Great live material from one of the most important pairings in modern jazz – recorded during the last months that John Coltrane was working with the Miles Davis Quintet! Recorded at the Kurhaus, Scheveningen, Den Haag, The Netherlands, April 9, 1960. Includes the complete concert plus rare radio and TV broadcasts by Miles & Coltrane from 1955 to 1959. Featuring John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb & Philly Joe Jones. Includes booklet with comprehensive liner notes.
Massive electric Miles from the same Japanese tour that gave the world the Panagaea and Agharta albums – tracks that were recorded ten days before the concert that appeared on those records, with different songs as well! The music is a dark brew of funk, fusion, and some surprisingly spiritual currents – thanks to wonderful work from Sonny Fortune on alto, soprano sax, and flute – working here alongside guitarist Pete Cosey, who provides plenty of the fuzzier, freakier moments of the set – as does keyboardist Reggie Lucas! Al Foster's drumming is wonderful – and Michael Henderson's bass will blow you away if you only know his later smoother soul albums – but as usual, Miles is the star once he opens up his horn and steps into the darkness.
This edition presents the Rome and Copenhagen performances by the 1969 Miles Davis Quintet with Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette. The band toured Europe from October 26 to November 9, 1969. In his autobiography, Miles would state that this group was “really a bad motherfucker”.
This edition presents for the first time ever on CD, the Berlin performance by the 1969 Miles Davis Quintet with Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette. Wayne Shorter left the band in the fall of 1969, and this quintet was to be soon replaced by new formations with even greater accents on percussion, fusion and funk. The band toured Europe from October 26 to November 9, 1969 after Miles Davis had recorded In A Silent Way. The Rome and Copenhagen performances by the same group can be found on a companion double CD set from the same label.
Jazz legend Miles Davis is captured performing in Montreal on this video. The man performs a half dozen songs including "One Phone Call", "Human Nature", "Something's on Your Mind", "Time After Time", "Code M.D.", and "Jean Pierre". The DVD release of the concert includes a biographical timeline of the artist's life.
This concert was recorded in 1973 with a very similar line-up to the later releases Dark Magus, Agharta, and Pangaea, featuring Al Foster on drums, Michael Henderson on bass, Mtume on percussion, Dave Liebman on sax, and most importantly Reggie Lucas and Pete Cosey on guitar. It contains some material from the previously listed albums, and plenty that is not, at least in any recognizable form. Miles was recovering from a car accident, but refused to quit playing.
Miles Davis was a towering a figure in the world of Jazz music throughout his long recording and performing career, playing the trumpet like no one else could. His significance can never be understated and his artistry is as crucial to the development of Jazz as was the great Louis Armstrong. Davis laid the foundation for musical innovation to expand beyond it's perceived boundaries through his sheer genius and attention to every detail of a performance. These two discs document his final concert performance before his tragic passing. 'The Man With The Horn' was clearly not ready to go as he valiantly fought against the HIV disease that robbed him of life. To the end, his artistry ever evolving and not to be missed.