Miles Davis – Perugia, Italy (07/07/85)

Miles Davis
1985-07-07 (a)
Perugia Jazz Festival
Stadio Curri
Perugia, Italy

FM radio broadcast recording, 120:27

Miles Davis (tp, synth); Bob Berg (ss, ts); John Scofield (g); Robert Irving III (synth); Darryl Jones (el-b); Vincent Wilburn, Jr. (d); Steve Thornton (perc)

Lineage: FM > R2R > DAT > wav > restore > flac(8)

CD1 [71:21]
1-01 0ne Phone Call / Street Scenes 1:33
1-02 Speak / That’s What Happened 12:30
1-03 New Blues (Star People) 6:40
1-04 Maze 8:30
1-05 Human Nature 5:23
1-06 Something On Your Mind 10:19
1-07 Time After Time 9:27
1-08 Ms. Morrisine 10:39
1-09 Code M.D. 6:12

CD2 [49:12]
2-10 Pacific Express 14:06
2-11 Katia 3:46
2-12 Hopscotch 10:47
2-13 applause 1:01
2-14 You’re Under Arrest 8:26
2-15 Jean Pierre 8:53
Encore:
2-16 Decoy 2:10

Revision A, edited by plaz:

  • balanced channels: Side A, Lch + 0.80dB, side B Lch + 0.30 dB
  • gain normalized and retracked

Miles Davis – Vienna, Austria (07/05/85)

Miles Davis
1985-07-05
Vienna, AUT
Festival Pavillion
Blue Danube Jazz Festival 1985


Maze
Human Nature
Medley: MDI/Something’s On Your Mind/MD II
Time After Time
Ms Morrinsine
Code MD
Katia
Prelude (during that Miles points out the band members wordless)
Hopscotch
Katia Prelude

Personnel:
Miles Davis: Trumpet, Keyboards
Bob Berg: Tenor & Soprano Sax
John Scofield: Guitar, Musical Director
Bobby Irving: Keyboards
Darryl Jones: Bass Guitar
Steve Thornton: Percussion
Vincent Wilburn. Drums

FM>MCA(Sony TCD 5 MP)> CAS (PB: Nakamichi LX-3)>Marian Marc 2 (Setting: 24 bit/ 64 Khz)>HDD>Remaster with WaveLab 7.0, using Sonic Foundry Noise Reduction at highest solution, and other 32 and 64 bit plug ins, down sampling to 16 bit/44.1 khz, normalisation to -0.01 db>CD WAVE (tracking)>FLAC Frontend

Miles Davis – Sapporo, Japan (05/18/83)

Miles Davis Sextet
1983-05-18
Hokkaido Kosei Nenkin Hall
Sapporo, Japan

Audience recording (Revision B), 88:46
Sound Quality: A-

Lineage: MAC > CDR > editing > flac(8)

  • unidentified mic(s), cassette recorder and transfer equipment

Miles Davis (tp, synth); Bill Evans (ss, ts, fl, el-p); John Scofield (g); Tom Barney (el-b); Al Foster (d); Mino Cinelu (perc)

1 Band Warming Up (0:36)
2 Come Get It (6:06)
3 Star People (14:21)
4 Speak / That’s What Happened (9:12)
5 It Gets Better (12:43)
6 Hopscotch (7:55) [nc, tf at 3:38]
7 U ‘n’ I (11:26)
8 Star on Cicely (6:50)
9 Jean Pierre (19:33)

Notes on the unedited source:

  • great sound, no close applause
  • several minor microphone impact flaws
  • audible tape noise throughout
  • noticeable change in sound quality after tape flip (brighter but more hiss; likely the gain level was decreased for the second tape side)

Editing:
Revsision A:

  • balanced: left channel -0.5 dB and a very slight phase correction
  • deleted 28 seconds of applause at end of concert
  • faded in and out on aplause at start and end of concert
  • repaired or minimized mic impact noises
  • repaired clicks and pops
  • gain normalized and retracked
    Revision B (Dec. 2020):
  • azimuth aligned, lightly de-reverbed, increased stereo width by 30%, retracked

Miles Davis – Austin, TX (02/04/83)

Miles Davis Septet
February 4, 1983
Paramount Theater
Austin, TX, USA

Audience recording (Revision B), 89:35, A-

Lineage: cas1 > cdr > wav > edits > flac(8)
Transfer: AKIA deck > TASCAM CD-RW700 > EAC > flac(lvl8)
Revision A (circa 2002): Ligthly edited and tracked by plaz
Revision B (Dec. 2020): demixed/remixed to balanace stereo image, EQ for more highs

Miles Davis (tpt, synth); Bill Evans (ss, ts, fl, el-p); John Scofield (g); Mike Stern (g);
Tom Barney (el-b); Al Foster (d); Mino Cinelu (perc)

1 Band warming up (0:39)
2 Come Get It (5:01)
3 Star People (15:21)
4 Speak/That’s What Happened (15:38)
5 U’n’I (10:09)
6 Hopscotch (10:23)
7 It Gets Better (17:14)
8 Jean-Pierre (16:09)

Miles Davis – Stockholm, Sweden (04/13/82)

Miles Davis Septet
S82-1
April 13, 1982
Konserthuset
Stockholm, Sweden

SR broadcast

1st set:

Back Seat Betty 14:41
My Man’s Gone Now 13:11
Aida 13:25

2nd set:

Ife 15:29
Fat Time 09:30
Jean Pierre 11:04

Miles Davis (tpt, synth)
Bill Evans (ss, ts, fl, el-p)
Mike Stern (g)
Marcus Miller (el-b)
Al Foster (d)
Mino Cinelu (perc)

Miles Davis – Tokyo, Japan (06/19/73)

Miles Davis
June 19, 1973 (a)
Shinjuku Kosei Nenkin Hall
Tokyo, Japan

Set 1 [45:08]
1-1 Turnaroundphrase 12:49
1-2 Tune in 5 9:28
1-3 Right Off 1:19
1-4 Funk 10:47
1-5 Unknown F 10:43

Set 2 [45:50]
2-1 Ife 22:23
2-2 Aghartha Prelude 9:51
2-3 Zimbabwe 13:35

Musicians:
Miles Davis – trumpet, organ
Dave Liebman – tenor and soprano saxophones
Pete Cosey – guitar, percussion
Reggie Lucas – guitar
Michael Henderson – electric bass guitar
James “Mtume” Heath – congas, rhythm box, table percussion
Al Foster – drums

Miles Davis – Boston, MA (09/14/72)

Miles Davis Nonet
09-14-1972
Paul’s Mall
Boston, Massachusetts

Project ID – LL179

Source: FM Broadcast
Lineage: WBCN radio broadcast > ?? > Maxell XL II (Low Gen??) >
DR-1 > Lunatec v2 > Korg MR-1000 > DSD-DFF 1bit 5.64MHz > Audio Gate > 24/44.1 >
audiophile enginering Sample Manager Izotpe/ src > 16/44.1 > cd wave > flac lvl 8

Miles Davis (tpt); Carlos Garnett (ss); Reggie Lucas (g); Khalil Balakrishna (sitar);
Cedric Lawson (keyb); Michael Henderson (el-b); Al Foster (d);
James Mtume Forman (cga, perc); Badal Roy (tabla)

disc 1

d1t01. /Black Satin
d1t02. Rated X
d1t03. Honky Tonk
d1t04. Right Off/

Notes:

  • D1t01: The beginning of this song is missing along with the preceeding Intro.
  • D1t03: starting at about 8:30 there is a gurgling type noise. Not sure exactly what this.
    It continues into about the first 30 seconds of track 4.
  • D1t04: The track is cut at the end.
  • Many thanks to Freekjazz for the tapes and D. McCabe for the mastering and transfer.
    This tape came lableld as 9-24-1972 (See Peter’s notes below). Through some comparison
    it certainly fits the bill for this date. I would love to hear some of the other sources
    of this date. The sound very good. Wish the show were complete.
  • “This set was broadcast live on WBCN-FM radio. The closing announcement mentions that
    the Davis Nonet is at Paul’s Mall “for the rest of the weekend” — probably from Thursday
    the 14th through the following Sunday, the 17th. Another set, probably from a different night,
    was recorded by someone in the audience and is sonically inferior. See the listing for
    september 15-17, 1972 for details.” – Credit to Peter Losin, http://www.plosin.com/
  • “Super Sonic wrongly lists this music as recorded “live at the Quaker Jazz Festival,
    Philadelphia, NJ / September 24, 1972.” In addition, the track indexes are wrong:
    1.Black Satin (9:31); 2. Rated X (15:13); Honky Tonk (9:34); 4. Right Off (11:45).
    The Luxury CD is subtitled “WBCN Broadcast New Master” and the sound is imporoved over
    other issues.”- Credit to Peter Losin, http://www.plosin.com/
  • QC done by Bgreen

Miles Davis – Belgrade, Serbia (11/03/71)

Miles Davis
November 3, 1971
Dom Sindikata
Beograd (Belgrade), Yugoslavia

Radio broadcast
Issued as disc 1 of the bootleg ‘Another Bitches Brew: Two Concerts in Belgrade,’ (Jazz Door JD 1284/85, 1995)

Personnel:
Miles Davis- trumpet
Gary Bartz- alto and soprano saxophones
Keith Jarrett- electric piano, organ
Michael Henderson- electric bass
Ndugu Leon Chancler- drums
Charles Don Alias- conga, percussion
James Mtume Forman- conga, percussion

01 Directions 10:30
02 Honky Tonk 13:12
03 What I Say, part 1 3:51
04 What I Say, part 2 10:20
05 Sanctuary 2:43
06 It’s About That Time 14:37
07 Yesternow 12:09 [incomplete, fade out]

Total time: 67:25

Lineage: FM broadcast> ?> bootleg CD> EAC> WAV> Audacity (rebanding)> WAV> FLAC (level 8)> DIME> your ears

This torrent is taken from disc one of the Jazz Door bootleg ‘Another Bitches Brew: Two Concerts in Belgrade’ (disc two to follow).

There are many fine recordings taken from this 1971 tour and this is up with the best of them, with the band in its usually fine form.

The recording quality is very good, although the mix is a little skewed and reverberant. Shouldn’t cause anyone any major problems though, I’ll give it a B+.

The original CD issued the whole concert as one long track. I’ve separated the pieces.

Details of the show can be found on Pete Losin’s Miles Ahead site: http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/Sessions.aspx?s=711103

Please note that, as with all the shows from this tour, Losin lists tracks 3 and 4 together as a single title, ‘What I Say,’ although I maintain they are two separate pieces (the first part does not appear on 1970 recordings of ‘What I Say’). Discographer Enrico Merlin has argued that the first part is a development of ‘What I Say,’ so I have banded these pieces separately and referred to them as ‘What I Say, parts 1 and 2.’

Enjoy!

an illaman torrent

Miles Davis – San Francisco, CA (10/15/70)

Miles Davis Septet
October 15, 1970
Fillmore West Auditorium, San Francisco CA
KPFA-FM radio broadcast

Miles Davis (tpt)
Gary Bartz (ss, as)
Keith Jarrett (el-p, org)
Michael Henderson (el-b)
Jack DeJohnette (d)
Airto Moreira (perc)
Jumma Santos Jim Riley

01-honky tonk
02-what i say (incl. radio broadcast voiceover announcement)
03-sanctuary
04-yesternow
05-bitches brew
06-funky tonk-the theme

total time: 63:49 mns

Notes:

  • This is not taken from the Fillmore Tree. The Fillmore Tree version is about 25 mns. This here is almost the complete show, only “Directions”, the set-opener is missing: total time is about 64 mns. This FM source sounds great.
  • According to P.Losin: “The Davis Septet opened for Leon Russell and Sea Train for four nights at the Fillmore West, October 15-18 (Thursday-Sunday). Columbia probably recorded these shows, and the Fillmore certainly did. None of the recordings of this show that I have heard includes “Directions,” the standard set-opener…”

Lineage:
soundboard > KPFA-FM radio broadcast > ? > CD > EAC (secure mode) > Cubase SX2 (minor re-tracking, no sound processing applied) > flac 1.1.2 [-8, -V, sector aligned]