Miles Davis: Live In Paris
Author: Brian Priestley
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Complete 1960 Holland Concerts
Musicians: |
Miles Davis |
Label: |
Green Corner |
Magazine Review Date: |
August/2014 |
Media Format: |
3 CDs |
Catalogue Number: |
100890 |
RecordDate: |
9 April and 15 October 1960/28 March 1960 |
Live in Paris
Musicians: |
André ‘Déde’ Ceccarelli (d) |
Label: |
Challenge Jazz |
Magazine Review Date: |
July/2020 |
Catalogue Number: |
CHR70126 |
RecordDate: |
22-24 April 2001 |
It's lately been open season on tapes from Miles' first European tours, featuring Coltrane and then Stitt. You'll recall The Manchester Concert with Stitt (Jazzwise 186) which, like the above, had been out before on harder-to-find labels, but both these issues stem from official radio recordings (unlike Manchester, of course!) The Paris release, containing two sets each by the two quintets, has evidence of audience hostility to the adventurous Coltrane, who plays his two farthest-out solos at the start of each concert – so it's inevitable the performances with Stitt on similar material fall a bit flat. Surprisingly, the Green Corner set (with notes by one of Andorra's finest) has two CDs that are absolutely identical to the recent Nederlands Jazz Archief album So What (Jazzwise 179), including one gig each with Trane and Stitt. But more surprising, given there's no clue in the billing, is the third CD comprising just Coltrane and the Miles rhythm-section – the first half consists of the occasion Davis failed to show for an afternoon concert, while the rest is from the TV session opposite Getz and Oscar Peterson, which the trumpeter again nixed (previously available on Coltrane's Jazz Icons DVD). It's fascinating to hear Trane playing the heads on familiar Davis repertoire and then taking the first solo. Clearly this makes for a superior purchase than the Frémeaux set, and indeed than the Nederlands Jazz Archief release it has copied wholesale.

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