| "Seven Steps to Heaven" | |
|---|---|
| Composition byMiles Davis | |
| from the albumSeven Steps to Heaven | |
| Released | 1963 (1963) |
| Recorded | May 14, 1963 |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Length | 6:26 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Composers | Victor Feldman,Miles Davis[1] |
| Producer | Teo Macero |
| Seven Steps to Heaventrack listing | |
6 tracks
| |
"Seven Steps to Heaven" is a 1963jazz composition byVictor Feldman andMiles Davis. Different lyrics to it were written much later byCassandra Wilson andJon Hendricks. This iconic jazz standard was introduced in 1963 by the Miles Davis Quintet.[1] Although Feldman played and recorded with Davis in Los Angeles onSeven Steps to Heaven,[2] and he appears on half of the tracks of the album, theWest Coast-based pianist did not want to follow Davis to New York, where the album version of the composition was finally recorded withHerbie Hancock on piano.[3]
Seven Steps to Heaven is a 32-bar composition in AABA form; it has an intro, an interlude and an ending - but these are the same.[4] It was originally played in an up-tempo swing style in the key of F Major.[1]
