Miles Davis - Miles in France (8LP Box Set)

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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 five 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 four 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 Davis 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.

Heavyweight 8LP vinyl box set produced by Columbia Records in 2024. Audio mixed and mastered in the highest quality possible. Packaged in four 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:

Festival Mondial Du Jazz, Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins 7/26/1963

1. Introduction by Andre Francis
2. So What
3. All Blues
4. Stella By Starlight
5. Seven Steps of Heaven
6. Walkin'
7. My Funny Valentine
8. Joshua
9. The Theme
10. Closing Announcement by Andre Francis

Festival Mondial Du Jazz, Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins 7/27/1963

1. Introduction by Andre Francis
2. Autumn Leaves
3. Milestones
4. I Thought About You
5. Joshua
6. All Of You
7. Walkin'
8. Bye Bye Blackbird
9. The Theme

Festival Mondial Du Jazz, Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins 7/28/1963

1. Introduction by Andre Francis
2. If I Were A Bell
3. So What
4. Stella by Starlight
5. Walkin'
6. The Theme

Paris Jazz Festival, Salle Pleyel 10/1/1964

1. Autumn Leaves
2. So What
3. Stella by Starlight
4. Walkin'
5. The Theme
6. All Of You
7. Joshua
8. My Funny Valentine
9. No Blues
10. The Theme