Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:11
Size: 133,7 MB
Art: Front
( 7:18) 1. Directions
(10:27) 2. Bitches Brew
(25:26) 3. Sanctuary
(14:59) 4. Masqualero
Miles Davis (tpt), Wayne Shorter (ten, sop), Chick Corea (fender rhodes), Dave Holland (bs), Jack De Johnette (drs)
This is the long awaited release of Miles "Lost Quintet" recordings of 1969 on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary. The recording date and venue was November 9th 1969 in Rotterdam just three months after the "Bitches Brew" original studio takes with the full band that were not released until March 1970. That incredible two disc recording followed the earlier game changer"In A Silent Way"in the same year and changed the career outcome of every single one of the players involved and as some would say "The whole face of jazz forever". The performance on this album was the last of a ten gig European tour which included two nights in London on the first and second of the month. The gathering of this core group from the earlier albums was the last ever time Miles would record with a small conventional group of instruments during the rest of his career.
The fifty eight minutes of live music here is just what you might expect from these five incredibly talented and creative musicians with the performance of Chick Corea perhaps the one that stands out slightly above the others. Things kick off with "Directions", a piece that Miles often opened up with during this period including the Copenhagen concert of the same year and released on the fortieth anniversary triple album edition of Bitches Brew and of course the subtitle of the original album. Here the rhythm instruments set the mode for the leaders fiery extended excursion into the far reaches of the trumpets capability. Wayne answers Miles, as he often did, within his self titled style of "egg scrambling" leaving no possible corner of the much hidden theme unexplored. All this rides above the increasingly violent but logical assault by Jack De Johnette on his heavy duty drum kit. Emerging from the hectic maelstrom of all that follows a re-visit to "Bitches Brew". At just over ten minutes long this seems a more considered version than the original studio recording which took up a full side on the vinyl edition. Miles opening solo, when did he ever not go first?, is almost from the fifties style, but soon drops into the more fragmented grove of the times over rolling drums along with probing inlays from Chick's keyboard plus a wonderful interlude from Wayne, again on tenor. Rampant applause ensues from the ecstatic Belgian masses.
Wayne Shorter, by common consent is a wonderful jazz composer as well as a master saxophonist. He has created some real masterpieces over the years, none greater than the wonderful "Sanctuary". This appears on a number of albums including B.B. plus a particularly fine take on Circle In The Round by the second great quintet with George Benson guesting. However none of them get such a thorough investigation as the twenty five minute plus version here. Miles is in his "Picasso like" sketching mode early on with Dave Holland in support, soon you realise that this is nothing at all like other versions of the piece as the leader upgrades both the tempo and tension over increasingly frantic drumming which continues under Wayne's soprano solo until things fall away with bass and drums having the final say. Perhaps this take is not the easiest listen of the piece, Miles always had the ability to shock and surprise and we must thank him for that. The closing cut of the album "Mastuero" is the standout track and seems to draw on many of the finest traits from earlier performances during 69. Miles un-muted solo is profound and purposeful over the rarely subdued rhythm team. Chick's contribution is hypnotic, everyone seems to be listening to each other here and although the overall style is entirely different there are times when the listener is reminded of Miles second great quintet with Coltrane. This disk is a heady reminder of the time back in the late sixties when Miles changed the shape of jazz once again, and is a valuable addition to any collection of the great man's music.~Jim Burlonghttps://www.jazzviews.net/miles-davis---the-lost-quintet.html
This is the long awaited release of Miles "Lost Quintet" recordings of 1969 on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary. The recording date and venue was November 9th 1969 in Rotterdam just three months after the "Bitches Brew" original studio takes with the full band that were not released until March 1970. That incredible two disc recording followed the earlier game changer"In A Silent Way"in the same year and changed the career outcome of every single one of the players involved and as some would say "The whole face of jazz forever". The performance on this album was the last of a ten gig European tour which included two nights in London on the first and second of the month. The gathering of this core group from the earlier albums was the last ever time Miles would record with a small conventional group of instruments during the rest of his career.
The fifty eight minutes of live music here is just what you might expect from these five incredibly talented and creative musicians with the performance of Chick Corea perhaps the one that stands out slightly above the others. Things kick off with "Directions", a piece that Miles often opened up with during this period including the Copenhagen concert of the same year and released on the fortieth anniversary triple album edition of Bitches Brew and of course the subtitle of the original album. Here the rhythm instruments set the mode for the leaders fiery extended excursion into the far reaches of the trumpets capability. Wayne answers Miles, as he often did, within his self titled style of "egg scrambling" leaving no possible corner of the much hidden theme unexplored. All this rides above the increasingly violent but logical assault by Jack De Johnette on his heavy duty drum kit. Emerging from the hectic maelstrom of all that follows a re-visit to "Bitches Brew". At just over ten minutes long this seems a more considered version than the original studio recording which took up a full side on the vinyl edition. Miles opening solo, when did he ever not go first?, is almost from the fifties style, but soon drops into the more fragmented grove of the times over rolling drums along with probing inlays from Chick's keyboard plus a wonderful interlude from Wayne, again on tenor. Rampant applause ensues from the ecstatic Belgian masses.
Wayne Shorter, by common consent is a wonderful jazz composer as well as a master saxophonist. He has created some real masterpieces over the years, none greater than the wonderful "Sanctuary". This appears on a number of albums including B.B. plus a particularly fine take on Circle In The Round by the second great quintet with George Benson guesting. However none of them get such a thorough investigation as the twenty five minute plus version here. Miles is in his "Picasso like" sketching mode early on with Dave Holland in support, soon you realise that this is nothing at all like other versions of the piece as the leader upgrades both the tempo and tension over increasingly frantic drumming which continues under Wayne's soprano solo until things fall away with bass and drums having the final say. Perhaps this take is not the easiest listen of the piece, Miles always had the ability to shock and surprise and we must thank him for that. The closing cut of the album "Mastuero" is the standout track and seems to draw on many of the finest traits from earlier performances during 69. Miles un-muted solo is profound and purposeful over the rarely subdued rhythm team. Chick's contribution is hypnotic, everyone seems to be listening to each other here and although the overall style is entirely different there are times when the listener is reminded of Miles second great quintet with Coltrane. This disk is a heady reminder of the time back in the late sixties when Miles changed the shape of jazz once again, and is a valuable addition to any collection of the great man's music.~Jim Burlonghttps://www.jazzviews.net/miles-davis---the-lost-quintet.html
The Lost Quintet
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