Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded April 16

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Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded April 16

Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)

Seven Steps to Heaven is a studio album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released on July 15, 1963, by Columbia Records. The recording sessions took place at Columbia Studios in Los Angeles on April 16 and 17, 1963, and at Columbia's 30th Street Studios in Manhattan on May 14, 1963. The album presents the Miles Davis Quintet in transition, with the New York session introducing the rhythm section of Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams, who would become Davis' regular side men for the next five years. Upon release, the album was Davis' most successful on the Billboard pop LPs chart up to that point, peaking at number 62.

Track listing
Side oneNo. Title Writer(s) Length

"Basin Street Blues" Spencer Williams 10:29
"Seven Steps to Heaven" Victor Feldman, Miles Davis 6:26
"I Fall in Love Too Easily" Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn 6:46
Side twoNo. Title Writer(s) Length
"So Near, So Far" Tony Crombie, Benny Green 6:59
"Baby Won't You Please Come Home" Clarence Williams, Charles Warfield 8:28
"Joshua" Victor Feldman 7:00 Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–6 on CD reissues.

2005 reissue bonus tracksNo. Title Writer(s) Length

"So Near, So Far" (alternative version) Tony Crombie, Benny Green 5:11
"Summer Night" Harry Warren, Al Dubin 6:02
Personnel

Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7 & 8 – recorded in Hollywood on April 16 or 17, 1963

Miles Davis – trumpet
George Coleman – tenor saxophone
Victor Feldman – piano
Ron Carter – bass
Frank Butler – drums

Tracks 2, 4 & 6 – recorded in New York on May 14, 1963

Miles Davis – trumpet
George Coleman – tenor saxophone
Herbie Hancock – piano
Ron Carter – bass
Tony Williams – drums

Jim Hall - Concierto (1975)

Concierto is an album by the Jim Hall sextet, featuring Paul Desmond, Chet Baker, Ron Carter, Steve Gadd and Roland Hanna. It was produced by Creed Taylor for his CTI Records label and recorded at Van Gelder Studio in New Jersey on April 16 and 23, 1975. Concierto is named after the featured 19-minute jazz version of the classical piece for guitar, Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo.

Track listing

"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) – 7:08
"Two's Blues" (Jim Hall) – 3:51
"The Answer Is Yes" (Jane Hall) – 7:41
"Concierto de Aranjuez" (Joaquín Rodrigo) – 19:22

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

"Rock Skippin'" (Ellington, Strayhorn) – 6:14
"Unfinished Business" (Andrews, Carter, Chavez, Hall, Von Roth) – 2:37
"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" [Alternate Take] - 7:28
"The Answer Is Yes" [Alternate Take] - 5:36
"Rock Skippin'" [Alternate Take] - 6:05

Tracks 3, 4 recorded on April 16, 1975; tracks 1, 2, 6, 8 on April 23, 1975.
Personnel

Jim Hall – guitar, acoustic guitar
Paul Desmond – alto saxophone
Chet Baker – trumpet
Roland Hanna – piano
Ron Carter – upright bass
Steve Gadd – drums
Arranged by Don Sebesky