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The Cellar Door Sessions

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Released
  
December 27, 2005

Artist
  
Miles Davis

Producer
  
Teo Macero

Length
  
349:58

Release date
  
27 December 2005

Label
  
Legacy Recordings

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Recorded
  
December 16–19, 1970, The Cellar Door, Georgetown, Washington D.C., USA

The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 (1970)
  
The Complete On the Corner Sessions (1972-75)

Genres
  
Jazz, Jazz fusion, Funk, Avant-garde jazz

Similar
  
Miles Davis albums, Jazz albums

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The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 is a boxed live album released in 2005. It was recorded over several nights in 1970 at the Washington D. C. nightclub The Cellar Door.

Contents

Significant portions of Davis' Live-Evil were edited and compiled from the music that appears on discs 5 and 6.

Live-Evil and this collection are the only official recordings of John McLaughlin's live performances with Miles Davis.

Disc 1

Wednesday, December 16 (1st set)

  1. "Directions" (Joe Zawinul) 8:55
  2. "Yesternow" (Miles Davis) 17:05
  3. "What I Say" (Davis) 13:12
  4. "Improvisation #1" (Keith Jarrett) 4:29
  5. "Inamorata" (Davis) 13:59

Disc 2

Thursday, December 17 (2nd set)

  1. "What I Say" 13:33
  2. "Honky Tonk" (Davis) 19:59
  3. "It's About That Time" (Davis) 14:41
  4. "Improvisation #2" (Jarrett) 6:39
  5. "Inamorata" 14:33
  6. "Sanctuary" (Wayne Shorter) 0:30

Disc 3

Friday, December 18 (2nd set)

  1. "Directions" 13:11
  2. "Honky Tonk" 18:31
  3. "What I Say" 15:09

Disc 4

Friday, December 18 (3rd set)

  1. "Directions" 11:53
  2. "Honky Tonk" 17:00
  3. "What I Say" 14:12
  4. "Sanctuary" 2:03
  5. "Improvisation #3" (Jarrett) 5:04
  6. "Inamorata" 15:14

Disc 5

Saturday, December 19 (2nd set)

  1. "Directions" 15:09
  2. "Honky Tonk" 20:49
  3. "What I Say" 21:31

Disc 6

Saturday, December 19 (3rd set)

  1. "Directions" 19:04
  2. "Improvisation #4" (Jarrett) 5:03
  3. "Inamorata" 18:27
  4. "Sanctuary" 2:12
  5. "It's About That Time" 7:49

Personnel

  • Miles Davis: electric trumpet with wah-wah
  • Gary Bartz: soprano sax and alto sax, flute
  • Keith Jarrett: Fender Rhodes electric piano, Fender Contempo organ
  • Michael Henderson: electric bass
  • Jack DeJohnette: drums
  • Airto Moreira: percussion, cuica (CDs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

    • Guest musician:

  • John McLaughlin: electric guitar (CDs 5, 6 only)

    • References

    The Cellar Door Sessions Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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