic MQ11-164 CD: Columbia Legacy CXK 67397, Columbia Legacy CXK 90923, Sony SRCS 7945/50, Sony SICP 657/62
12 I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (overdub solo 1) 12" LP: Mosaic MQ11-164 CD: Columbia Legacy CXK 67397, Columbia Legacy CXK 90923, Sony SRCS 7945/50, Sony SICP 657/62
13 I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (overdub solo 2) 12" LP: Mosaic MQ11-164 CD: Columbia Legacy CXK 67397, Columbia Legacy CXK 90923, Sony SRCS 7945/50, Sony SICP 657/62
14 I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (overdub solo 4) 12" LP: Mosaic MQ11-164 CD: Columbia Legacy CXK 67397, Columbia Legacy CXK 90923, Sony SRCS 7945/50, Sony SICP 657/62
15 I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (overdub solo 8) 12" LP: Mosaic MQ11-164 CD: Columbia Legacy CXK 67397, Columbia Legacy CXK 90923, Sony SRCS 7945/50, Sony SICP 657/62
16 I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (overdub solo 19) 12" LP: Mosaic MQ11-164 CD: Columbia Legacy CXK 67397, Columbia Legacy CXK 90923, Sony SRCS 7945/50, Sony SICP 657/62
17 I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (overdub solo 19 (complete)) 12" LP: Mosaic MQ11-164 CD: Columbia Legacy CXK 67397, Columbia Legacy CXK 90923, Sony SRCS 7945/50, Sony SICP 657/62

This was an overdub session -- Davis playing flugelhorn over playbacks. The overdubbed parts are included in the versions of "Springsville," "Miles Ahead," "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed," and "New Rhumba" issued on Columbia CL 1041 and equivalents.

The personnel for "Springsville" (recorded on May 23) is Ernie Royal (tpt); Bernie Glow (tpt); Louis Mucci (tpt); Taft Jordan (tpt); Johnny Carisi (tpt); Frank Rehak (tb); Jimmy Cleveland (tb); Joe Bennett (tb); Tom Mitchell (tb); Willie Ruff (frh); Jimmy Buffington (frh); Bill Barber (tuba); Romeo Penque (fl, cl, bcl, oboe); Sid Cooper (fl, cl); Lee Konitz (as); Danny Bank (bcl); Paul Chambers (b); Arthur Taylor (d); Gil Evans (arr, cond).

The personnel for "Miles Ahead" (recorded on May 10) is Ernie Royal (tpt); Bernie Glow (tpt); Louis Mucci (tpt); Taft Jordan (tpt); Johnny Carisi (tpt); Frank Rehak (tb); Jimmy Cleveland (tb); Joe Bennett (tb); Tom Mitchell (tb); Willie Ruff (frh); Tony Miranda (frh); Bill Barber (tuba); Romeo Penque (fl, cl, bcl, oboe); Sid Cooper (fl, cl); Lee Konitz (as); Danny Bank (bcl); Paul Chambers (b); Arthur Taylor (d); Gil Evans (arr, cond).

The personnel for "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed" (recorded on May 27) is Ernie Royal (tpt); Bernie Glow (tpt); Louis Mucci (tpt); Taft Jordan (tpt); Johnny Carisi (tpt); Frank Rehak (tb); Jimmy Cleveland (tb); Joe Bennett (tb); Tom Mitchell (tb); Willie Ruff (frh); Tony Miranda (frh); Bill Barber (tuba); Romeo Penque (fl, cl, oboe); Eddie Caine (cl, fl); Lee Konitz (as); Danny Bank (bcl); Wynton Kelly (p); Paul Chambers (b); Arthur Taylor (d); Gil Evans (arr, cond).

As mentioned in the notes to the May 27, 1957 session, "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed" is a medley of "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed" and another tune, "A - You're Adorable" by Sid Lippman, Buddy Kaye, and Fred Wise, composed in 1948 and sometimes called "The Alphabet Song." The only overdub solo in which Davis plays this second melody is "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed" (overdub solo 8), where the transition to the latter tune occurs at 2:12. In overdub solo 19 (complete) Davis begins the passage that usually culminates in the "A - You're Adorable" theme, but he veers off and plays something else -- listen at 1:09.

I am grateful to James Bohen for discussion about "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed."