Seven Steps to Heaven
1963 studio album by Miles Davis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Seven Steps to Heaven is the eighth studio album on Columbia Records by jazz musician Miles Davis, released in 1963, catalogue CL 2051 and CS 8851 in stereo. Recorded at Columbia's 30th Street Studios in Manhattan, and at Columbia Studios in Los Angeles, in sessions recorded in April of 1963 (in Los Angeles), and May of 1963 (in New York). It 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 sidemen 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.
Seven Steps to Heaven | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | July 15, 1963[1] | |||
Recorded | April 16–17, 1963 (#1, 3, 5);May 14, 1963 (#2, 4, 6) | |||
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Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 46:08 | |||
Label | Columbia CL 2051 CS 8851 | |||
Producer | Teo Macero | |||
Miles Davis chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Down Beat (Original Lp release) | [2] |
AllMusic | [3] |
Down Beat (1992) | [4] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
MusicHound Jazz | 3.5/5[6] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [7] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [8] |
Tom Hull | B[9] |