The recording sessions for the 1963 Miles Davis album Seven Steps to Heaven took place on three days, on two coasts and with two different groups of musicians.

The first two sessions took place at the Columbia Studios in Hollywood on April 16th and 17th of 1963. Those sessions included Davis on trumpet, George Coleman, tenor saxophone, Victor Feldman, piano, Ron Carter, bass and Frank Butler playing the drums. Three of the six tracks that appear on the original album were laid down during those two sessions, including Basin Street Blues, I Fall in Love Too Easily and Baby Won’t You Please Come Home.

The third session for the album took place on May 14, 1963 at the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City. This date produced the other three tunes on the recording including the title track, So Near, So Far and Joshua. Davis, Coleman and Carter participated at the May session, but were joined by Herbie Hancock at the piano and Tony Williams on drums. The final product was produced by Teo Macero and released on the Columbia label on July 15, 1963. In 2005 a CD version of the album was released with two bonus tracks from the west coast sessions.

Here is a link to one of the tracks recorded 63 years ago today:

"I FALL IN LOVE TOO EASILY"