Miles Davis Storyville 2CD

[romualdo]

Storyville have recently released a twofer of various live broadcasts

These have been previously released & are currently available on the following CD's

1. Live In Zurich - Gambit

2. European Tour '56 - Definitive

3. Live Recordings 48-57 (Disc 13) - United Archives

4. Live Recordings 48-57 (Disc 10) - United Archives

MILES DAVIS, trumpet on all track accompained by:

CD 1

[1-4] JAM SESSION :

Zoot Sims (ts), Gerry Mulligan (bs),

Thelonious Monk (p), Percy Heath (b)

& Connie Kay (d).

Freebody Park, Newport, RI, July 17, 1955.

[5-7] Lester Young (ts), Rene Urtreger (p)

Pierre Michelot (b) & Christian Garros (d)

Kongresshaus, Zurich, November 19, 1956.

[8-9] MILES DAVIS QUINTET:

Bobby Jaspar (ts), Tommy Flanagan (p),

Paul Chambers (b) & Philly Joe Jones (d).

Birdland, New York, October 17 - 30, 1957.

[10-12] MILES DAVIS WITH THE ERWIN LEHN ORCHESTRA

Horst Jankowski (p), Peter Witte (b), Herman Mutschler (d), Erwin Lehn (cond),

rest unknow. Beethoven Saal, Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany, December 18, 1957.

Tracks:

01. Introduction by Duke Ellington (1:26)

02. Hackensack (7:51)

03. ‘Round About Midnight (6:03)

04. Now’s The Time (8:30)

05. Four (2:52)

06. Walkin’ (2:35)

07. Oh ! Lady Be Good (5:34)

08. All Of You (8:27)

09. Four (4:28)

10. Yesterdays (2:36)

11. ‘ Round About Midnight (4:36)

12. Walkin’ (2:16)

Total time 57:32

CD 2: MILES DAVIS QUINTET: Live in zürich

John Coltrane (ts), Wynton Kelly (p),

Paul Chambers (b) & Jimy Cobb (d)

Kongresshaus, Zurich April 8, 1960.

Tracks:

01. If I Were A Bell (16:44)

02. Fran-Dance (7:39)

03. So What (15:24)

04. All Blues (17:04)

05. The Theme (0:51)

Total time 57:44

Wonder what the source material was for this release? - none of it has been released by Storyville in the past

Anyone picked this one up yet?

Any comments on sound quality

[JETman]

Live in Zurich WAS released by Jazz Unlimited, which as I understand it, is affiliated with Storyville:

http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-in-zurich-r2129631

[brownie]

CD1 from that double Storyville CD was also released years ago on the Jazz Unlimited label that was used by Storyville to issue rare broadcasts material.

[JETman]

CD1 from that double Storyville CD was also released years ago on the Jazz Unlimited label that was used by Storyville to issue rare broadcasts material.

Did you not see my post right above yours?

[king ubu]

Yeah, it's really just a reissue of two previous Jazz Unlimited (hence Storyville) discs:

Miscellaneous Miles 1955-1957

Live in Zurich 1960

Got both of these, needless to say they're good.

The Misc disc has the entire Newport "comeback" set (the famed "Round Midnight" was also released in the meantime by Sony/Legacy on the Legacy Edition of "Round About Midnight"), two rare tracks of the junkie-less band when Bobby Jaspar held the sax chair (while Coltrane, Red and Philly were out)... the Zurich set is somewhat more mellow than the Paris and Stockholm concerts of the same tour, and I think that makes it so enjoyable (although it's a bit less good than those, I think... I just love the super-charged atmosphere of the Paris set).

[romualdo]

OK, it makes sense now

thanks

[Pete C]

Got both of these, needless to say they're good.

The Misc disc has the entire Newport "comeback" set (the famed "Round Midnight" was also released in the meantime by Sony/Legacy on the Legacy Edition of "Round About Midnight"), two rare tracks of the junkie-less band when Bobby Jaspar held the sax chair (while Coltrane, Red and Philly were out)... the Zurich set is somewhat more mellow than the Paris and Stockholm concerts of the same tour, and I think that makes it so enjoyable (although it's a bit less good than those, I think... I just love the super-charged atmosphere of the Paris set).

Yeah, I have those two too. Some of you may remember that Horst Jankowski had a cheesy mid-'60s instrumental hit, "A Walk in the Black Forest." I was not previously aware of the Jazz Unlimited/Storyville connection. Of course, some of credit for the super-charged atmosphere of the Paris set can go to the warring Parisians in the house.

Edited May 8, 2012 by Pete C

[medjuck]

Is all that whistling during Trane's solos in Paris the equivalent of booing?

[Daniel A]

I believe there's an old thread on the subject of the Paris concert. Some people in the audience were definitely annoyed, but as I recall it one board member (who might even have been present that night) could attest there was also whistling from excitement.

[Pete C]

I believe there's an old thread on the subject of the Paris concert. Some people in the audience were definitely annoyed, but as I recall it one board member (who might even have been present that night) could attest there was also whistling from excitement.

I'm pretty sure the noise was a combination of warring factions.

FWIW, from Wikipedia:

During this period, critics were fiercely divided in their estimation of Coltrane, who had radically altered his style. Audiences, too, were perplexed; in France he was famously booed during his final tour with Davis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coltrane

Edited May 8, 2012 by Pete C

[king ubu]

There you go:

I quoted some of the comments from the CD booklet in post #12.