DAVIS,MILES - MILES IN FRANCE 1963 & 1964 BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 8 Vinyl LP

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 five 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 four 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 Davis 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 8 LPs are packaged in four 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.

Tracks:

LP 1

Side A

1. Introduction by Andre Francis
2. So What
3. All Blues

Side B

1. Stella by Starlight
2. Seven Steps to Heaven

LP 2

Side A

1. Walkin'
2. My Funny Valentine

Side B

1. Joshua
2. The Theme
3. Closing announcement by Andre Francis

LP 3

Side A

1. Introduction by Andre Francis
2. Autumn Leaves
3. Milestones

Side B

1. I Thought about You
2. Joshua

LP 4

Side A

1. All of You

Side B

1. Walkin'

LP 5

Side A

1. Bye Bye Blackbird
2. The Theme

Side B

1. Introduction by Andre Francis
2. If I Were a Bell

LP 6

Side A

1. So What
2. Stella by Starlight

Side B

1. Walkin'
2. The Theme

LP 7

Side A

1. Autumn Leaves
2. So What

Side B

1. Stella by Starlight
2. Walkin'
3. The Theme

LP 8

Side A

1. All of You
2. Joshua

Side B

1. My Funny Valentine
2. No Blues
3. The Theme

Label: Sony Legacy