Miles Davis - The Complete Live At The Plugged Nickel 1965 [1995] (8 x CDs)

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Miles Davis - The Complete Live At The Plugged Nickel 1965 [1995] (8 x CDs)

The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965 is a compact disc box set of the Miles Davis Quintet, recorded on December 22 and 23, 1965. First released in Japan in March 1992 by Sony Records as a 7-disc set (catalogue SRCS 5766~5772), it was re-released on Legacy Records in July 1995 as an 8 CD set (catalogue CK 66955). In conjunction with Legacy, Mosaic Records released a 10 LP set (catalogue MQ10-158). It comprises recordings of seven performance sets over the two nights by the second great Davis quintet at the now-defunct Plugged Nickel nightclub in Chicago. A single-disc sampler highlights from the Plugged Nickel (catalogue CK 67377) was released by Legacy on November 14, 1995, and was reissued on February 1, 2008. (Wikipedia)

The Holy Grail of not just Miles Davis but jazz generally, with over 7.5 hours of The Second Great Quintet in the intimate setting of The Plugged Nickel, Chicago just before Christmas 1965. These performances have attained a legendary status, and it's easy to hear just why in a set that demands repeated listening. Seven sets (one split across two discs) over two nights recorded in beautiful quality sees (aside from "Agitation" which had just appeared on "E.S.P.") standards tackled as only this magnificent band could. Forget the heavy rotation of a few tracks, each version is played entirely differently. Listen back a couple of years and you'll hear the same songs played with improvisation but overall faithful to the originals. Here we have something entirely different. Tony Williams had challenged his band mates to play 'Anti-jazz', in other words to deliberately go off on tangents. And that's just what happened, except the band are so well able to follow each other with an almost telepathic fluidity something over and above what had gone before us created. This is creativity and anticipation of each other's moves as art form. To be in the audience for just one of these sets must have taken the breath away at the mastery of craft on show. 

Anyone with half an ear for jazz will desire this wonderful box. Sublime. (Amazon)

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Track lists

CD1 December 22 1965 First Set

01 Miles Davis - If I Were A Bell 17:02

02 Miles Davis - Stella By Starlight 12:48

03 Miles Davis - Walkin' 15:54

04 Miles Davis - I Fall In Love Too Easily 11:44

05 Miles Davis - The Theme 10:22

CD2 December 22 1965 Second Set Part 1

01 Miles Davis - My Funny Valentine 16:40

02 Miles Davis - Four 15:05

03 Miles Davis - When I Fall In Love 10:54

CD3 December 22 1965 Second Set part 2

01 Miles Davis - Agitation 13:19

02 Miles Davis - 'round About Midnight 8:42

03 Miles Davis - Milestones 14:06

04 Miles Davis - The Theme 0:38

CD4 December 22 1965 Third Set

01 Miles Davis - All Of You 14:41

02 Miles Davis - Oleo 6:05

03 Miles Davis - I Fall In Love Too Easily 11:53

04 Miles Davis - No Blues 17:35

05 Miles Davis - I Thought About You 11:04

06 Miles Davis - The Theme 7:59

CD5 December 23 1965 First Set

01 Miles Davis - If I Were A Bell 13:34

02 Miles Davis - Stella By Starlight 13:08

03 Miles Davis - Walkin' 11:02

04 Miles Davis - I Fall In Love Too Easily 12:06

05 Miles Davis - The Theme 3:00

CD6 December 23 1965 Second Set

01 Miles Davis - All Of You 10:51

02 Miles Davis - Agitation 10:49

03 Miles Davis - My Funny Valentine 13:59

04 Miles Davis - On Green Dolphin Street 13:02

05 Miles Davis - So What 13:39

06 Miles Davis - The Theme 3:33

CD7 December 23 1965 Third Set

01 Miles Davis - When I Fall In Love 13:44

02 Miles Davis - Milestones 11:36

03 Miles Davis - Autumn Leaves 12:05

04 Miles Davis - I Fall In Love Too Easily 11:45

05 Miles Davis - No Blues 20:02

06 Miles Davis - The Theme 0:32

CD8 December 23 1965 Fourth Set

01 Miles Davis - Stella By Starlight 14:20

02 Miles Davis - All Blues 12:24

03 Miles Davis - Yesterdays 15:05

04 Miles Davis - The Theme 5:04

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