Miles Davis-Tad Dameron Quintet at Salle Pleyel, May '49

[Guy Berger]

I don't care what label it's on though I would prefer better sound.

According to Losin there are three dates:

May 8, 1949 (8 items; TT = 19:35)

Salle Pleyel, Paris (France)

Commercial for Columbia

Miles Davis-Tadd Dameron Quintet

Miles Davis (tpt); James Moody (ts); Tadd Dameron (p); Barney Spieler (b); Kenny Clarke (d)

1 Introduction 0:25

2 Rifftide (T. Monk) 4:08

Announcements continue until 0:46. Davis quotes "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie" at 1:17, and uses "Country Gardens" at the beginning of his exchanges with Clarke (2:59-3:03). Listed as "Lady Be Good (unissued)" on Philology 849.

3 Introduction 0:04

"For our next selection we'd like to play an original by Tadd Dameron, 'Good Bait'..."

4 Good Bait (T. Dameron-C. Basie) 5:32

Voiceover announcement 0:18-0:42.

5 Introduction 0:13

"And now, 'Don't Blame Me'..."

6 Don't Blame Me (D. Fields-J. McHugh) 4:16

Moody out. Voiceover announcement 0:01-0:05.

7 Introduction 0:04

"An original written by Tadd Dameron, 'Lady Bird'..."

8 Lady Bird (T. Dameron) 4:53

May 8, 9, 12, 14, or 15, 1949 (9 items; TT = 34:19)

Salle Pleyel, Paris (France)

Commercial for Columbia

Miles Davis-Tadd Dameron Quintet

Miles Davis (tpt); James Moody (ts); Tadd Dameron (p); Barney Spieler (b); Kenny Clarke (d)

1 Wahoo (T. Dameron) [Perdido] 5:33

2 Wee (D. Best) [Allen's Alley] 4:24

3 Introduction 0:02

"And now, 'Embraceable You'..."

4 Embraceable You (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) 4:00

Davis plays the "Country Gardens" tag with an extended trill (3:41-3:51).

5 Ornithology (C. Parker-B. Harris) 3:46

6 All the Things You Are (J. Kern-O. Hammerstein) 4:11

7 The Squirrel (T. Dameron) 4:02

8 Crazy Rhythm (I. Caesar-J. Meyer-R.W. Kahn) 3:36

9 All the Things You Are (J. Kern-O. Hammerstein) 4:45

Voiceover introduction 0:00-0:30.

May 15, 1949 (1 item; TT = 4:54)

Salle Pleyel, Paris (France)

ORTF radio broadcast

All-Star jam session

Miles Davis (tpt); Aime Barelli (tpt); Oran "Hot Lips" Page (tpt); Kenny Dorham (tpt); Bill Coleman (tpt); Russell "Big Chief" Moore (tb); Hubert Rostaing (cl); Sidney Bechet (ss); Charlie Parker (as); Don Byas (ts); James Moody (ts); Hazy Osterwald (vb); Jean "Toots" Thielemans (g); Al Haig (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max Roach (d)

1 Blues Final (S. Bechet) (incomplete) [Farewell Blues] 4:54

Shorter version (3:46) on all issues except Vogue YX-0001 and JFCD 22882.

[marcello]

Try this: Miles

and this: Barnes and Noble

or: MTV

Circuit City

Amazon

Edited May 29, 2008 by marcello

[Big Beat Steve]

There has been a thread dedicated to these recordings here some months ago, launched by the guy who did the remastering for a recent CD re-reissue of those concert recordings IIRC.

The big point made was that fidelity had been improved considerably for that recent CD reissue (though this is not the CBS or Jazz Factory reissue show in Marcello's links).

The search function ought to yield it.

That said, I'm still quite happy with my CBS LP of those recordings.

Edited May 29, 2008 by Big Beat Steve

[Swinging Swede]

That would be the Pristine Audio version.

Here's the link to the thread:

thread about Miles In Paris on Pristine Audio

And here's the Pristine Audo website link where you can listen to the entire Good Bait. Sounds good!

PAJZ004 - Miles In Paris - Miles Davis & Tadd Dameron Quintet