MILES DAVIS Quiet Nights Vinyl LP Near Mint CS 8906 Original US

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 Near Mint with a very very slight scratch on side #1

·       MILES DAVIS - QUIET NIGHTS - ARRANGED AND CONDUCTED BY GIL EVANS  COLUMBIA RECORDS  STEREO LP CS-8906

·       ORIGINAL US PRESSING

·       ORIGINAL RED AND BLACK COLUMBIA LABEL “360 STEREO SOUND” IN BLACK LETTERS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LABEL

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL  ENDS WITH '1J'.  

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Quiet Nights was the fourth and last record where Miles gave the arrangements and orchestrations in the hands of Gil Evans. Miles' producer, Teo Macero, released the album before the maestro found it ready for release.

Obviously, the success of their last collaboration, Sketches of Spain convinced them to have another go at it. This time, however, it took them three years before the record was finished to be released. By that time, the world had changed more than a bit: Cool Jazz was ebbing away, The Beatles had begun to turn popular music upside down creating Pop Music as we know it today, and the American president had just been assassinated. And although Miles may have been the first US-American musician to decide to record that new wave from Brazil, Bossa Nova, in the USA, by the time Quiet Nights was finally released, Stan Getz had already enjoyed his first hit with Desafinado, a Bossa Nova song, (on Jazz Samba). So, Miles lost out on the novelty effect.

The music on Quiet Nights is illustrated by its title. It's quiet, nocturnal music. There isn't a fast song. The songs are all treated with those elaborate arrangements by Gil Evans (with the exception of Summer Nights). Naturally, everybody compared Quiet Nights with Sketches of Spain and found the earlier record more exciting. That criticism had some element of truth. There were signs of wear. Those who expected constant revolution from Miles were likely to be disappointed.

Gil Evans' arrangements are quite beautiful, nonetheless, the mood is romantic, and Miles plays his horn to melt away.

And then, there is the last track, Summer Nights, a hint at the upcoming album, Seven Steps to Heaven. It's without the Evans treatment and it captures Victor Feldman, Frank Butler, and Ron Carter, who would stay and become a member of the legendary second Miles Davis Quintet. Summer Nights is yet another ballad and so, it stands hardly out. But it's one of Miles' most beautiful ballads.