Seven Steps to Heaven

Miles Davis · 1963 · Album by the Miles Davis quintet, of which Carter has been a member since 1963

Context

Composition by Victor Feldman and Miles Davis. The title track was recorded on May 14, 1963, in New York by a quintet with George Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams, Feldman not playing on this take. The album was released by Columbia on July 15, 1963.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Modal, Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Modal: Cool (Birth of the Cool), Hard bop, Bossa nova, jazz samba.

By the same artist

• So What (1959)
• Blue in Green (1959)
• Freddie Freeloader (1959)
• All Blues (1959)
• Flamenco Sketches (1959)
• Nefertiti (1967)

Sources

• EN: Seven Steps to Heaven

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