Miles Davis - Seven Steps To Heaven (1963) [APO Remaster 2010]
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Seven Steps to Heaven is the eighth studio album on Columbia Records by jazz musician Miles Davis, released in 1963. Recorded at Columbia's 30th Street Studios in Manhattan, and at Columbia Studios in Los Angeles, it presents the Miles Davis Quintet in transition.
Seven Steps to Heaven finds Miles Davis standing yet again on the fault line between stylistic epochs. In early 1963, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Jimmy Cobb left to form their own trio, and Davis was forced to form a new band, which included Memphis tenor player George Coleman and bassist Ron Carter. When Davis next entered the studio in Hollywood, he added local drummer Frank Butler and British studio ace Victor Feldman, who ultimately decided not to go on the road with Davis. It's easy to see why Davis liked Feldman, who contributed the dancing title tune and "Joshua" to the session. On three mellifluous standards – particularly a cerebral "Basin Street Blues" and a broken-hearted "I Fall in Love Too Easily" – the pianist plays with an elegant, refined touch, and the kind of rarefied voicings that suggest Ahmad Jamal. Davis responds with some of his most introspective, romantic ballad playing. When Davis returned to New York he finally succeeded in spiriting away a brilliantly gifted 17-year-old drummer from Jackie McLean: Tony Williams. On the title tune you can already hear the difference, as his crisp, driving cymbal beat and jittery, aggressive syncopations propel Davis into the upper reaches of his horn. On "So Near, So Far" the drummer combines with Carter and new pianist Herbie Hancock to expand on a light Afro-Cuban beat with a series of telepathic changes in tempo, texture, and dynamics. Meanwhile, Feldman's "Joshua" (with its overtones of "So What" and "All Blues") portends the kind of expressive variations on the basic 4/4 pulse that would become the band's trademark, as Davis and Coleman ascend into bebop heaven.
Tracklist:
01. Basin Street Blues
02. Seven Steps To Heaven
03. I Fall In Love Too Easy
04. So Near, So Far
05. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
06. Joshua
Tracks 1, 3 & 5 – recorded on April 16 or 17, 1963 at Columbia Studios, Los Angeles.
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Miles Davis – trumpet
George Coleman – tenor saxophone (track 7 only)
Victor Feldman – piano
Ron Carter – bass
Frank Butler – drums
Tracks 2, 4 & 6 – recorded on May 14, 1963 at CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City.
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Miles Davis – trumpet
George Coleman – tenor saxophone
Herbie Hancock – piano
Ron Carter – bass
Tony Williams – drums
foobar2000 1.5.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
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Analyzed: Miles Davis / Seven Steps To Heaven
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -14.95 dB -36.43 dB 10:25 01-Basin Street Blues
DR8 -11.60 dB -32.61 dB 6:22 02-Seven Steps To Heaven
DR10 -12.00 dB -34.30 dB 6:44 03-I Fall In Love Too Easy
DR8 -11.89 dB -31.88 dB 6:57 04-So Near, So Far
DR10 -14.26 dB -35.54 dB 8:25 05-Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
DR7 -14.45 dB -34.16 dB 7:02 06-Joshua
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Number of tracks: 6
Official DR value: DR9
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 88200 Hz
Channels: 5
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 14112 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: Miles Davis / Seven Steps To Heaven
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR15 -6.13 dB -24.15 dB 10:30 01-Basin Street Blues
DR13 -6.04 dB -22.41 dB 6:26 02-Seven Steps To Heaven
DR14 -6.08 dB -25.30 dB 6:51 03-I Fall In Love Too Easy
DR13 -6.04 dB -22.21 dB 7:01 04-So Near, So Far
DR14 -7.02 dB -25.05 dB 8:29 05-Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
DR13 -6.04 dB -21.24 dB 7:01 06-Joshua
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Number of tracks: 6
Official DR value: DR14
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 88200 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DSD64
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Analyzed: Miles Davis / Seven Steps To Heaven
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -14.95 dB -36.43 dB 10:25 01-Basin Street Blues
DR8 -11.60 dB -32.61 dB 6:22 02-Seven Steps To Heaven
DR10 -12.00 dB -34.30 dB 6:44 03-I Fall In Love Too Easy
DR8 -11.89 dB -31.88 dB 6:57 04-So Near, So Far
DR10 -14.26 dB -35.54 dB 8:25 05-Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
DR7 -14.45 dB -34.16 dB 7:02 06-Joshua
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Number of tracks: 6
Official DR value: DR9
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 88200 Hz
Channels: 5
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 14112 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: Miles Davis / Seven Steps To Heaven
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR15 -6.13 dB -24.15 dB 10:30 01-Basin Street Blues
DR13 -6.04 dB -22.41 dB 6:26 02-Seven Steps To Heaven
DR14 -6.08 dB -25.30 dB 6:51 03-I Fall In Love Too Easy
DR13 -6.04 dB -22.21 dB 7:01 04-So Near, So Far
DR14 -7.02 dB -25.05 dB 8:29 05-Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
DR13 -6.04 dB -21.24 dB 7:01 06-Joshua
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Number of tracks: 6
Official DR value: DR14
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 88200 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DSD64
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Uncompressed SACD ISO size > 3,04 GB
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