Forever Miles Davis

Forever Miles Davis is a three-disc compilation album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released in 1981 by independent label Madacy Special Markets.

Forever Miles Davis
Compilation album by Miles Davis
Released	September 18, 2007
Recorded	May 11, 1956 + October 26, 1956
Genre	Jazz music, hard bop, post bop
Length	111:10
Label	Madacy Special Markets
Miles Davis chronology
Evolution of the Groove (2007) Forever Miles Davis (2007) Cool: The Best of Miles Davis (2007)

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "My Funny Valentine" (Hart, Rodgers) – 6:04
2. "Blues by Five" (Garland) – 10:23
3. "Airegin" (Rollins) – 4:26
4. "Tune-Up/When Lights Are Low" (Carter, Davis, Williams) – 13:09

Disc 2

1. "If I Were a Bell" (Loesser) – 8:18
2. "You're My Everything" (Dixon, Warren, Young) – 5:19
3. "I Could Write a Book" (Hart, Rodgers) – 5:10
4. "Oleo" (Rollins) – 6:20
5. "It Could Happen to You" (Burke, VanHeusen) – 6:39
6. "Woody'n You" (Gillespie) – 5:02

Disc 3

1. "It Never Entered My Mind" (Hart, Rodgers) – 5:26
2. "Four" (Davis) – 7:15
3. "In Your Own Sweet Way" (Brubeck) – 5:45
4. "The Theme [Take 1]" (Davis) – 2:01
5. "Trane's Blues" (Coltrane) – 8:35
6. "Ahmad's Blues" (Jamal) – 7:27
7. "Half Nelson" (Davis) – 4:47
8. "The Theme [Take 2]" (Davis) – 1:04

Personnel

• Rikka Arnold – project assistant
• Dave Brubeck – composing
• Johnny Burke – composer
• Emmanuel Campeau – cover design
• Chris Clough – project assistant
• John Coltrane – composing, tenor saxophone
• Miles Davis – composer, trumpet
• Esmond Edwards – cover design
• Zev Feldman – project assistant
• Red Garland – composer, piano
• Dizzy Gillespie – composer
• Ira Gitler – liner notes
• Joe Goldberg – liner notes
• Lorenz Hart – composer
• Jimmy Van Heusen – composer
• Terri Hinte – project assistant
• Ahmad Jamal – composer
• Philly Joe Jones – drums
• Stuart Kremsky – reissue production assistant
• Frank Loesser – composer
• Jack Maher – liner notes
• Reid Miles – cover design
• Cheryl Pawelski – project assistant
• Nick Phillips – reissues producer, reissues supervisor
• Richard Rodgers – composer
• Sonny Rollins – composer
• David Roy – liner notes
• Rudy Van Gelder – author, engineering, remastering
• Bob Weinstock – supervisor

Charting history

Chart	Peak chart position
Billboard Top Jazz Albums	20

External links

• Forever Miles Davis at AllMusic