The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions

The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions
Compilation album by Miles Davis
Released September 30, 2003
Recorded November 19, 1969-June 4, 1970
Studio 30th Street Studio in New York City
Genre Jazz-rock,[1] funk[2]
Length 352:26
Label Columbia
Miles Davis chronology
Live-Evil
(1970)		 The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions
(1970)		 The Cellar Door Sessions
(1970)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Mojo[5]
The Observer[1]
Pitchfork Media8.6/10[6]
Q[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
Uncut[2]
The Village VoiceB+[9]

The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions were recorded in April 1970 by Miles Davis, and released in September 2003. These sessions formed the basis for the 1971 album Jack Johnson, as well as some of the studio portions of Live-Evil.

They were recorded as the soundtrack for a documentary by the same name about the heavyweight world champion boxer Jack Johnson. One of the tracks closes with brief soliloquy by actor Brock Peters portraying Johnson.

Track listing

All compositions by Miles Davis except Disc Four, tracks 4 through 12 by Hermeto Pascoal.

Disc One (75:10)

  1. "Willie Nelson (Take 2)"** – 6:41
  2. "Willie Nelson (Take 3)"* – 10:21
  3. "Willie Nelson (Insert 1)"** – 6:33
  4. "Willie Nelson (Insert 2)"** – 5:22
  5. "Willie Nelson (Remake Take 1)"* – 10:45
  6. "Willie Nelson (Remake Take 2)" – 10:17
  7. "Johnny Bratton (Take 4)"* – 8:18
  8. "Johnny Bratton (Insert 1)"* – 6:39
  9. "Johnny Bratton (Insert 2)"* – 5:20
  10. "Archie Moore"* – 4:45

Disc Two (68:19)

  1. "Go Ahead John (Part One)"** – 13:07
  2. "Go Ahead John (Part Two A)"** – 7:00
  3. "Go Ahead John (Part Two B)"** – 10:06
  4. "Go Ahead John (Part Two C)"** – 3:38
  5. "Go Ahead John (Part One Remake)"** – 11:04
  6. "Duran (Take 4)"* – 5:37
  7. "Duran (Take 6)" – 11:20
  8. "Sugar Ray"* – 6:16

Disc Three (77:48)

  1. "Right Off (Take 10)" – 11:09
  2. "Right Off (Take 10A)"** – 4:33
  3. "Right Off (Take 11)"** – 5:58
  4. "Right Off (Take 12)"** – 8:49
  5. "Yesternow (Take 16)"* – 9:49
  6. "Yesternow (New Take 4)"** – 16:02
  7. "Honky Tonk (Take 2)"** – 10:04
  8. "Honky Tonk (Take 5)"* – 11:29

Disc Four (71:14)

  1. "Ali (Take 3)"* – 6:50
  2. "Ali (Take 4)"* – 10:16
  3. "Konda"** – 16:29
  4. "Nem Um Talvez (Take 17)"* – 2:50
  5. "Nem Um Talvez (Take 19)"* – 2:54
  6. "Little High People (Take 7)"* – 6:52
  7. "Little High People (Take 8)"* – 9:28
  8. "Nem Um Talvez (Take 3)"* – 4:36
  9. "Nem Um Talvez (Take 4A)" – 2:04
  10. "Selim (Take 4B)" – 2:15
  11. "Little Church (Take 7)"* – 3:18
  12. "Little Church (Take 10)" – 3:15

Disc Five (76:04)

  1. "The Mask (Part One)"* – 7:47
  2. "The Mask (Part Two)"* – 15:45
  3. "Right Off" – 26:54
  4. "Yesternow" – 25:36

(*) Previously Unissued
(**) Previously Unissued in Full

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Nicholson, Stuart (October 19, 2003). "Miles Davis, The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions". The Observer. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Uncut: 132. November 2003. Much of it's the equivalent of sparring, especially the skinny funk workouts on the second disc...
  3. ↑ Jurek, Thom (2011). "The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions - Miles Davis | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Miles Davis". Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0857125958.
  5. ↑ Mojo: 136. November 2003.
  6. ↑ Leone, Dominique (2011). "Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Miles Davis: The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  7. ↑ Q: 130. November 2003.
  8. ↑ Considine, J. D. (2004). "Miles Davis". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 216. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  9. ↑ Christgau, Robert (November 18, 2003). "Consumer Guide: Greatest Whatevers". The Village Voice. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
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