MILES DAVIS - ASCENSEUR POUR L'ECHAFAUD (NEW CD)
INCLUDES 6 BONUS TRACKS
5 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE
Louis
Malleâs "Ascenseur pour lâéchafaud" wasnât the first film to use a jazz
soundtrack or to feature jazz musicians, but it was the first to show
an absolute integration of jazz music into a feature film whose story
had nothing to do with jazz or even with music itself. Miles Davisâ
improvisations fit the dark atmosphere of the film perfectly.
The
soundtrack, presented here in its entirety, was first issued in France
as a 10â LP on Fontana 660.213MR. The three tracks that follow were
added to the American 12â LP edition of the soundtrack, Jazz Track
(Columbia CL-1268), and feature Miles Davisâ 1958 sextet, the same group
that would tape the immortal "Kind of Blue" in 1959. A complete quartet
session by
Miles has been added as a bonus.
PERSONNEL:
[1-10]: Soundtrack for the film Ascenseur pour lâéchafaud
(Frantic/Lift to the Scaffold)
MILES DAVIS, trumpet; BARNEY WILEN, tenor sax
RENÃ URTREGER, piano; PIERRE MICHELOT, bass
KENNY CLARKE, drums.
Paris, December 4 & 5, 1957.
[11-13]:
MILES DAVIS, trumpet; JOHN COLTRANE, tenor sax
CANNONBALL ADDERLEY, alto sax; BILL EVANS, piano;
PAUL CHAMBERS, bass; JIMMY COBB, drums
New York, May 26, 1958.
[14-19] BONUS TRACKS:
MILES DAVIS, trumpet; HORACE SILVER, piano;
PERCY HEATH, bass; ART BLAKEY, drums.
Hackensack, New Jersey, March 6, 1954.
TRACKS:
01 GÃNÃRIQUE
02 LâASSASSINAT DE CARALA
03 SUR LâAUTOROUTE
04 JULIEN DANS LâASCENSEUR
05 FLORENCE SUR LES CHAMPS-ÃLYSÃES
06 DÃNER AU MOTEL
07 EVASION DE JULIEN
08 VISITE DU VIGILE
09 AU BAR DU PETIT BAC
10 CHEZ LE PHOTOGRAPHE DU MOTEL
11 ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET
12 FRAN-DANCE
13 STELLA BY STARLIGHT
14 TAKE OFF
15 LAZY SUSAN
16 THE LEAP
17 WELL YOU NEEDNâT
18 WEIRDO
19 IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND
TOTAL TIME: 73:27
