Released January 29, 2013 Length 177:41 Label Columbia Records | Genre Jazz-fusion Release date 29 January 2013 | |
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Recorded July 25 & 26 and November 5 & 7, 1969 Live in Europe 1969 The Bootleg Series Vol. 2
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Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 is a 3 CD + 1 DVD live album of the Miles Davis Quintet featuring saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Chick Corea, bassist Dave Holland, and drummer Jack DeJohnette. The CDs contain recordings of two concerts in France and one in Sweden and the DVD has an additional concert recorded in Germany.
Contents
The first two discs were recorded at the Festival Mondial du Jazz d'Antibes, La Pinède in Juan-les-Pins, France, on July 25 & 26, 1969 with the first concert originally released in Japan in 1993 as 1969 Miles Festiva De Juan Pins. The third disc contains the concert from November 5, 1969 at the Folkets Hus, Stockholm. The DVD was recorded in West Germany on 7 November 1969 at the Berliner Jazztage in the Berlin Philharmonie.
Reception
Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 received positive reviews on release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a score of 91, based on 11 reviews which is categorised as universal acclaim. Thom Jurek's review on Allmusic stated "Live in Europe, 1969 makes obvious that on this tour, Davis' creative vision was holistic and completely assured. These fire-breathing performances offer a band at fever pitch hearing and playing what they knew even then was a new chapter in jazz history". In his review for the Los Angeles Times, Chris Barton observed ""Live in Europe 1969" documents the trumpeter's restless exploration at liftoff". PopMatters', Matthew Flander gave the album 10 out of 10 saying "It was as powerful a set of players as Davis ever played with, but it also did its own thing, carving out a space that was equal parts eccentric and classic, innovative and authoritative" The Guardian's John Fordham said "The intensity is somewhat relentless, and there is a warts-and-all feel to sound quality and some of the improvising, but this is newly emerging and influential music still in the furnace".
Track listing
All compositions by Miles Davis except as indicated
Disc One:
- Introduction by André Francis - 0:27
- "Directions" (Joe Zawinul) - 6:06
- "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" - 9:10
- "Milestones" - 13:53
- "Footprints" (Wayne Shorter) - 11:37
- "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 8:59
- "It's About That Time" - 9:24
- "Sanctuary" (Shorter) - 4:15
- "The Theme" - 0:53
Disc Two:
- Introduction by André Francis - 0:26
- "Directions" (Zawinul) - 6:17
- "Spanish Key" - 10:36
- "I Fall in Love Too Easily" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 2:54
- "Masqualero" (Wayne Shorter) - 8:28
- "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" - 8:46
- "No Blues" - 13:34
- "Nefertiti" (Shorter) - 8:50
- "Sanctuary" (Shorter) - 3:32
- "The Theme" - 0:48
Disc Three:
- Introduction by George Wein - 0:30
- "Bitches Brew" - 14:38
- "Paraphernalia" (Shorter) - 9:19
- "Nefertiti" (Shorter) - 10:02
- "Masqualero" [Incomplete] (Shorter) - 8:02
- "This" (Chick Corea) - 6:18
Disc Four: DVD
- Introduction by John O'Brien-Docker - 2:07
- "Directions" (Zawinul) - 6:42
- "Bitches Brew" - 13:39
- "It's About That Time" - 14:09
- "I Fall in Love Too Easily" (Cahn, Styne) - 3:39
- "Sanctuary" (Shorter) - 3:55
- "The Theme" - 1:11
Personnel
Songs
Introduction by André Francis0:27
Directions6:06
Miles Runs The Voodoo Down9:10