Miles Davis – Live In Milan 1964
Recorded: Teatro Dell'Arte, Milan, October 11, 1964.
Running Time: 60:00 mins.
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A complete uninterrupted performance by the legendary 1964 Miles Davis Quintet issued here for the first time ever. Includes outstanding versions of favourites like "My Funny Valentine" and "Autumn Leaves".
Personnel: Miles Davis (tp), Wayne Shorter (ts) Herbie Hancock (p), Ron Carter (b) & Tony Williams (d).
Please note: These performances come from a vintage TV broadcast and its technical image quality is not quite perfect. The producers have chosen to release this DVD due to its historical and musical value.
When this Milan concert was recorded, the band had just recently formed. The core musicians (Miles on trumpet, Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass and Tony Williams on drums) had been working together ever since the recording of the album "Seven Steps to Heaven", on May 14, 1963 (Herbie Hancock's very first session with Miles). However, after John Coltrane's departure, Miles had a very difficult time finding a tenor player to his liking. After separate stints with the quintet by Hank Mobley, George Coleman and Sam Rivers, Wayne Shorter took over the tenor chair in September 1964.
The concert at the Teatro Dell'Arte in Milan, Italy, was part of a European tour that included Germany, France, Denmark, Finland, a second stint in Germany, and finally Italy. The show featured a typical program for the period, with three standard tunes ("Autumn Leaves", "My Funny Valentine", and "All of You"), two originals from the early years ("The Theme" and "All Blues") and a relative novelty, Victor Feldman's "Joshua", which Miles had first recorded in his "Seven Steps to Heaven" LP.
Tracklisting:
1. Autumn Leaves
2. My Funny Valentine
3. All Blues
4. All of You
5. Joshua - into - The Theme