MILES DAVIS LIVE IN EUROPE 1969. The Bootleg Series Vol-2 4 Vinyl , LP

Description: Description Miles Davis Live In Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Volume 2 on 180g Import 4LP Second Installment in the Acclaimed Miles Davis Bootleg Series Remastered from the Best Available Masters Secured from the European Broadcast Centers Who Documented the Material The second edition of the widely-heralded Miles Davis Bootleg Series and sequel to 2011’s critical and commercial blockbuster, Live In Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1, this new set moves ahead two years and presents the ‘third great quintet’ of Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, and Jack DeJohnette, a lineup of the world’s most highly-regarded jazz musicians, then and now. Live In Europe 1969 lives up to the Miles Davis Bootleg Series mission of presenting live performances that are previously unreleased, have previously only been bootlegged, or are very rare. The new set represents the first major collection to be devoted exclusively to the short-lived ‘third great quintet,’ sometimes referred to as Miles’ ‘lost band’ of 1969-70: Shorter on soprano and tenor saxophones, Corea on electric piano (and occasionally acoustic piano), Holland on acoustic bass, and DeJohnette on drums. The Miles-Shorter-Corea-Holland-DeJohnette lineup (in tandem with other players) began to solidify during the 1968-‘69 recording dates that became the Filles De Kilimanjaro and In a Silent Way albums. And they were at the core of the dozen or so musicians joined together by Miles in August 1969, for the principal sessions that became the landmark turning point of his Grammy Award-winning Bitches Brew. But the ‘third great quintet’ by itself was never documented in the recording studio. Their European tours of 1969, represented on this new package, are some of the only existing recordings of the group, and the first legitimately released audio recordings by this stellar lineup. Live In Europe 1969 captures the short-lived quintet in three separate concert settings, starting with two full-length sets at the Antibes Jazz Festival in France. The locale then moves to Stockholm on November 5 where the quintet performed as part of The Newport Jazz Festival In Europe. As with Live In Europe 1967, the paradox of Live In Europe 1969 is the fact that the concerts were recorded by state-owned radio and television outlets – a case of European bureaucracies (thankfully) preserving our American jazz heritage. The audio sources of Live In Europe 1969 have been remastered from the best available masters secured from the European broadcast centers who originally documented the material. The track listing for Live In Europe 1967 reveals that the Quintet was playing an inspired, wide-ranging repertoire. Material ran the gamut from 1969’s In a Silent Way (“It’s About That Time”) and Bitches Brew sessions (“Miles Runs the Voodoo Down,” “Sanctuary,” “Spanish Key,” “Bitches Brew”) all the way back in time to standards like “I Fall in Love Too Easily” (from 1963’s Seven Steps To Heaven) and Thelonious Monk’s “’Round Midnight.” At no other time did Miles perform compositions from his be-bop era (“’Round Midnight”), modal era (the 1958 “Milestones”), ballads and blues of the early ’60s era (“I Fall In Love Too Easily,” “No Blues”), material from the ‘Second Great Quintet’ mid-to-late ’60s era (“Footprints,” “Nefertiti”) and late ’60s-early ’70s electric era (“It’s About That Time,” “Spanish Key”), all in the same set program, as he did at Antibes. It is crucial to note that the versions of “Miles Runs The Voodoo Down” and “Spanish Key” at Antibes were performed live in July, well before the historic August 1969 Bitches Brew sessions, where they were first recorded in the studio. Likewise, the versions of “Bitches Brew” from Stockholm and Berlin are heard here several months before the album was released on Columbia Records in April 1970. As with Live In Europe 1967, the interpretations of the compositions are not only strikingly different than the original studio versions by other configurations of Miles’ groups, but differ wildly even from night to night on these four shows, again demonstrating the extraordinarily high level of creativity among these musicians. The set also contains multiple examples of Shorter’s unparalleled composing skills, from “Footprints” (dating back to 1967’s Miles Smiles) to multiple performances of his gems, “Nefertiti” and “Masqualero.” On the extremely rare and mostly acoustic set from Stockholm, there is a bonus track version of “This,” a Corea composition that was never officially recorded by Davis. for Live In Europe 1967 reveals that the Quintet was playing an inspired, wide-ranging repertoire. Material ran the gamut from 1969’s In a Silent Way (“It’s About That Time”) and Bitches Brew sessions (“Miles Runs the Voodoo Down,” “Sanctuary,” “Spanish Key,” “Bitches Brew”) all the way back in time to standards like “I Fall in Love Too Easily” (from 1963’s Seven Steps To Heaven ) and Thelonious Monk’s “’Round Midnight.” At no other time did Miles perform compositions from his be-bop era (“’Round Midnight”), modal era (the 1958 “Milestones”), ballads and blues of the early ’60s era (“I Fall In Love Too Easily,” “No Blues”), material from the ‘Second Great Quintet’ mid-to-late ’60s era (“Footprints,” “Nefertiti”) and late ’60s-early ’70s electric era (“It’s About That Time,” “Spanish Key”), all in the same set program, as he did at Antibes. It is crucial to note that the versions of “Miles Runs The Voodoo Down” and “Spanish Key” at Antibes were performed live in July, well before the historic August 1969 Bitches Brew sessions, where they were first recorded in the studio. Likewise, the versions of “Bitches Brew” from Stockholm and Berlin are heard here several months before the album was released on Columbia Records in April 1970. As with Live In Europe 1967 , the interpretations of the compositions are not only strikingly different than the original studio versions by other configurations of Miles’ groups, but differ wildly even from night to night on these four shows, again demonstrating the extraordinarily high level of creativity among these musicians. The set also contains multiple examples of Shorter’s unparalleled composing skills, from “Footprints” (dating back to 1967’s Miles Smiles ) to multiple performances of his gems, “Nefertiti” and “Masqualero.” On the extremely rare and mostly acoustic set from Stockholm, there is a bonus track version of “This,” a Corea composition that was never officially recorded by Davis. Musicians: Miles Davis (trumpet) Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone) Dave Holland (bass) Chick Corea (piano) Jack DeJohnette (drums) Track Listing CD1 (Antibes 7/25/69): Introduction by André Francis; Directions; Miles Runs the Voodoo Down; Milestones; Footprints; 'Round Midnight; It's About That Time; Sanctuary; The Theme. CD2 (Antibes 7/26/69): Introduction by André Francis; Directions; Spanish Key; I Fall in Love Too Easily; Masqualero; Miles Runs the Voodoo Down; No Blues; Nefertiti; Sanctuary; The Theme. CD3 (Stockholm 11/5/69): Introduction by George Wein; Bitches Brew; Paraphernalia; Nefertiti; Masqualerio (incomplete); This. DVD (Berlin, Germany 11/7/69): Introduction; Directions; Bitches Brew; It's About That Time; I Fall in Love Too Easily; Sanctuary; The Theme.

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