MILES DAVIS GIL EVANS Complete Columbia Studio Recordings Deluxe 11-LP BOX

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370

MILES DAVIS/GIL EVANS  The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings  EX/NM Vinyl 11 LP Set in Collector Box
Record label/brand: Mosaic MQ11-164
This is number 0544 of an edition limited to 5,000 albums.
Corners of box are sharp and sides are rigid. There is about a one inch split on the bottom/center of the box, otherwise, the set is perfect. Cover is glossy and black and white image is vibrant and bold. Vinyl is like new. Looks to be unplayed. The booklet looks and feels as new.
This box is long out of print and getting harder to find - especially in this near mint condition!
Review: By all appearances, they were an odd couple. Jazz trumpeter Miles Davis was flamboyant, irascible and black. Arranger and composer Gil Evans was scholarly, mild-tempered and white. Yet they were soulmates. This six-CD set is a lavish memorial to the two late musical geniuses. It includes three sessions recorded between 1957 and 1960—Miles Ahead, Porgy and Bess and Sketches of Spain—which are among the greatest jazz orchestral works ever recorded. With Evans leading a 19-piece band complete with French horns, tubas and woodwind, Davis takes center stage as the only soloist. The music is moody and introverted, and the finely woven textures of Evans's arrangements provide a perfect backdrop for Davis's reticent phrasing and vibratoless tone. 
In addition to the masterpieces, the box set is crammed with outtakes and rarities, which may delight serious collectors but confound the average listener. As musical collaborators, Davis and Evans strived for a stark standard of beauty. Stripping away unnecessary ornamentation, they evoked a painful sense of melancholy without being maudlin. In their best work, less proves to be more. So, not surprisingly, in this collection more turns out to be just a bit too much.
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