Miles Davis - The Complete Blackhawk Sessions 1961 [2003] (6 x LP's)

MILES DAVIS

Miles Davis - The Complete Blackhawk Sessions 1961 [2003] (6 x LP's)

The Complete Blackhawk Sessions, also called In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete, is a 2003 6 x LP set released In conjunction with Sony, Mosaic Records. Simultaneous to this release, the material was made available as two separate double-albums, entitled Friday Night: In Person at the Blackhawk in San Francisco, Complete and Saturday Night: In Person at the Blackhawk in San Francisco, Complete and a four-disc collection of the 1961 live performances of the Miles Davis Quintet at the Black Hawk nightclub in San Francisco.   

These sets, performed with recording in mind, forged new ground for jazz musician Miles Davis, who had never previously been recorded live in a club with his combo. Material from the four sets was first released simultaneously by Columbia Records on two albums in September 1961, titled In Person Friday Nights at the Blackhawk, San Francisco, Volume 1 and In Person Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, San Francisco, Volume 2. Although those albums were subsequently rereleased several times, the complete sets were not commercially available until Sony Records released a digital mastering of this collection.  The complete collection, which included liner notes from the original release by Monterey Jazz Festival co-founder Ralph J. Gleason as well as additional notes by jazz trumpeter Eddie Henderson, was critically and commercially well received. The collection peaked at #9 on Billboard's "Top Jazz Albums" chart. (Wikipedia)

In my opinion this is Miles best live album because of the selection and consistency of the songs. It is not "Kind of Blue" live, even though the band plays, for example "So What". Mobley, the sax player has a completely different vibe than Coltrane, who is not on this album. However, the rythmn section is incredibly tight and the sound quality is excellant. It really sounds like a band that knows exactly what its doing. The full set formats, on both nights, helps give insight as to what it must have been like to see Miles live.  This is a must have Miles Davis Live Box set. It's a mood setter and good hearing on a any day drive. I had to have it.  (Amazon)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Miles Davis Oleo 6:53

02 Miles Davis No Blues 17:07

03 Miles Davis Bye Bye (theme) 2:50

04 Miles Davis All Of You 15:42

05 Miles Davis Neo 10:14

CD2

01 Miles Davis I Thought About You 5:02

02 Miles Davis Bye Bye Blackbird 9:42

03 Miles Davis Walkin' 14:10

04 Miles Davis Love, I've Found You 1:53

CD3

01 Miles Davis If I Were a Bell 12:39

02 Miles Davis Fran Dance 7:33

03 Miles Davis On Green Dolphin Street 12:07

04 Miles Davis The Theme 0:47

CD4

01 Miles Davis If I Were a Bell 12:35

02 Miles Davis So What 12:09

03 Miles Davis No Blues (Theme) 0:28

04 Miles Davis On Green Dolphin Street 11:55

05 Miles Davis Walkin' 12:19

CD5

01 Miles Davis 'round Midnight 7:26

02 Miles Davis Well You Needn't 7:59

03 Miles Davis The Theme 0:20

04 Miles Davis Autumn Leaves 11:39

05 Miles Davis Neo 12:24

CD6

01 Miles Davis Two Bass Hit 4:34

02 Miles Davis Bye Bye (Theme) 3:25

03 Miles Davis Love, I've Found You 1:58

04 Miles Davis I Thought About You 5:22

05 Miles Davis Someday My Prince Will Come 9:35

06 Miles Davis Softly as in a Morning Sunrise 8:41

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