Nem képezheti vita tárgyát, hogy Miles Davis a jazz egyik legnagyobb géniusza volt (és még ma is annak számít). Folyamatos útkereső, innovátort, korszakai a jazz és az egyetemes zene szempontjából is a legfényesebbeknek tekinthetők.
Egy igazán izgalmas, 8 lemezes kiadvánnyal jelentkezett a Concorde Music Group, mellyel Miles Davis 1951 és 1956 közötti alkotói időszakát hívatott összefoglalni. Az egyes korongokon – Charles Mingus-tól Art Blakey-ig, Horace Silver-től Thelonious Monk-ig, Charlie Parker-től Sonny Rollins-ig – a jazztörténelem ikonikus figurái játszanak együtt a királlyal. Bár sok lemezgyűjtő idegenkedik a válogatásalbumoktól, ez a kiadvány mégis joggal követel magának helyet még a nívósabb gyűjteményekben is.
A díszdobozban, egy információkban gazdag, kb. 35-40 oldalas kísérőfüzet is helyet kapott.
A közreműködők listája:
Nagybőgő - Arnold Fishkin (tracks: 1-07 - 1-10) , Charles Mingus (tracks: 2-09 - 2-12) , Leonard Gaskin (tracks: 2-05 - 2-08) , Oscar Pettiford (tracks: 4-07, 4-08, 5-01 - 5-04) , Paul Chambers (3) (tracks: 5-09 -5-11, 6-01 - 6-10, 7-01 - 7-12, 8-01 - 8-10) , Percy Heath (tracks: 1-01 - 1-06, 2-01 - 2-04, 2-09 - 2-12, 2-13 - 2-15, 3-01 - 3-04, 3-05, 3-06, 3-07 - 3-11, 4-01 - 4-06, 5-05 - 5-08) , Tommy Potter (tracks: 1-11 - 1-17)
Dobok - "Philly" Joe Jones (tracks: 2-01 - 2-04, 4-07, 4-08, 5-01 - 5-04, 6-01 - 6-10, 7-01 - 7-12, 8-01 - 8-10) , Art Blakey (tracks: 1-11 - 1-17, 2-13 - 2-15) , Art Taylor (tracks: 5-05 - 5-08, 5-09 -5-11) , Kenny Clarke (tracks: 2-05 - 2-08, 3-01 - 3-04, 3-05, 3-06, 3-07 - 3-11, 4-01 - 4-06) , Max Roach (tracks: 1-07 - 1-10, 2-09 - 2-12) , Roy Haynes (tracks: 1-01 - 1-06)
Gitár - Billy Bauer (tracks: 1-07 - 1-10)
Zongora - Horace Silver (tracks: 2-13 - 2-15, 3-01 - 3-04, 3-05, 3-06, 3-07 - 3-11) , John Lewis (2) (tracks: 1-01 - 1-05, 2-05 - 2-08, 2-09 - 2-12) , Ray Bryant (tracks: 5-05 - 5-08) , Red Garland (tracks: 4-07, 4-08, 5-01 - 5-04, 6-01 - 6-10, 7-01 - 7-12, 8-01 - 8-10) , Sal Mosca (tracks: 1-07 - 1-10) , Thelonious Monk (tracks: 4-01 - 4-06) , Tommy Flanagan (tracks: 5-09 -5-11) , Walter Bishop, Jr. (tracks: 1-11 - 1-17, 2-01 - 2-04)
Alt szaxofon - Davey Schildkraut (tracks: 3-01 - 3-04) , Jackie Mclean (tracks: 1-11 - 1-17, 5-05 - 5-08) , Lee Konitz (tracks: 1-07 - 1-10)
Tenor szaxofon - Al Cohn (tracks: 2-05 - 2-08) , Charlie Parker (tracks: 2-01 - 2-04) , John Coltrane (tracks: 6-01 - 6-10, 7-01 - 7-12, 8-01 - 8-10) , Sonny Rollins (tracks: 1-01 - 1-06, 1-11 - 1-17, 2-01 - 2-04, 3-07 - 3-11, 5-09 -5-11) , Zoot Sims (tracks: 2-05 - 2-08)
Harsona - Bennie Green (tracks: 1-01 - 1-05) , Sonny Truit (tracks: 2-05 - 2-08)
Trombita - Miles Davis
Vibrafon - Milt Jackson (tracks: 4-01 - 4-06, 5-05 - 5-08)
Első lemez
01 Morpheus (2:20)
02 Down (2:50)
03 Blue Room (Take 1) (2:47)
04 Blue Room (Take 2) (3:00)
05 Whispering (3:02)
06 I Know (2:29)
07 Odjenar (2:50)
08 Ezz-thetic (2:51)
09 Hibeck (3:04)
10 Yesterdays (2:23)
11 Conception (4:00)
12 Out Of The Blue (6:13)
13 Denial (5:37)
14 Bluing (9:53)
15 Dig (7:31)
16 My Old Flame (6:32)
17 It's Only A Paper Moon (5:22)
Második lemez
01 Compulsion (5:42)
02 The Serpent's Tooth (Take 1) (6:58)
03 The Serpent's Tooth (Take 2) (6:15)
04 'Round Midnight (7:03)
05 Tasty Pudding (3:19)
06 Willie The Wailer (4:25)
07 Floppy (5:59)
08 For Adults Only (5:33)
09 When Lights Are Low (3:24)
10 Tune Up (3:51)
11 Miles Ahead (4:26)
12 Smooch (3:03)
13 Four (3:59)
14 Old Devil Moon (3:21)
15 Blue Haze (6:05)
Harmadik lemez
01 Solar (4:40)
02 You Don't Know What Love Is (4:20)
03 Love Me Or Leave Me (6:54)
04 I'll Remember April (7:50)Saxophone [Tenor] - Lucky Thompson, Trombone - J.J. Johnson
05 Blue 'N' Boogie (8:14) Saxophone [Tenor] - Lucky Thompson, Trombone - J.J. Johnson
06 Walkin' (13:24)
07 Airegin (4:56)
08 Oleo (5:09)
09 But Not For Me (Take 1) (5:40)
10 But Not For Me (Take 2) (4:33)
11 Doxy (4:50)
Negyedik lemez
01 Bags' Groove (Take 1) (11:11)
02 Bags' Groove (Take 2) (9:20)
03 Bemsha Swing (9:26)
04 Swing Spring (10:41)
05 The Man I Love (Take 1, No Chatter) (8:04)
06 The Man I Love (Take 2) (7:55)
07 I Didn't (6:00)
08 Will You Still Be Mine? (6:18)
Ötödik lemez
01 Green Haze (5:47)
02 I See Your Face Before Me (4:42)
03 A Night In Tunisia (7:18)
04 A Gal In Calico (5:13)
05 Dr. Jackle (8:50)
06 Bitty Ditty (6:34)
07 Minor March (8:13)
08 Changes (7:09)
09 In Your Own Sweet Way (4:33)
10 No Line (5:37)
11 Vierd Blues (6:50)
Hatodik lemez
01 Stablemates (5:18)
02 How Am I To Know? (4:36)
03 Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) (7:24)
04 There Is No Greater Love (5:16)
05 The Theme (5:46)
06 S'posin' (5:12)
07 In Your Own Sweet Way (5:41)
08 Diane (7:46)
09 Trane's Blues (8:25)
10 Something I Dreamed Last Night (6:12)
Hetedik lemez
01 It Could Happen To You (With Closing Chatter) (6:36)
02 Woody 'N' You (5:00)
03 Ahmad's Blues (7:19)
04 Surrey With The Fringe On Top (9:02)
05 It Never Entered My Mind (5:20)
06 When I Fall In Love (4:20)
07 Salt Peanuts (6:05)
08 Four (7:10)
09 The Theme (Take 1) (1:57)
10 The Theme (Take 2) (1:02)
11 If I Were A Bell (No Chatter) (8:06)
12 Well, You Needn't (6:15)
Nyolcadik lemez
01 'Round Midnight (5:18)
02 Half Nelson (4:43)
03 You're My Everything (No False Start) (4:46)
04 I Could Write A Book (5:06)
05 Oleo (5:51)
06 Airegin (4:23)
07 Tune Up (5:40)
08 When Lights Are Low (7:27)
09 Blues By Five (9:55)
10 My Funny Valetine (5:58)
