Miles Davis Quintet : Live in Europe 1967 : The Bootleg Series Vol. 1 ［3CD+DVD］

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Personnel: Miles Davis (trumpet); Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone); Herbie Hancock (piano); Tony Williams (drums). Liner Note Author: Ashley Kahn. Recording information: Konigin Eliza Bethzaal, Antwerp, Belgium (10/28/1967); Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden (10/28/1967); Stadthalle, Earlsruhe, Germany (10/28/1967); The Paris Jazz Festival, Salle Pleyel, Paris, France (10/28/1967); Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen, Denmark (10/28/1967); Konigin Eliza Bethzaal, Antwerp, Belgium (10/31/1967); Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden (10/31/1967); Stadthalle, Earlsruhe, Germany (10/31/1967); The Paris Jazz Festival, Salle Pleyel, Paris, France (10/31/1967); Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen, Denmark (10/31/1967); Konigin Eliza Bethzaal, Antwerp, Belgium (11/02/1967); Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden (11/02/1967); Stadthalle, Earlsruhe, Germany (11/02/1967); The Paris Jazz Festival, Salle Pleyel, Paris, France (11/02/1967); Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen, Denmark (11/02/1967); Konigin Eliza Bethzaal, Antwerp, Belgium (11/06/1967); Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden (11/06/1967); Stadthalle, Earlsruhe, Germany (11/06/1967); The Paris Jazz Festival, Salle Pleyel, Paris, France (11/06/1967); Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen, Denmark (11/06/1967); Konigin Eliza Bethzaal, Antwerp, Belgium (11/07/1967); Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden (11/07/1967); Stadthalle, Earlsruhe, Germany (11/07/1967); The Paris Jazz Festival, Salle Pleyel, Paris, France (11/07/1967); Tivolis Koncertsal, Copenhagen, Denmark (11/07/1967). Photographer: Jan Persson. Given the numerous times Miles Davis' official catalog has been issued, and the numerous live dates available, it's reasonable to question the necessity of a release with the subtitle Bootleg Series, Vol. 1.The answer, at least in this case, is a resounding "yes." This four-disc box -- three CDs and a DVD, capture Davis' second (and longest-lived) quintet at their creative pinnacle in 1967, playing five concerts in different European cities -- three on the CDs, two more on DVD. All of them were broadcasts from George Wein's Newport Jazz Festival in Europe.The concert tapes were licensed from the various nations' official broadcast archives.The CDs containing the Paris and Antwerp concerts have been bootlegged before -- though the Paris gig is finally complete here with the first two songs of the set added on -- and both feature better sound quality. The Copenhagen date is featured here for the first time anywhere.The DVD was included in the 70-CD set, Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection in 2009, but most of us haven't seen it. Musically, the quintet -- Davis, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams -- are firing on all cylinders throughout. The set lists for these performances are quite similar, but that doesn't mean the repetition is monotonous. These performances are intense, as the quintet plays a fiery meld of post-hard bop infused with modal music and tinges of free jazz. The only tunes remaining from earlier Davis set lists are "'Round Midnight," "On Green Dolphin Street," and "Gingerbread Boy," and one version each of "Walkin'" and "I Fall in Love Too Easily." That said, these versions are radically different from one another. The lion's share of the material was composed by Davis ("Agitation" and "No Blues") Shorter ("Footprints" and "Masqualero"), and Hancock ("Riot"). One need only to listen to the various versions of opener "Agitation" to realize how much the various interpretations shifted each night. Davis' solos which always take place first -- are wildly imaginative and dynamic, driven hard by Williams' kit attack. In each concert, "Agitation" whets the appetite of the listener -- for all that is expected, more is always delivered. The various versions of these tunes contain different accents, harmonic ranges, and spatial considerations as the solos played by each member -- particularly by Shorter -- reveal an astonishing range of ideas. There are no breaks between tune
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