Showing posts with label Miles Davis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Miles Davis. Show all posts

Monday, January 27, 2014

Miles At The Fillmore : The Bootleg Series Vol. 3

Next month the 3rd part in the Bootleg Series of Live recordings by Miles Davis will be issued.



It are recordings from June 1970 at The Fillmore East.

Recordings details are the following :

MILES AT THE FILLMORE – Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3

(Columbia/Legacy 88765 43381 2)

Disc One (Fillmore East, Wednesday, June 17, 1970) – Selections: 1. Introduction by Bill Graham • 2. Directions • 3. The Mask • 4. It’s About That Time • 5. Bitches Brew • 6. The Theme • Bonus tracks (Fillmore West, April 11, 1970): 7. Paraphernalia • 8. Footprints.

Disc Two (Fillmore East, Thursday, June 18, 1970) – Selections: 1. Directions • 2. The Mask • 3. It’s About That Time • 4. Bitches Brew • 5. The Theme • 6. Spanish Key (Encore) • 7. The Theme.

Disc Three (Fillmore East, Friday, June 19, 1970) – Selections: 1. Directions • 2. The Mask • 3. It’s About That Time • 4. I Fall In Love Too Easily • 5. Sanctuary • 6. Bitches Brew • 7. The Theme • Bonus track (Fillmore West, April 11, 1970): 8. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down.

Disc Four (Fillmore East, Saturday, June 20, 1970) – Selections: 1. Directions • 2. The Mask • 3. It’s About That Time • 4. I Fall In Love Too Easily • 5. Sanctuary • 6. Bitches Brew • 7. Willie Nelson • 8. The Theme.

All selections are previously unissued.

Note: All Fillmore East selections originally issued in drastically edited form on the double-LP, Miles Davis: At Fillmore (Columbia 30038, released October 28, 1970).

More info can be obtained at Miles Dvais official website here.

Monday, November 25, 2013

Tutu

 
 
Tomorrow tuesday November 26th. France Musique will broadcast a 1,5h during radio program dedicated to Tutu... Starts at 11h00 Paris time...

http://www.francemusique.fr/emission/le-matin-des-musiciens-du-mardi/2013-2014/tutu-de-miles-davis-avec-vincent-cotro-11-26-2013-00-00
A live stream or a podcast is available, i'll record the fm signal as well.

Enjoy!


Saturday, April 20, 2013

(Upcoming Release) Miles Davis – “The Kinda Blue Sessions ’59″ 180g LP + CD

 From here :


At this point the importance of Miles Davis groundbreaking work on his 1959 release Kind of Blue is well-established. Recorded over two dates in 1959 (March 2nd and April 22nd at Columbia’s 30th Street Studio) and featuring the legendary “First Sextet” lineup of  Davis, Julian Adderley, John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly/Bill Evans (Kelly was on “Freddie Freeloader”), Paul Chambers and James Cobb. This is the band that Davis started his experimentation with modal jazz and the move away from his hard bop style. Though Kind of Blue is heralded as the pinnacle of modal style, Davis had already been working with it on his 1958 release Milestones, suggesting that Coltrane was the catalyst of this move.
Kind of Blue stands head and shoulders above many other jazz releases in popularity– depending on who you believe, it may be the greatest selling jazz release of all time. It certainly represents an important release in my jazz collection. When people who are unfamiliar with jazz ask me where to start listening, it is a safe bet to suggest Kind of Blue. So much about the album lends itself to being a springboard of sorts to more jazz– Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans’s participation alone will send the newly motivated jazz investigator down some very important and landmark releases in the jazz canon.
Of course, these facts are not lost on the label custodian of Miles Davis’s catalog– Sony/BMG. I don’t think I can even count the reissues of just Kind of Blue that have happened over the years. For the 50th Anniversary of Kind of Blue in 2008, Sony Legacy released a beautifully-packaged release that included a clear-blue vinyl stereo LP (which fixed the long-standing mastering error that had side 2 at the wrong speed), 1 CD of Kind of Blue with an alternate take of  ”Flamenco Sketches” and session chatter, 1 CD with five tracks from a May 26, 1958 session and a live version of “So What” from April 9, 1960 in Holland. There was also a DVD documentary of the album, and a beautiful book, posters and photos. This is the version I have in my collection.
So, I was surprised to see in the Record Store Day list diligently maintained at Wax Poetic the mention of an LP called The Kinda Blue Sessions ’59. Some quick googling turned up some information about it, but not a lot of details. It is on Birdland Records and distributed by RedEye. (Birdland also has an interesting Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Munich ’59 live release). At SpinCD’s website, they provide the tracklist and credits:
Side One
1.Freddie Freeloader session
2.So What session
Side Two
1.Blue in Green session
2.All Blues session.
Musicians: Miles Davis – Trumpet, John Coltrane – Tenor sax, Bill Evans – Piano (S1 T2. S2 T1&2) Wyn Kelly – Piano (S1 T1), Julian Adderly- Alto Sax (All except S2 T1), Paul Chambers – Bass James Cobb- Drums
Based on the research I’ve done, I suspect that this is possibly a partial release of the bootleg commonly known as Kind of Blue Studio Sessions and Outtakes.
Initially I was a little concerned that this would be a release of only the additional tracks on the first CD of the 2008 Sony Legacy release of false starts and studio sequences. In fact, these are in exactly the same order, but it’s missing the tracks from “Flamenco Sketches” making this a release that– including the “Flamenco Sketches” chatter and false starts would have only been 10 minutes long!
7. Freddie Freeloader studio sequence 1 from the 3/2/59 sessions (0:51)
8. Freddie Freeloader false start from the 3/2/59 sessions (1:25)
9. Freddie Freeloader studio sequence 2 from the 3/2/59 sessions (1:26)
10. So What studio sequence 1 from the 3/2/59 sessions (1:53)
11. So What studio sequence 2 from the 3/2/59 sessions (0:59)
12. Blue in Green studio sequence from the 3/2/59 sessions (1:59)
13. Flamenco Sketches – studio sequence 1 from the 4/22/59 sessions (0:42)
14. Flamenco Sketches – studio sequence 2 from the 4/22/59 sessions (1:09)
15. All Blues – studio sequence from the 4/22/59 sessions (0:18)
But, the notable absence of the “Flamenco Sketches” sequences and the one outtake that they released on the Legacy release of  ”Flamenco Sketches” would make this, although interesting from a collector’s standpoint, a pretty lame release out of the context of full songs. Especially at $29 MSRP.
The Kind of Blue Studio Sessions and Outtakes notes lists this track listing:
Tracks 1,2,3 > March 2, 1959 (2:30pm to 5:30pm and 7:00pm to 10:00pm)
Tracks 5,6 > April 22, 1959 (2:30pm to 5:30pm)
Columbia 30th Street Studio, New-York, USA
Tracks:
1. FREDDIE FREELOADER SESSION (13’38)
2. SO WHAT SESSION (12’53)
3. BLUE IN GREEN SESSION (11’13)
4. FLAMENCO SKETCHES SESSION (24’10)
5. ALL BLUES SESSION (11’53)
Since we know that an LP can be at the most 24 minutes per side, if  you take out the 24 minutes of “Flamenco Sketches,” it would fit on one LP. Though, they could include “Flamenco Sketches” as a bonus track on the CD they are including.
The only caveat I’d mention here is that these recordings are direct dumps of the safety masters of each of the sessions (Columbia 62290, 62291, 62292, 62293, 62294) and include the tape starts and stops and have some cut outs– possibly from the tape edits? I suspect that due to the very few extra full takes available, this may include takes that were used on the official release of Kind of Blue, which begs the question about the legitimacy of the release.
Based on the wonderful Miles Ahead Sessions Information database which articulates all of the details of the sessions down to the studio chatter, here is what I know about the possible tracks:
1. Freddie Freeloader Session – This is Take 2, Take 3, Take 4 – An Edit of Take 4 was used on the official release.
2. So What Session – This is the full Take 3- An Edit of Take 3 was used on the official release. The bootleg includes Cannonball Adderley singing “with a song in my heart…” at the end.
3. Blue in Green Session – Take 2, Take 3, Take 4, Take 5 – An Edit of Take 5 was used on the official release.
4. All Blues Session – Take 1 – An Edit (faded) version was used on the official release. The bootleg includes the unfaded end with Paul Chambers panting at the end and saying “Damn…” part of  ”Damn that’s a hard mother!”
If this release is the Kind of Blue Sessions and Outtakes version, I’ll be happy to have this in my collection! The sound is incredible– which isn’t surprising considering the source, but certainly one I’d play. It’s great to hear the musicians working through what would become one of the most important jazz albums in history.
Read this interesting piece on NPR called “Between the Takes” by Ashley Kahn which was also used in the hardbound book included in the 50th Anniversary box of Kind of Blue.

Monday, September 10, 2012

Miles Davis : a new book


 There's a new book (in french) on Miles.

Here's the description :

Miles de A à Z
Franck BERGEROT

De ses débuts (vers la fin des années 1930) à sa mort le 28 septembre 1991, Miles Davis a traversé et initié les grands courants de l’histoire du jazz sans jamais s’y identifier, débordant même de leurs frontières en direction du rock, du funk, de la musique contemporaine ou du zouk. Véritable créateur d’univers doté de qualités de démiurge, il a su bâtir sa légende autour de sa personne physique d’une rare beauté, de ses conquêtes féminines, de sa réussite sociale incarnée par ses voitures et ses costumes, de sa biographie traversée d’éclats et de déprimes, de son combat contre la drogue et la maladie, le racisme et l’industrie musicale. Il a suscité une littérature que son autobiographie et ses nombreuses interviews ont alimentée en confusions et contradictions. Franck Bergerot s’est livré à une synthèse des connaissances actuelles sous la forme d’un dictionnaire regroupant plus de 200 entrées, d’Agharta son album de 1975 à Joe Zawinul en passant par George Avakian qui le fit entrer chez Columbia, Jo Gelbard, sa dernière compagne avec laquelle il cosigna une grande partie de son oeuvre picturale, guitare pour faire le point sur le rôle joué par cet instruments dans sa musique, etc. Un ouvrage autant d’érudition que de passion. Le livre qu’il manquait pour vraiment tout savoir sur Miles Davis.

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Miles Davis Playboy Interview

http://www.milesdavis.com/us/news/miles-davis-recognized-50-years-playboy-interview


Friday, August 31, 2012

Miles Davis : news and an interview

Some news and updates on Miles' childhood home.

And here's an interview from 1982, The Today Show :


Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Pete Cosey R.I.P.



News reached TuneUp that Pet Cosey passed away  this morning. No details available for the moment except it has been "confirmed" here.

Update : The Chicago Reader published a short obituary.

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Miles Davis in The Guardian

A short article on Miles in The Guardian from a few years ago, nevertheless enjoy the read!




Monday, April 23, 2012

Teddy Charles and Miles Davis



Some more obituaries on Teddy Charles can be found here and here.

Dont' forget to check out Noal Cohens article on Mr. Charles here.

And while you started reading you can jump to an article on Miles' Dark Magus here.

Happy reading!


Tuesday, April 17, 2012

The Second Quintet



Within two hours (at 11.00 AM)  will start a radio program on France Musique dedicated to Miles Davis' Second Quintet.

More info to be found here where you can also listen at it online.

Enjoy!

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Miles Davis Biopic : Teaser Posters

Check out Miles Davis Online here for a look at some teaser posters of the Milesbiopic.

I really like this one :



Monday, January 23, 2012

ROIO of the week : 2001 Wall to Wall Miles Davis Tribute

Someone pointed out that cd 1 & 2 are not available (anymore?)? At least the post disappeared, so here they are again.






Wall to Wall Miles Davis
2001-03-24
Symphony Space, New York, NY.
FM Broadcast
A Quality
cdr in trade--eac--flac

Disc 1:

Bitches Brew - Bobby Previte's Voodoo Down Orchestra
1. 18:40

Relaxin' With Miles - Terell Strafford Quartet
w/ Terell Strafford (tp), Ed Howard (b), George Colligan (p), Victor Lewis (d)
2. 7:31
3. 9:40

The Hot Spot - Olu Dara (tp)
4. 8:56
5. 3:02

ESP - Bobby Watson & HORIZON feat. Victor Lewis (d)
w/ Terell Strafford (tp), Edward Simon (p), Curtis Lundy (b)
6. 10:27 "Freedom Jazz Dance"
7. 6:05 "Gingerbread Boy" (Heath)


Disc 2:

Mileselektronika - Hagans/Belden Animation Project feat. DJ Kingsize
w/ Tim Hagans (tp), Bob Belden (tenor sax), Scott Kinsey (p), David Dyson (b), Zach Danzinger (d)
1. 0:51 Intro
2. 14:56 "Paraphernilia" (Wayne Shorter)

Live/Evil - Sex Mob w/ Bill Frisell (g) & DJ Logic
w/ Steven Bernstein (tp), Briggan Krauss (alto sax), Tony Scherr (b), Kenny Wolleson (d)
3. 18:12 *** ==> 2 tracks?

Song & Surprise - Jane Ira Bloom (soprano sax)
w/ Bobby Previte (d), Cameron Brown (b), Vincent Bourgeyx
4. 20:49 *** ==> 3-4 tracks?

Someday My Prince Will Come - The Campbell Brothers
w/ Malcolm Kirby (b)
5. 3:12 "Someday My Prince Will Come"
6. 3:59 "Summertime" (George Gershwin)
7. 6:45 "All Blues" (Miles Davis)

The Miles Experience - Nora York
w/ Claire Daly, Dave Hofstra, Ronnie Williams
8. 7:09 "So What" (Miles Davis)

Friday, December 23, 2011

R.O.I.O. of the Week : Miles Davis - Live in Berlin (1969) [Gambit 69331]

Here's some real nice music for the holiday season. Enjoy it, and of course Tune Up wishes you a Merry Christmas.

Miles Davis
Live In Berlin & Montreux (1969)
[Gambit 69331]


1 - 6 :  Philharmonie, Berlin,  1969.11.07
7 - 9 : La Pinède, Juan-les-Pins, Antibes, 1969.07.25

1. Introduction
2. Directions
3. Bitches Brew
4. It's about that time
5. I Fall in Love Too Easily
6. Sanctuarry - The Theme
7. Milestones
8. Footprints
9. Round Midnight




Thursday, November 17, 2011

ROIO of the Week : Wall To Wall 2001 Miles Davis Tribute

Fourth and final installment of the Wall to Wall 2001 Tribute to Miles: cd's 7 & 8 made it so to sendspace for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!
(Links are at the usual place)
 




Wall to Wall Miles Davis
2001-03-24
Symphony Space, New York, NY.
FM Broadcast
A Quality
cdr in trade--eac--flac

Disc 7:

Sketches of Spain - Maria Schneider Orchestra
w/ soloists Wallace Roney (tp) & Miles Evans (tp, Gil Evans's son)
1. 9:43 "Concierto de Aranjuez" (Joaquin Rodrigo)
2. 8:16 continued
3. 3:57 "Will O' The Wisp"
4. 4:04 "The Pan Piper"
5. 5:48 "Saeta"
6. 10:44 "Solea"

The Street - Paquito D'Rivera
7. 11:58

===============
Disc 8:

All Blues - Vernon Reid & Masque
w/ Steven Bernstein (tp), Micah Gaugh (ts), Hank Schroy (b), Marlon Browden (d), Leon Gruenbaum (keys) & DJ Logic (turntables)
1. 13:27 "Right Off" (Miles Davis)
2. 8:39 "Freddie Freeloader" (Miles Davis)

Code M.D. - Adam Holzman and Brave New World
3. 2:06
4. 4:08
5. 7:06

Homage - Wallace Roney
w/ Antonie Roney (sax), Adam Holzman (p), Buster Williams (b), Lenny White (d)
6. 11:52 "
7. 7:45 "The Brown Hornet (Frelon brun)"
8. 9:59 "Porscia"/"Time After Time"/Credits

Monday, November 14, 2011

Miles Trees Blog

Some shameless selfpromotion...

In april I started another blog dedicated to the old MilesTrees.Org site which spread a lot of Miles Davis recordings.

I'll try to update the blog the following months and hope to see you there as well.

Thanks in advance.