Session details: Columbia 30th Street Studio (August 18, 1958)

Miles Ahead session details

August 18, 1958 (5 items; TT = 18:46)

Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York NY

Commercial for Columbia

Show chatter

Miles Davis (tpt, flh); Ernie Royal (tpt); Bernie Glow (tpt); Louis Mucci (tpt); Joe Bennett (tb); Frank Rehak (tb); Jimmy Cleveland (tb); Dick Hixon (tb); Willie Ruff (frh); Julius Watkins (frh); Gunther Schuller (frh); Bill Barber (tuba); Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (as); Romeo Penque (fl, alto fl, cl); Jerome Richardson (fl, alto fl, cl); Danny Bank (alto fl, bcl); Paul Chambers (b); Jimmy Cobb (d); Gil Evans (arr, cond)

1	There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon for New York (remake) (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin)	2:23
	As the tune winds down, Evans says, "Ready? Right like that..."
2	I Loves You, Porgy (rehearsal) (D. Heyward-G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin)	2:18
	They play (0:00-0:52) -- fade in/fade out. Davis: "Calvin... I'm gonna play this in the mute... Can I raise this microphone?" Lampley: "Good... Are you gonna stand or sit?" Davis: "Either way..." (Splice) They play (1:14-2:18) -- fade out
3	I Loves You, Porgy (master (take 1)) (D. Heyward-G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin)	3:39
4	I Loves You, Porgy (take 1 (second version)) (D. Heyward-G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin)	4:14
5	My Man's Gone Now (remake (take 4)) (D. Heyward-G. Gershwin)	6:12


1 There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon for New York (remake) 12" LP: Mosaic MQ11-164 CD: Columbia Legacy CXK 67397, Columbia Legacy CXK 90923, Sony SRCS 7945/50, Sony SICP 657/62
2 I Loves You, Porgy (rehearsal) 12" LP: Mosaic MQ11-164 CD: Columbia Legacy CXK 67397, Columbia Legacy CXK 90923, Sony SRCS 7945/50, Sony SICP 657/62
3 I Loves You, Porgy (master (take 1)) 45 rpm: Columbia 7-8085 [EP] 12" LP: Columbia CL 1274 (= CS 8085), Sony 88765 40757-1, Nippon Columbia YS-303, CBS/Sony SONP 50148, CBS/Sony SOPL 154, CBS/Sony 18AP 2055, CBS/Sony 23AP 2555, Mosaic MQ11-164 CD: Columbia CK 40647, Columbia Legacy CK 65141, Columbia Legacy CXK 67397, Columbia Legacy CXK 90923, Columbia Legacy CK 65038, Columbia Legacy 88883 75664, Mobile Fidelity Sound Laboratory UDSACD 2200, CBS/Sony 35DP 61, CBS/Sony 32DP 512, Sony SRCS 5699, Sony SRCS 9107, Sony SRCS 7945/50, Sony SICP 657/62, Sony SRCS 9704, Sony SRGS 4518, Sony SICP 813, Sony SICP 1205, Sony SICP 20076, Sony SICP 30215, Sony SICJ 30045/6, Sony SICP 30521/9, Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 [= Columbia (F) 86975 52492] (CD 8)
4 I Loves You, Porgy (take 1 (second version)) 12" LP: Mosaic MQ11-164 CD: Columbia Legacy CK 65141, Columbia Legacy CXK 67397, Columbia Legacy CXK 90923, Sony SRCS 7945/50, Sony SICP 657/62, Sony SRCS 9703, Sony SRGS 4543, Sony SICP 811, Sony SICP 30215, Sony SICJ 30045/6, Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 [= Columbia (F) 86975 52492] (CD 8)
5 My Man's Gone Now (remake (take 4)) 12" LP: Mosaic MQ11-164 CD: Columbia Legacy CXK 67397, Columbia Legacy CXK 90923, Sony SRCS 7945/50, Sony SICP 657/62

This is the last of four sessions devoted to the recording of Porgy and Bess, Davis' best-selling record until Bitches Brew surpassed it in 1970.