Ballads and Blues (Miles Davis album)

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1996 compilation album by Miles Davis

Ballads and Blues

Compilation album by

Miles Davis

Released| March 19, 1996
Recorded| March 9, 1950 – March 9, 1958
Genre| Jazz music, cool jazz
Length| 46:39
Label| Blue Note
Producer| Pete Rugolo
Miles Davis chronology
| Highlights from the Plugged Nickel
(1995)  | Ballads and Blues
(1996)  | This Is Jazz, Vol. 8: Miles Davis Acoustic
(1996)

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Ballads and Blues is a compilation album by the American jazz musician Miles Davis. It was released on March 19, 1996, by Columbia Records and recorded from March 9, 1950, to March 9, 1958.

## Track listing

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* "I Waited for You" (Fuller, Gillespie) – 3:30
* "Yesterdays" (Arkeen, Harbach, James, Johnson, Kern, Rose) – 3:44
* "One for Daddy-O" (Adderley, Adderley) – 8:25
* "Moon Dreams" (MacGregor, Mercer) – 3:18
* "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Berlin) – 4:38
* "Weirdo" (Davis) – 4:43
* "Enigma" (Johnson) – 3:22
* "It Never Entered My Mind" (Hart, Rodgers) – 4:01
* "Autumn Leaves" (Kosma, Mercer, Prevert) – 10:58

## Personnel

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* Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
* Nat Adderley, Jr. – composing
* West Arkeen – composing
* John Barber – tuba
* Art Blakey – drums
* Kenny Clarke – drums
* Gil Coggins – piano
* Miles Davis – trumpet
* Walter Fuller – composing
* Dizzy Gillespie – composing
* Doug Hawkins – engineering
* Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone
* Percy Heath – double bass
* Del James – composing

* J.J. Johnson – composing, trombone
* Hank Jones – piano
* Sam Jones – bass
* Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
* Alfred Lion – producing
* Al McKibbon – bass
* Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone
* Oscar Pettiford – bass
* Max Roach – drums
* Pete Rugolo – producing
* Gunther Schuller – French horn
* Horace Silver – piano
* Rudy Van Gelder – engineering

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## Charting and reviews

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### Reviews

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| Allmusic link

### Charting history

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Chart  | Peak chart
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Billboard Top Jazz Albums | 18[1]

## References

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1. ^ "Ballads and Blues – Allmusic – Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-06-22.

## External links

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* Ballads and Blues at AllMusic

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Miles Davis

Discography

Studio albums|

| Prestige era|

* The New Sounds
* Young Man with a Horn
* Blue Period
* The Compositions of Al Cohn
* Miles Davis, Volume 2
* Miles Davis, Volume 3
* Miles Davis Quartet
* Miles Davis All Star Sextet
* Miles Davis Quintet
* Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins
* Miles Davis All Stars, Volume 1
* Miles Davis All Stars, Volume 2
* The Musings of Miles
* Blue Moods
* Dig
* Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet
* Quintet/Sextet
* Collectors' Items
* Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
* Bags' Groove
* Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
* Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants
* Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
* Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet

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Columbia era|

* 'Round About Midnight
* Miles Ahead
* Milestones
* Porgy and Bess
* Kind of Blue
* Jazz Track
* Sketches of Spain
* Someday My Prince Will Come
* Seven Steps to Heaven
* Quiet Nights
* E.S.P.
* Miles Smiles
* Sorcerer
* Nefertiti
* Miles in the Sky
* Filles de Kilimanjaro
* In a Silent Way
* Bitches Brew
* Jack Johnson
* Live-Evil
* On the Corner
* The Man with the Horn
* Star People
* Decoy
* You're Under Arrest
* Aura

Warner Bros. era|

* Tutu
* Amandla
* Doo-Bop
* Rubberband

Soundtracks|

* Ascenseur pour l'échafaud
* Jack Johnson
* Music from Siesta
* The Hot Spot
* Dingo

Live
recordings|

* Birdland 1951
* Miles Davis at Newport 1955–1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4
* Miles & Coltrane
* Miles Davis Quintet at Peacock Alley
* Amsterdam Concert
* At Newport 1958
* Miles & Monk at Newport
* Jazz at the Plaza Vol. I
* Miles Davis & John Coltrane The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6
* In Person: At the Blackhawk, San Francisco
* Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall
* Miles Davis in Europe
* Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival
* My Funny Valentine
* Four & More
* Miles in Tokyo
* Miles in Berlin
* The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965
* Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1
* 1969 Miles – Festiva De Juan Pins
* Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2
* Live at the Fillmore East, March 7, 1970: It's About That Time
* Bitches Brew Live
* Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West
* Miles Davis at Fillmore
* Miles at the Fillmore – Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3
* The Cellar Door Sessions 1970
* Live-Evil
* In Concert
* Dark Magus
* Agharta
* Pangaea
* Miles! Miles! Miles!
* We Want Miles
* Live Around the World
* Merci Miles! Live at Vienne
* Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux

Compilations|

* Miles Davis and Horns
* Blue Haze
* Birth of the Cool
* Walkin'
* Miles Davis Volume 1
* Miles Davis Volume 2
* Miles Davis' Greatest Hits
* Basic Miles: The Classic Performances of Miles Davis
* Big Fun
* Get Up with It
* Water Babies
* Circle in the Round
* 1958 Miles
* Directions
* The Columbia Years 1955–1985
* Love Songs
* Super Hits
* The Essential Miles Davis
* Miles Davis Quintet: Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5
* That’s What Happened 1982-1985: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7

Box sets|

* The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane
* Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
* Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis 1963–1964
* The Complete Studio Recordings of The Miles Davis Quintet 1965–1968
* The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions
* The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions
* The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions
* The Complete On the Corner Sessions
* In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete
* The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965
* The Complete Miles Davis at Montreux
* The Cellar Door Sessions 1970
* Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection
* The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions
* Chronicle: The Complete Prestige Recordings 1951–1956

Remix albums|

* Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969–1974
* Panthalassa: The Remixes
* Evolution of the Groove

Compositions|

* "All Blues"
* "Blue in Green"
* "Boplicity"
* "Dig"
* "Donna Lee"
* "Four"
* "Flamenco Sketches"
* "Freddie Freeloader"
* "Joshua"
* "Milestones"
* "Nardis"
* "Seven Steps to Heaven"
* "So What"

Related articles|

* Miles Dewey Davis Jr. (father)
* Miles Davis Quintet
* Miles: The Autobiography
* Miles! The Definitive Miles Davis at Montreux DVD Collection
* That's What Happened: Live in Germany 1987
* Live in Munich (1988)
* Miles from India
* A Different Kind of Blue (2004 documentary)
* Miles Ahead (2015 movie)

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