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.
This is another case of JazzDoor mislabelling their Davis issues. It is from 1969, personnel is as described (the unquestionably mind-blowing 'lost' quintet, of course), but this is two chunks from the two sets at Teatro Sistina, Rome (Italy!!!!), October 27, 1969 (so by no means Shorter's last showing as a regular member). The group of Miles, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette is often referred to as the lost quintet, because although they toured on the back of the success of Bitches Brew for 8-9 months, they never recorded any material that came out at the time. But, there were many, many live broadcasts of which this is one. Very high quality recording (for the time period and for the fact that amplified jazz on electric instruments was quite new and no one knew how to deal with it). Recorded October 27, 1969, Teatro Sistina, Rome, Italy.
Special priced-down reissue available only for a limited period of time until December 21, 2015. Comes with liner notes. Finally, a non-bootleg issue of one of Miles Davis' greatest electric performances ever. In fact this is the very first of the Miles Davis Quintet's electric gigs – it was also one of the last four performances of this great band. Not just recorded, but performed. The band, consisting of Davis, Wayne Shorter on soprano and tenor, Chick Corea on Fender Rhodes, Dave Holland on both acoustic and electric bass, and Jack DeJohnette on drums. With percussionist Airto Moreira providing color and texture, the band became a sextet.