"Agitation" and "Footprints" were not broadcast by ORTF and are not included on
any issued recordings prior to the Sony Live in Europe 1967 set. 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:
- 'Round Midnight (8:05)
- No Blues (13:05)
- Mascalero [sic] (8:40)
- I Fall in Love Too Easily (9:00)
- Riot (5:30)
- Walkin' (9:40)
- On Green Dolphin Street (16:50)
- The Theme (0:40)
There was an intermission after "Masqualero" and before "I Fall in Love Too Easily" --
the announcement from the stage mentions several other artists also on the bill and encourages people to
stay for the second half of the concert. There may be a similar break between "Masqualero"
and "I Fall in Love Too Easily" in the Karlsruhe concert the following day.
This is the only concert on this tour where "The Theme" gets a full performance. Davis has
a long relaxed solo (0:10-3:00), followed by a very inventive solo by Shorter (3:02-5:48)
which involves some wonderful saxophone/piano interplay and some brief quotations of the
theme from "Masqualero"; Hancock has a relaxed solo (5:48-7:26) before Davis states the
closing theme.
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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