Milestones: A Miles Davis Archive
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Recorded this day, 1956: The 'First Great Quintet' captured in a short but good sounding radio broadcast from the Café Bohemia. With John Coltrane- ts, Red Garland- p, Paul Chambers- b, Philly Joe Jones- d. #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis #miles100
Miles Davis with John Coltrane- September 15, 1956 Café Bohemia, NYC | REMASTERED
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Recorded this day, 1972: Miles plays at Paul's Mall, Boston with his post-𝘖𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳 band. Dense, intense music from a good quality FM broadcast, remastered exclusively for our Youtube channel. #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
Miles Davis- September 14, 1972 Paul's Mall, Boston | REMASTERED
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Recorded this day, 1953: Miles sits in with Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All Stars at the Lighthouse Café, Hermosa Beach CA. With Rolf Ericson- tp, Bud Shank- as, bars, Bob Cooper- ts, Lorraine Geller- p, Howard Rumsey- b, Max Roach- d. #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
Miles Davis with the Lighthouse All Stars- September 13, 1953 Lighthouse Café, Hermosa Beach
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Sunday morning Miles: 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝗮, written by Wayne Shorter. Recorded June 23, 1967. With Wayne Shorter- ts; Herbie Hancock- p; Ron Carter- b; Tony Williams- d. From the LP 𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝘽𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙚𝙨 (Columbia). #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis #miles100
Sweet Pea
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Released this day, 1989: 𝘼𝙪𝙧𝙖 (Columbia C2X 45332). Recorded January 31 to February 4, 1985 at Easy Sound Studio, Copenhagen. The album was composed, conducted and produced by Palle Mikkelborg. #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
Recorded September 10 & 11, 1964: Miles' Second Great Quintet appears on 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦. Wayne Shorter had only been in the band for about six days. #jazz #jazzsky #milestones
Miles Davis Quintet 1964 Steve Allen Show No Blues - So What - All Blues
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Recorded this day, 1983: Two tunes for the LP 𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙮 (Columbia FC 38991). Second was Miles' slow blues 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁. The master is the final take 13. #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
That's Right (2022 Remaster)
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Recorded this day, 1983: Two tunes for the LP 𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙮 (Columbia FC 38991). First was 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗠.𝗗., written by keyboardist Robert Irving III. Ten takes were made, take 3 is the master. #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
Code M.D. (2022 Remaster)
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Recorded this day, 1956: The third and final session for the LP '𝙍𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙈𝙞𝙙𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 (Columbia CL949). The last tune that day was '𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, performed in one take. #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
Miles Davis - 'Round Midnight (Official Audio)
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Recorded this day, 1956: The third and final session for the LP '𝙍𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙈𝙞𝙙𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩, although the second piece, 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗦𝘂𝗲, 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂, didn't appear on the original LP. Take 8 was the master. #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis #miles100
Sweet Sue, Just You
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Recorded this day, 1956: The third and final session for the LP '𝙍𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙈𝙞𝙙𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 (Columbia CL949). First tune was 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗢𝗳 𝗬𝗼𝘂. The master is mostly take 2 with a separately recorded coda. With John Coltrane- ts, Red Garland-p, Paul Chambers- b, Philly Joe Jones- d. #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
All of You
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Recorded this day, 1958: The 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 sextet appears at the Plaza Hotel, NYC at a celebration of Columbia's jazz talent. Informally recorded, the sound isn't always the best but the playing is absorbing. #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
Miles Davis- September 9, 1958 Plaza Hotel, NYC [Jazz At The Plaza]
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Born this day, 1930: Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins in New York City NY. Occasionally played in Miles' bands and on recordings 1951-1957. This appearance at Birdland also features J.J. Johnson- tb, Kenny Drew- p, Tommy Potter- b, Art Blakey- d. #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis #miles100
Miles Davis- June 2, 1951 | Birdland, New York City [REMASTERED]
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Recorded this day, 1972: The dense, dissonant and punishing 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗫 was laid down. There were at least 11 takes, it is not known which take(s) were used in the master. Unreleased until 1974's grab bag compilation 𝙂𝙚𝙩 𝙐𝙥 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙄𝙩 (Columbia KG 33236). #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
Rated X
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Born this day, 1946: Tenor & soprano saxophonist and flautist Dave Liebman in Brooklyn NY. After getting the call for 1972's 𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳 LP, Liebman joined the band from the start of 1973 to mid-1974. Happy 80th birthday! #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis #miles100
Miles Davis- October 27, 1973 Konserthuset, Stockholm [NEW SOURCE]
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Recorded this day, 1948: A busy evening for Miles- after playing with Bird at the Royal Roost he leads his own pre-𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘭 nonet on another good quality radio broadcast, including two tunes that didn't make the studio sessions. #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
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Recorded this day, 1948: Miles plays with Charlie Parker's Quintet in this good quality radio broadcast from the Royal Roost. With Tadd Dameron- p, Curley Russell- b, Max Roach- d. #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
Charlie Parker with Miles Davis- September 4, 1948 Royal Roost, New York City
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Born this day, 1928: Pianist Horace Silver in Norwalk CT. Played with Miles on a series of superb recordings in 1954 for Prestige and Blue Note. This one also features Dave Schildkraut (as), Percy Heath (b), Kenny Clarke (d). #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
Miles Davis - I'll Remember April from Blue Haze
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Released this day, 1958: 𝙈𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 (Columbia CL 1193). Recorded on February 4 and March 4, 1958. at Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City. The cover art and labels:
Released July or August 1961: 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣' 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙨 𝙌𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙩 (Prestige PRLP 7200). Recorded on May 11 and October 26, 1956 at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack. Produced by Bob Weinstock, engineered by Rudy Van Gelder. #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
Released August, 1975: 𝘼𝙜𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙖 (CBS/Sony [Japan] SOPJ 92~93). Recorded live on the afternoon of February 1, 1975 at Festival Hall, Osaka. Produced by Teo Macero, engineered by Tamoo Suzuki. #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
Released August 1956: 𝙌𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙩/ 𝙎𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙚𝙩 (Prestige PRLP 7034), credited to Miles Davis and Milt Jackson. Recorded August 5, 1955 at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack NJ. Produced by Bob Weinstock, engineered by Rudy Van Gelder. #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
Died this day, 1985: Drummer Philly Joe Jones, aged 62. A member of Miles' 'First Great Quintet', 1955-58. With John Coltrane- ts, Red Garland- p, Paul Chambers- b. #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
4 The Theme by Miles Davis from 'Workin' With The Miles Davis Quintet'
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Recorded this day, 1990: Miles plays in Grant Park, Chicago. Good quality radio broadcast. With Kenny Garrett- as, fl, Joe 'Foley' McCreary- picc-b, Kei Akagi- kyb, Richard Patterson- el-b, Ricky Wellman- d, Erin Davis- e-perc. #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
Miles Davis- August 30, 1990 Jazz Festival, Grant Park, Chicago [Re-EQed and speed corrected]
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Sunday morning Miles: 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, written by Steve Porcaro & John Bettis. Recorded November 1, 1988 in Graz. Kenny Garrett- as, fl; Joey DeFrancesco, Adam Holzman- kyb; Foley- picc b; Benny Rietveld- b; Ricky Wellman- d; Marilyn Mazur- perc. From 𝙇𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙. #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
Human Nature (Live in Austria)
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Born this day, 1920: Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, in Kansas City KS. Along with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, one of the key originators of bebop. Miles played with Bird from 1945 to 1948, including a string of classic recordings for Savoy and Dial. #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
Charlie Parker - Now's The Time (Official Audio)
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Recorded on this day, 1982: This session produced the title track for the album 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧 𝙋𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 (Columbia FC 38657). The master is a composite of take 6, with an insert plus two additional inserts of keyboard (Miles) and guitar, recorded January 5, 1983. #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
Star People (2022 Remaster)
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Recorded this day, 1970: Miles and his band play at the Isle of Wight Festival in the UK. There is fantastic footage from the concert and the band are as uncompromising as ever, even in front of what has been estimated to be 600,000 attendees. #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis youtu.be/qyJooHmRcdc?si
Miles Davis - Call It Anything - Isle of Wight Festival - August 29, 1970
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Born this day, 1960: Saxophonist Branford Marsalis, in Breaux Bridge, LA. Played on a few studio sessions in mid-1983 for the 𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙮 album. Miles asked him to join the band, but Marsalis turned the offer down. #jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
That's Right (2022 Remaster)
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