Seven Steps to Heaven

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Seven Steps to Heaven is a studio album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released on July 15, 1963, by Columbia Records. The recording sessions took place at Columbia Studios in Los Angeles on April 16 and 17, 1963, and at Columbia's 30th Street Studios in Manhattan on May 14, 1963. The album 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. It was also nomianted for two Grammy Awards: Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Large Group and Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Soloist or Small Group.

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