ALL TRACKS PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED
This release presents rare ever before heard Miles Davis performances taken from Paris broadcasts made in 1956 and 1957. On the majority of these recordings, Davis is backed by a quartet that consisted of Frenchmen Barney Wilen, René Urtreger and Pierre Michelot, plus American expatriate Kenny Clarke, while the long version of “Lady Be Good” pairs Miles with the great Lester Young. Two additional unissued broadcasts by the Miles Davis Quintet with Sonny Rollins, taped at the Café Bohemia in 1957, have been added as a bonus.
PERSONNEL:
[1-9]
MILES DAVIS, trumpet
BARNEY WILEN, tenor sax (out on 8-9)
RENÉ URTREGER, piano
PIERRE MICHELOT, bass
KENNY CLARKE, drums.
[1-6] Broadcast from the Olympia, Paris, France, November 30, 1957.
[7-9] ORTF TV broadcast, ORTF Studios, Paris, France, December 7, 1957.
[10] Same personnel as above except LESTER YOUNG (ts) replaces
WILENand CHRISTIAN GARROS (d) replaces CLARKE.
ORTF Radio Broadcast, Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, November 2, 1956.
[11-14] Bonus tracks:
MILES DAVIS (tp), SONNY ROLLINS (ts), RED GARLAND (p), PAUL CHAMBERS (b),
ART TAYLOR (d).
Café Bohemia, New York, July 20 (tracks 11-12) & July 27 (tracks 13-14), 1957.
TRACKS:
01. Bags’ Groove
02. Tune Up
03. Four
04. Walkin’
05. No Moe
06. ‘Round Midnight
07. Lady Bird
08. Four
09. What’s New? [Incomplete]
10. Lady Be Good!
11. Dear Old Stockholm
12. Bags’ Groove/S’posin’
13. Bye Bye, Blackbird
14. Tune Up
Total Time: 77:55
BEPERKTE VOORRAAD, LEVERING OP BESTELLING.
