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Miles In France 1963 & 1964 - Miles Davis Quintet: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8
Miles In France 1963 & 1964 - Miles Davis Quintet: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8
Miles In France 1963 & 1964 - Miles Davis Quintet: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8

Miles Davis

Miles In France 1963 & 1964 - Miles Davis Quintet: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8

Legacy Recordings

SONY-198028016810

8LP Boxset $225
  • 8LPs Packaged in 4 Gatefold Jackets
  • Two never-before-released concerts from 1964 in Paris
  • 20 page book that includes dozens of unseen photos, ephemera and extensive liner notes by noted journalist Marcus J. Moore.

Description

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 5 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 4 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 IN EUROPE which documented the Miles...

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Preview Tracklist

  • 1 Introduction by AndrĂ© Francis
  • 2 So What
  • 3 All Blues
  • 4 Stella By Starlight
  • 5 Seven Steps To Heaven
  • 6 Walkin’
  • 7 My Funny Valentine
  • 8 Joshua
  • 9 The Theme
  • 10 Closing announcement by AndrĂ© Francis
  • 11 Introduction by AndrĂ© Francis
  • 12 Autumn Leaves
  • 13 Milestones
  • 14 I Thought About You
  • 15 Joshua
  • 16 All Of You
  • 17 Walkin’
  • 18 Bye Bye Blackbird
  • 19 The Theme
  • 20 Introduction by AndrĂ© Francis
  • 21 If I Were A Bell
  • 22 So What
  • 23 Stella By Starlight
  • 24 Walkin’
  • 25 The Theme
  • 26 Autumn Leaves
  • 27 So What
  • 28 Stella By Starlight
  • 29 Walkin’
  • 30 The Theme
  • 31 All Of You
  • 32 Joshua
  • 33 My Funny Valentine
  • 34 No Blues
  • 35 The Theme