Miles Davis - Miles In France 1963 & 1964 — Miles Davis Quintet: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8 (Vinyl Boxset)

Miles In France 1963 & 1964 - The Miles Davis Quintet: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 / MILES IN FRANCE is the eighth installment in the celebrated Miles Davis Bootleg Series and this edition focuses on the birth of the Second Great Quintet in 1963 and 1964. The music heard here represents the sound of an end and a beginning coming through at once. The set contains 5 separate performances of the Miles Davis Quintet spread over 8 LPs and the energy and depth of feeling in the transcendent playing hint at the special relationship Miles and the group had with the French nation that embraced them in a way their homeland would not. It contains over 4 hours of revelatory, unreleased live music featuring Miles backed by George Coleman (on the 1963 recordings), Wayne Shorter (on the 1964 recordings), Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams. This set expands on the 1964 live album MILES IN EUROPE which documented the Miles Davis Quintet's performance at the Festival Mondial du Jazz in Antibes in July 1963. While that album included a single edited set across 2LPs, this will include all three very distinct performances from Antibes along with two never-before-released concerts from October 1964 in Paris, by which time Wayne Shorter had joined the band, so you could hear the Second Great Quintet come together before your ears. The audio has been lovingly mixed and mastered in the highest quality possible and the 8 LPs are packaged in 4 gatefold jackets housed in a luxe slipcase box with a die-cut O-card and a 20 page book that includes dozens of unseen photos, ephemera and extensive liner notes by noted journalist Marcus J. Moore.

Tracklisting

Disc 1 Side A (Live at Festival Mondial Du Jazz Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins, France - July 26, 1963)

1. Introduction by Andre Francis 
   
2. So What 
3. All Blues 

Disc 1 Side B (Live at Festival Mondial Du Jazz Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins, France - July 26, 1963)

1. Stella By Starlight 
2. Seven Steps to Heaven 

Disc 2 Side A (Live at Festival Mondial Du Jazz Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins, France - July 26, 1963)

1. Walkin' 
2. My Funny Valentine 

Disc 2 Side B (Live at Festival Mondial Du Jazz Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins, France - July 26, 1963)

1. Joshua 
2. The Theme 
3. Closing announcement by Andre Francis 

Disc 3 Side A (Live at Festival Mondial Du Jazz Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins, France - July 27, 1963)

1. Introduction by Andre Francis
   
2. Autumn Leaves 
   
3. Milestones 
   

Disc 3 Side B (Live At Festival Mondial Du Jazz Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins, France - July 27, 1963)

1. I Thought About You 
   
2. Joshua 
   

Disc 4 Side A (Live at Festival Mondial Du Jazz Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins, France - July 27, 1963)

1. All Of You
   

Disc 4 Side B (Live at Festival Mondial Du Jazz Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins, France - July 27, 1963)

1. Walkin' 
   

Disc 5 Side A (Live at Festival Mondial Du Jazz Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins, France - July 27, 1963)

1. Bye Bye Blackbird 
   
2. Bye Bye (Theme) 
   

Disc 5 Side B (Live at Festival Mondial Du Jazz Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins, France - July 28, 1963)

1. Introduction by Andre Francis 
   
2. If I Were A Bell 

Disc 6 Side A (Live at Festival Mondial Du Jazz Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins, France - July 28, 1963)

1. So What 
2. Stella By Starlight 

Disc 6 Side B (Live at Festival Mondial Du Jazz Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins, France - July 28, 1963)

1. Walkin' 
2. The Theme 

Disc 7 Side A (Live at Paris, Salle Pleyel, France - October 1, 1964 [1st Concert])

1. Autumn Leaves 
   
2. So What 

Disc 7 Side B (Live at Paris, Salle Pleyel, France - October 1, 1964 [1st Concert])

1. Stella By Starlight 
2. Walkin' 
3. The Theme 

Disc 8 Side A (Live at Paris, Salle Pleyel, France - October 1, 1964 [2nd Concert])

1. All of You
   
2. Joshua 

Disc 8 Side B (Live at Paris, Salle Pleyel, France - October 1, 1964 [2nd Concert])

1. My Funny Valentine 
2. No Blues 
3. The Theme