Miles Ahead Session Details

November 6, 1967 (10 items; TT = 90:43)
Salle Pleyel, Paris (France)
ORTF radio broadcast
Miles Davis Quintet

Miles Davis (tpt); Wayne Shorter (ts); Herbie Hancock (p); Ron Carter (b); Tony Williams (d)

1 Agitation (M. Davis) 7:58
2 Footprints (W. Shorter) 10:11
3 'Round Midnight (B. Hanighen-C. Williams-T. Monk) 8:19

Incomplete (8:06) on JMY and Golden Age of Jazz.
4 No Blues (M. Davis) 13:01
5 Masqualero (with applause) (W. Shorter) 10:42
6 I Fall in Love Too Easily (S. Cahn-J. Styne) 10:33
7 Riot (H. Hancock) 3:38
8 Walkin' (R. Carpenter) 8:58
9 On Green Dolphin Street (N. Washington-B. Kaper) 9:03
10 The Theme (with applause) (M. Davis) 8:20


'Round Midnight
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No Blues
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Masqualero (with applause)
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I Fall in Love Too Easily
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Riot
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Walkin'
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On Green Dolphin Street
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The Theme (with applause)
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"Agitation" and "Footprints" were not broadcast and do not appear on any issued recordings of this date. The opening ascending run and set-up for the theme to "'Round Midnight" is missing on JMY and Golden Age of Jazz. In addition, the tunes are wrongly indexed on JMY: 1. 'Round Midnight (8:05); 2. No Blues (13:05); 3. Mascalero [sic] (8:40); 4. I Fall in Love Too Easily (9:00); 5. Riot (5:30); 6. Walkin' (9:40); 7. On Green Dolphin Street (16:50); 8. The Theme (0:40).

The Davis Quintet played several venues in Europe in late October-early November 1967 as part of the "Newport Jazz Festival in Europe" produced by George Wein. The itinerary was as follows:

October 28: Konigin Elizabethzaal, Antwerp
October 29: Hammersmith Odeon, London
October 30: De Doelen, Rotterdam
October 31: Konserthuset, Stockholm
November 1: Kulturhuset, Helsinki
November 2: Tivoli Konsertsal, Copenhagen
November 4: Philharmonie, Berlin
November 6: Salle Pleyel, Paris
November 7: Stadthalle, Karlsruhe

Also on the bill were the Thelonious Monk Octet, the Archie Shepp Quintet, the Gary Burton Quartet with Larry Coryell, Sarah Vaughan and the Bob James Trio, and many others.


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