Miles Davis – Miles In France 1963 & 1964 – The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8

Description

2 LP Set Details

 

This 2LP set captures Miles Davis’ Second Great Quintet just as Wayne Shorter completed the group and the band toured Europe. Recorded live in Paris on October 1, 1964 and pressed on blue/white/red French Flag vinyl, the album contains two separate and distinct concerts of the Miles Davis Quintet spread over 2 LPs and the energy and depth of feeling in the transcendent playing hint at the special relationship Miles and the group had with the French nation that embraced them in a way their homeland would not. It contains over 90 minutes of revelatory, unreleased live music featuring Miles backed by the legendary lineup of Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams. The audio has been lovingly mixed and mastered in the highest quality possible and the LPs are packaged in a gatefold jacket.

TRACK LISTING:

LP1 – Side A

1.       Autumn Leaves (12:49)

2.       So What (9:39)

LP1 – Side B

1.       Stella By Starlight (11:05)

2.       Walkin’ (9:07)

3.       The Theme (0:38)

LP2 – Side C

1.       All Of You (16:05)

2.       Joshua (12:35)

LP2 – Side D

1.       My Funny Valentine (12:18)

2.       No Blues (13:13)

3.       The Theme (1:05)

 

6 CD SET DETAILS

 

MILES IN FRANCE is the eighth installment in the celebrated Miles Davis Bootleg Series and this edition focuses on the birth of the Second Great Quintet in 1963 and 1964. The music heard here represents the sound of an end and a beginning coming through at once.  The set contains 5 separate performances of the Miles Davis Quintet spread over 6 CDs and the energy and depth of feeling in the transcendent playing hint at the special relationship Miles and the group had with the French nation that embraced them in a way their homeland would not. It contains over 4 hours of revelatory, unreleased live music featuring Miles backed by George Coleman (on the 1963 recordings), Wayne Shorter (on the 1964 recordings), Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams. This set expands on the 1964 live album MILES IN EUROPE which documented the Miles Davis Quintet’s performance at the Festival Mondial du Jazz in Antibes in July 1963. While that album included a single edited set across 2LPs, this will include all three very distinct performances from Antibes along with two never-before-released concerts from October 1964 in Paris, by which time Wayne Shorter had joined the band, so you could hear the Second Great Quintet come together before your ears. The audio has been lovingly mixed and mastered in the highest quality possible and the CDs are packaged in 3 gatefold mini-jackets housed in a luxe slipcase box with a die-cut O-card and a 32 page book that includes dozens of unseen photos, ephemera and extensive liner notes by noted journalist Marcus J. Moore.

TRACK LISTING:

CD1 – Festival Mondial Du Jazz, Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins, July 26, 1963

1.       Introduction by André Francis (:46)

2.       So What (9:46)

3.       All Blues (11:59)

4.       Stella By Starlight (14:13)

5.       Seven Steps To Heaven (11:01)

6.       Walkin’ (10:43)

7.       My Funny Valentine (9:55)

8.       Joshua (11:02)

CD 2  – Festival Mondial Du Jazz, Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins July 26, 1963 (cont’d)

 

1.       The Theme (2:59)

2.       Closing announcement by André Francis (0:37)

Festival Mondial Du Jazz, Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins July 27, 1963 

3.       Introduction by André Francis (:52)  

4.       Autumn Leaves (13:55)

5.       Milestones (9:23)

6.       I Thought About You (11:47)

7.       Joshua (11:31)

CD3 – Festival Mondial Du Jazz, Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins, July 27, 1963 (cont’d)

1.       All Of You (16:44)

2.       Walkin’ (16:16)

3.       Bye Bye Blackbird (16:49)

4.       The Theme  (6:06)

CD4 – Festival Mondial Du Jazz, Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins July 28, 1963 

1.       Introduction by André Francis (1:21)

2.        If I Were A Bell (12:46)

3.       So What (12:41)

4.       Stella By Starlight (15:47)

5.       Walkin’ (18:19)

6.       The Theme (:28)

CD5 – Paris Jazz Festival, Salle Pleyel, October 1, 1964 (1^st concert)

1.       Autumn Leaves (12:49)

2.       So What (9:39)

3.       Stella By Starlight (11:05)

4.       Walkin’ (9:07)

5.       The Theme (0:38)

CD6 – Paris Jazz Festival, Salle Pleyel, October 1, 1964 (2^nd concert)

1.       All Of You (16:05)

2.       Joshua (12:35)

3.       My Funny Valentine (12:18)

4.       No Blues (13:13)

5.       The Theme (1:05)

 

88  LP SET DETAILS

MILES IN FRANCE is the eighth installment in the celebrated Miles Davis Bootleg Series and this edition focuses on the birth of the Second Great Quintet in 1963 and 1964. The music heard here represents the sound of an end and a beginning coming through at once.  The set contains 5 separate performances of the Miles Davis Quintet spread over 8 LPs and the energy and depth of feeling in the transcendent playing hint at the special relationship Miles and the group had with the French nation that embraced them in a way their homeland would not. It contains over 4 hours of revelatory, unreleased live music featuring Miles backed by George Coleman (on the 1963 recordings), Wayne Shorter (on the 1964 recordings), Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams. This set expands on the 1964 live album MILES IN EUROPE which documented the Miles Davis Quintet’s performance at the Festival Mondial du Jazz in Antibes in July 1963. While that album included a single edited set across 2LPs, this will include all three very distinct performances from Antibes along with two never-before-released concerts from October 1964 in Paris, by which time Wayne Shorter had joined the band, so you could hear the Second Great Quintet come together before your ears. The audio has been lovingly mixed and mastered in the highest quality possible and the LPs are packaged in 4 gatefold jackets housed in a luxe slipcase box with a die-cut O-card and a 20 page book that includes dozens of unseen photos, ephemera and extensive liner notes by noted journalist Marcus J. Moore.