Rock
June, 1996
The Miles Davis–Gil Evans collaborations of the Fifties and Sixties raised Miles' and Gil's careers to new heights and created some of the most romantic and unsentimental recordings in jazz. The six-CD Complete Columbia Studio Recordings (Columbia) recaps the brilliant synergy of dates such as Sketches of Spain and Miles Ahead, then digs beneath the surface with informative alternate takes. We've waited too long for this one.On Five (Soul Note), modern trumpet ace Dave Douglas goes places Miles...