Miles In France 1963 & 1964 - Miles Davis Quintet: The Bootleg Series8 (CD)

Miles In France 1963 & 64- 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 6 CDs 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 CDs are packaged in 3 gatefold mini-jackets housed in a luxe slipcase box with a die-cut O-card and a 32 page book that includes dozens of unseen photos, ephemera and extensive liner notes by noted journalist Marcus J. Moore.

Track List

1. * CD1 - Festival Mondial Du Jazz Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins July 26 1963
2. Introduction By André Francis
3. So What
4. All Blues
5. Stella By Starlight
6. Seven Steps to Heaven
7. Walkin'
8. My Funny Valentine
9. Joshua
10. * CD 2 - Festival Mondial Du Jazz Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins July 26 1963 (Cont'd)
11. The Theme
12. Closing Announcement By André Francis
13. Festival Mondial Du Jazz Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins July 27 1963
14. Introduction By André Francis
15. Autumn Leaves
16. Milestones
17. I Thought About You
18. Joshua
19. * CD3 - Festival Mondial Du Jazz Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins July 27 1963 (Cont'd)
20. All of You
21. Walkin'
22. Bye Bye Blackbird
23. The Theme
24. * CD4 - Festival Mondial Du Jazz Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins July 28 1963
25. Introduction By André Francis
26. If I Were a Bell
27. So What
28. Stella By Starlight
29. Walkin'
30. The Theme
31. * CD5 - Paris Jazz Festival Salle Pleyel October 1 1964 (1st Concert)
32. Autumn Leaves
33. So What
34. Stella By Starlight
35. Walkin'
36. The Theme
37. * CD6 - Paris Jazz Festival Salle Pleyel October 1 1964 (2nd Concert)
38. All of You
39. Joshua
40. My Funny Valentine
41. No Blues
42. The Theme