Live in Europe 1967 [sound recording] / Miles Davis Quintet.
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MusicPublisher number: 88697524922 | Columbia88697 94053 2 | Columbia/Legacy88697 94053 2-D1 | Columbia/Legacy (CD 1)88697 94053 2-D2 | Columbia/Legacy (CD 2)88697 94053 2-D3 | Columbia/Legacy (CD 3)88697 94053 2-D4 | Columbia/Legacy (DVD)Series: Miles Davis Quintet. Bootleg series ; v. 1.Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Columbia/Legacy, p2011.Description: 3 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videodisc (sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.)Other title: - Miles Davis Quintet live in Europe 1967
- Kaper, Bronislaw, 1902-1983. On Green Dolphin Street
- Monk, Thelonious 'Round midnight
- Produced for release by Michael Cuscuna and Richard Seidel.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Given the numerous times Miles Davis' official catalog has been issued, and the numerous live dates available, it's reasonable to question the necessity of a release with the subtitle Bootleg Series, Vol. 1.The answer, at least in this case, is a resounding "yes." This four-disc box -- three CDs and a DVD, capture Davis' second (and longest-lived) quintet at their creative pinnacle in 1967, playing five concerts in different European cities -- three on the CDs, two more on DVD. All of them were broadcasts from George Wein's Newport Jazz Festival in Europe.The concert tapes were licensed from the various nations' official broadcast archives.The CDs containing the Paris and Antwerp concerts have been bootlegged before -- though the Paris gig is finally complete here with the first two songs of the set added on -- and both feature better sound quality. The Copenhagen date is featured here for the first time anywhere.The DVD was included in the 70-CD set, Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection in 2009, but most of us haven't seen it. Musically, the quintet -- Davis, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams -- are firing on all cylinders throughout. The set lists for these performances are quite similar, but that doesn't mean the repetition is monotonous. These performances are intense, as the quintet plays a fiery meld of post-hard bop infused with modal music and tinges of free jazz. The only tunes remaining from earlier Davis set lists are "'Round Midnight," "On Green Dolphin Street," and "Gingerbread Boy," and one version each of "Walkin'" and "I Fall in Love Too Easily." That said, these versions are radically different from one another. The lion's share of the material was composed by Davis ("Agitation" and "No Blues") Shorter ("Footprints" and "Masqualero"), and Hancock ("Riot"). One need only to listen to the various versions of opener "Agitation" to realize how much the various interpretations shifted each night. Davis' solos which always take place first -- are wildly imaginative and dynamic, driven hard by Williams' kit attack. In each concert, "Agitation" whets the appetite of the listener -- for all that is expected, more is always delivered. The various versions of these tunes contain different accents, harmonic ranges, and spatial considerations as the solos played by each member -- particularly by Shorter -- reveal an astonishing range of ideas. There are no breaks between tunes, either; rather, they simply segue seamlessly, one into another until "The Theme" signals a gig's end. Shorter's compositions in particular reveal the outside realms the band was willing to encounter, where space becomes as much a part of the interactive relationship as harmony and rhythm. Hancock's "Riot" sometimes begins as an electrical charge where the front line is all in, and in others, they segue out of "No Blues," and build in levels of intensity off the knotty head. It isn't how much these cats play, it's how readily they create something new from the familiar each night. As for the standards "'Round Midnight" takes on such different dimensions in each performance, it can sound like different tunes. The concerts on the DVD contain two complete performances shot in black-and-white, in high broadcast quality and fidelity. The German performance contains an extended version of "I Fall in Love Too Easily," which begins with Davis tenderly playing the melody solo before the entire band plays at full sprint, and Shorter blows the guts out of his horn, making it a slightly more preferable version. The Bootleg Series, Vol. 1: Live in Europe 1967 box is an essential addition to the catalog. ~ Thom Jurek
"The DVD performances were originally issued in 2009 as part of the Miles Davis: the complete Columbia album collection (88697524922). All three CDs are previously unreleased"--Container insert.
Compact discs.
Music by Miles Davis unless noted.
Program notes by Ashley Kahn ([22] p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Accompanying DVD. Agitation (6:43) ; Footprints / Wayne Shorter (6:03) ; I fall in love too easily / Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne (11:34) ; Gingerbread boy / Jimmy Heath (5:34) ; The theme (0:28) -- Stockholm, Sweden 10.31.67. Agitation (6:57) ; Footprints / Wayne Shorter (9:06) ; 'Round midnight / Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen (8:31) ; Gingerbread boy / Jimmy Heath (7:35) ; The theme (1:34).
CD 1: Agitation (5:27) -- Footprints / Wayne Shorter (9:37) -- 'Round midnight / Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen (7:38) -- No blues (11:15) -- Riot / Herbie Hancock (3:40) -- On Green Dolphin Street / Bronislau Kaper, Ned Washington (8:26) -- Masqualero / Wayne Shorter (8:54) -- Gingerbread boy / Jimmy Heath (5:56) -- The theme (1:16).
CD 2: Agitation (6:15) -- Footprints / Wayne Shorter (9:01) -- 'Round midnight / Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen (7:16) -- No blues (14:41) -- Masqualero / Wayne Shorter (10:01) -- Agitation (6:36) -- Footprints / Wayne Shorter (10:36).
CD 3: 'Round midnight / Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen (8:07) -- No blues (13:01) -- Masqualero / Wayne Shorter (10:09) -- I fall in love too easily / Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne (10:34) -- Riot / Herbie Hancock (3:39) -- Walkin' / Richard Carpenter (9:01) -- On Green Dolphin Street / Bronislau Kaper, Ned Washington (9:05) -- The theme (8:23).
Produced for release by Michael Cuscuna and Richard Seidel.
Miles Davis Quintet (Miles Davis, trumpet ; Wayne Shorter, tenor saxophone ; Herbie Hancock, piano ; Ron Carter, bass ; Tony Williams, drums).
Accompanying DVD tracks 1-5 were recorded on Nov. 7, 1967 at the Stadthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany by Südwestfunk TV.
Accompanying DVD tracks 6-10 were recorded on October 31, 1967 at the Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden by Sveriges Radio TV.
CD 1 was recorded on Oct. 28, 1967 at the Konigin Elizabethzaal, Antwerp, Belgium by Belgian Radio and Television (BRT).
CD 2, tracks 1-5 were recorded on Nov. 2, 1967 at Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen, Denmark by Danish Radio (DR).
CD 2, tracks 6 and 7 and CD 3 were recorded and broadcast on Nov. 6, 1967 at the Paris Jazz Festival, Salle Pleyel, Paris, France on France Inter (ORTF).
Accompanying DVD: DVD, NTSC, region 0; Dolby digital.