MILES DAVIS QUINTET – Live In Europe 1967 – The Bootleg Series Vol. 1 (Reissue) – 5LP – Deluxe 180g Vinyl Box Set [AUG 23]

Description

5LP – Limited Edition 180g Black Vinyl housed in a lift-off box. The set includes printed inner sleeves and a 16-page booklet with exclusive photos and liner notes by jazz-historian Ashley Kahn.

Live In Europe 1967 – The Bootleg Series Vol. 1 showcases the explosive transformation of Miles Davis second great quintet with Wayne Shorter (tenor sax), Herbie Hancock (piano), Ron Carter (bass), and Tony Williams (drums). Miles Quintet lineup during that time is acknowledged as one of the high reference points in 20th century jazz, and its influence continues to reverberate in small group jazz today. It was the quintets live performances, as they evolved into Miles ideal of a leaderless jamming ensemble, that truly immortalized them.

Culled from original state-owned television and radio sources in Belgium, Denmark, and France, this set contains three northern European performances over the course of nine days in October and November 1967. Live In Europe 1967 – The Bootleg Series Vol. 1 is the best historical album of 2012, according to the Downbeat Critics Poll 2012.

Live In Europe 1967 The Bootleg Series Vol. 1 is available as a deluxe 5LP boxset, housed in a lift-off box. The set includes printed inner sleeves and a 16-page booklet with exclusive photos and liner notes by jazz-historian Ashley Kahn.

Tracklist:

LP1 – Side A
October 28, 1967, Koningin Elizabethzaal Antwerp, Belgium
1. Agitation
2. Footprints
3. Round Midnight

LP2 – Side B
October 28, 1967, Koningin Elizabethzaal Antwerp, Belgium
1. No Blues
2. Riot
3. On Green Dolphin Street

LP 2 – Side C
October 28, 1967, Koningin Elizabethzaal Antwerp, Belgium
1. Masqualero
2. Gingerbread Boy
3. Theme

LP 2 – Side D
November 2, 1967, Tivoli Konsertsal Copenhagen, Denmark
1. Agitation
2. Footprints
3. Round Midnight

LP 3 – Side E
November 2, 1967, Tivoli Konsertsal Copenhagen, Denmark
1. No Blues
2. Masqualero

LP 3 – Side F
November 6, 1967, Salle Pleyel Paris, France
1. Masqualero
2. I Fall In Love Too Easily

LP 4 – Side G
November 6, 1967, Salle Pleyel Paris, France
1. Round Midnight
2. No Blues

LP 4 – Side H
November 6, 1967, Salle Pleyel Paris, France
1. Masqualero
2. I Fall In Love Too Easily

LP 5 – Side I
November 6, 1967, Salle Pleyel Paris, France
1. Riot
2. Walkin

LP 5 – Side J
November 6, 1967, Salle Pleyel Paris, France
1. On Green Dolphin Street
2. The Theme