'The Complete Miles Davis featuring John Coltrane': Six-CD set captures the essence of two jazz giants

From: New Pittsburgh Courier | Date: May 3, 2000 | Copyright information

`The Complete Miles Davis featuring John Coltrane': Six-CD set captures the essence of two jazz giants

The remarkably influential--and, after more than four decades, enduring--body of music created by the Miles Davis quintet and sextet lineups of 1955-1961 with John Coltrane, is the focus of "The Complete Miles Davis featuring John Coltrane," the definitive documentary of their association during one of the most creative periods in the development of modern jazz. The specially-designed six-CD slipcase box set, including newly-commissioned essays and original liner notes, personal reflections ...

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