Ascenseur pour l'Échafaud
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| Ascenseur pour l'Échafaud | ||
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| Soundtrack by Miles Davis | ||
| Released | 1957 | |
| Genre | Jazz | |
| Length | 1:08:48 | |
| Label | Fontana | |
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| Miles Davis chronology | ||
| Miles Ahead (1957) |
Ascenseur pour l'Échafaud (1957) |
Milestones (1958) |
Ascenseur pour l'Échafaud is an album by jazz musician Miles Davis. It was recorded at Le Poste Parisien Studio in Paris on December 4 and 5, 1957. The album is the soundtrack to the 1958 Louis Malle film Ascenseur pour l'Échafaud.
Jazz Track, an album that contains ten songs from this soundtrack, received a 1960 Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Performance, Solo or Small Group.
[edit] Track listing
- Nuit Sur Les Champs-Élysées (take 1) – 2:25
- Nuit Sur Les Champs-Élysées (take 2) – 2:50
- Nuit Sur Les Champs-Élysées (take 3) – 2:47
- Nuit Sur Les Champs-Élysées (take 4) – 2:59
- Assassinat (take 1) – 2:02
- Assassinat (take 2) – 2:10
- Assassinat (take 3) – 2:10
- Motel – 3:56
- Final (take 1) – 3:05
- Final (take 2) – 3:00
- Final (take 3) – 4:04
- Ascenseur – 1:57
- Le Petit Bal (take 1) – 2:40
- Le Petit Bal (take 2) – 2:53
- Séquence Voiture (take 1) – 2:56
- Séquence Voiture (take 2) – 2:16
- Générique – 2:45
- L' Assassinat de Carala – 2:10
- Sur L'Autoroute – 2:15
- Julien Dans L'Ascenseur – 2:07
- Florence Sur Les Champs-Élysées – 2:50
- Diner au Motel – 2:58
- Évasion De Julien – 0:53
- Visite Du Vigile – 2:00
- Au Bar du Petit Bac – 2:50
- Chez Le Photographe Du Motel – 3:50
The original soundtrack to the film, as mixed and edited in 1958, and used for the screen, can be heard in tracks 17 to 26.
[edit] Personnel
- Miles Davis - Primary Artist, Trumpet
- Barney Wilen - Tenor Saxophone
- René Urtreger - Piano
- Pierre Michelot - Bass
- Kenny Clarke - Drums
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