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.
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."
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
Disc 2
Personnel
The Miles Davis Quintet
Miles Davis - Trumpet
Hank Mobley - Tenor saxophone
Wynton Kelly - Piano
Paul Chambers - Bass
Jimmy Cobb - Drums
The Gil Evans Orchestra
Gil Evans - Arranger and Conductor
Miles Davis - Trumpet soloist
Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci - Trumpets
Jimmy Knepper, Dick Hixon, Frank Rehak - Trombones
Julius Watkins, Paul Ingrahan, Bob Swisshelm - French Horns
Bill Barber - Tuba
Romeo Penque, Jerome Richardson, Eddie Caine, Bob Tricarico, Danny Bank - Reeds and Woodwinds Janet Putnam - Harp Wynton Kelly - Piano (on "Spring is Here" only) Paul Chambers - Bass Jimmy Cobb - Drums Bobby Rosengarden - Percussion
Production: Teo Macero - Producer