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Miles Ahead session details

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November 7, 1967 (12 items; TT = 95:15)
Stadthalle, Karlsruhe (West Germany)
Südwestfunk (SWF) TV broadcast (B)

Miles Davis (tpt); Wayne Shorter (ts); Herbie Hancock (p); Ron Carter (b); Tony Williams (d); Joachim-Ernst Berendt (ann)

1 Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt) 4:20

Incomplete (2:21) on video; edited (0:54) on Sony DVD
2 Agitation (M. Davis) 6:55

Incomplete on Tempo di Jazz (6:34) and video (6:43)
3 Footprints (W. Shorter) 9:40

Incomplete on Tempo di Jazz (6:06) and video (6:03)
4 'Round Midnight (B. Hanighen-C. Williams-T. Monk) 7:42
5 No Blues (M. Davis) 14:57
6 Masqualero (W. Shorter) 10:33
7 I Fall in Love Too Easily (inc) (S. Cahn-J. Styne) 11:34

There is a splice in the tape at 8:42 (during the first chorus of Hancock's solo). Incomplete (5:49) on Mega Disc Luxury and So What CDR
8 Riot (H. Hancock) 3:54
9 Walkin' (R. Carpenter) 9:16
10 On Green Dolphin Street (N. Washington-B. Kaper) 9:16

Fragment, not listed, on Tempo di Jazz (0:14) and video (0:12)
11 Gingerbread Boy (J. Heath) 6:06

Incomplete on Tempo di Jazz (5:14) and video (5:34)
12 The Theme (with applause) (M. Davis) 1:02


1 Introduction (Joachim-Ernst Berendt)
CD: Recording Arts (Golden Age of Jazz) JZCD 373, Tempo di Jazz CDTJ 703, Luxury TOE 1/2
Video: Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 (DVD), Columbia Legacy 88697 94053, Hot Chocolate HC-020, Impro Jazz 518, Mega Vision no number

2 Agitation
CD: Recording Arts (Golden Age of Jazz) JZCD 373, Tempo di Jazz CDTJ 703, Luxury TOE 1/2
Video: Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 (DVD), Columbia Legacy 88697 94053, Hot Chocolate HC-020, Impro Jazz 518, Mega Vision no number

3 Footprints
CD: Recording Arts (Golden Age of Jazz) JZCD 373, Tempo di Jazz CDTJ 703, Luxury TOE 1/2
Video: Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 (DVD), Columbia Legacy 88697 94053, Hot Chocolate HC-020, Impro Jazz 518, Mega Vision no number

4 'Round Midnight
CD: Luxury TOE 1/2

5 No Blues
CD: Luxury TOE 1/2

6 Masqualero
CD: Luxury TOE 1/2

7 I Fall in Love Too Easily (inc)
CD: Recording Arts (Golden Age of Jazz) JZCD 373, Tempo di Jazz CDTJ 703, Luxury TOE 1/2
Video: Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 (DVD), Columbia Legacy 88697 94053, Hot Chocolate HC-020, Impro Jazz 518, Mega Vision no number

8 Riot
CD: Luxury TOE 1/2

9 Walkin'
CD: Recording Arts (Golden Age of Jazz) JZCD 373, Tempo di Jazz CDTJ 703, Luxury TOE 1/2
Video: Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 (DVD), Columbia Legacy 88697 94053, Hot Chocolate HC-020, Impro Jazz 518, Mega Vision no number

10 On Green Dolphin Street
CD: Tempo di Jazz CDTJ 703, Luxury TOE 1/2

11 Gingerbread Boy
CD: Recording Arts (Golden Age of Jazz) JZCD 373, Tempo di Jazz CDTJ 703, Luxury TOE 1/2
Video: Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 (DVD), Columbia Legacy 88697 94053, Hot Chocolate HC-020, Impro Jazz 518, Mega Vision no number

12 The Theme (with applause)
CD: Recording Arts (Golden Age of Jazz) JZCD 373, Tempo di Jazz CDTJ 703, Luxury TOE 1/2
Video: Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 (DVD), Columbia Legacy 88697 94053, Hot Chocolate HC-020, Impro Jazz 518, Mega Vision no number


An excerpt of this concert was broadcast on Südwestfunk TV, and this broadcast is the source for the Sony DVD. Several of the tunes are edited:

  1. Introduction by Joachim-Ernst Berendt (0:59)
  2. Agitation (edited, 6:43)
  3. Footprints (edited, 6:03)
  4. I Fall in Love Too Easily (inc, 11:34)
  5. Walkin' (9:17)
  6. Gingerbread Boy (edited, 5:34)
  7. The Theme (0:28)

The pitch on Luxury TOE 1/2 is slightly flat (about 30 cents), though the sound is otherwise superior to the previous issues.

Two short excerpts from this show -- the beginning (0:28) of "I Fall in Love Too Easily" and part of Davis' solo on "Footprints" (1:26) -- were included in a 1970 BBC broadcast of Faces of Jazz.

In the Paris performance from November 6 there is an intermission and stage announcement following "Masqualero." There may be a similar break in this performance before "I Fall in Love Too Easily," but it is hard to tell because the applause after "Masqualero" has been edited out.

The 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. According to Billboard magazine, groups from the tour were booked in the following cities, although each booking involved a subset of the groups involved: Baden (West Germany), Barcelona (Spain), Belfast (Ireland), Berlin (West Germany), Copenhagen (Denmark), Dublin (Ireland), Epernay (France), Helsinki (Finland), Karlsruhe (West Germany), Lecco (Italy), London (England), Lugano (Switzerland), Lyons (France), Mainz (West Germany), Paris (France), Rotterdam (Holland), Stockholm (Sweden). The Quintet, usually paired with the Archie Shepp Quintet, was booked in ten cities:

October 28: Koningin Elisabethzaal, Antwerp, Belgium
October 29: Hammersmith Odeon, London, Great Britain
October 30: De Doelen, Rotterdam, Holland
October 31: Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden
November 1: Kulttuuritalolla, Helsinki, Finland
November 2: Tivoli Konsertsal, Copenhagen, Denmark
November 4: Philharmonie, Berlin, West German
November 5: Teatro Europa, Lecco, Italy
November 6: Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
November 7: Stadthalle, Karlsruhe, West Germany
November 12: unknown venue, Barcelona, Spain

Also on the tour were the Thelonious Monk Octet, the Gary Burton Quartet with Larry Coryell, Sarah Vaughan and the Bob James Trio, and many others. Davis apparently left the tour early (ca. November 10) after a dispute with producer George Wein. The rest of the Quintet performed the final concert or two of the tour as "The Wayne Shorter Quartet."

I am grateful to Jan Lohmann for discussion of this session.

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