Tag: 1959

Miles Davis – Chicago, IL (08/07/59)

MIles Davis
August 7, 1959
Chicago Stadium,
Chicago, IL


AFRS Radio Broadcast
“Playboy Jazz Festival”

  1. Intro (01:08)
  2. So What (11:40)

Both versions: Declipped, right hand channel taken down a little to create better balance.
For the ‘remastered version’ I have also decrackled and given some very mild hiss reduction.

Miles Davis – New York, NY (08/25/59)

Miles Davis Sextet
Birdland New York City
AFRS (Armed ForcesRadio Service) radio broadcast
August 25, 1959
(recorded the night Miles got beaten and arrested)

Miles Davis (tpt); Julian “Cannonball” Adderley (as);
John Coltrane (ts); Wynton Kelly (p); Paul Chambers (b);
Jimmy Cobb (d); Ray Barrett (ann)

1 Introduction 0:48
2 Announcement 0:53
3 So What 13:04
4 The Theme 8:15
5 Lullaby of Birdland 1:24

Charles Mingus – Newport, RI (07/04/59)

CHARLES MINGUS JAZZ WORKSHOP
Freebody Park
Newport, RI (USA)
July 4, 1959
(“Newport Jazz Festival”)

Richard Williams (tp)
Leo Wright (as,fl)
Booker Ervin (ts)
Roland Hanna (p)
Charles Mingus (b,announcements)
Dannie Richmond (dr)

  1. Intro by Willis Connover – 1:58
  2. Intro by Charles Mingus – 0:40
  3. BOOGIE STOP SHUFFLE (announced as “Shuffle stop boogie”) – 10:03
  4. BOX SEATS AT NEWPORT – 7:34
  5. DIANE – 10:55
  6. GUNSLINGING BIRD – 4:57

Lineage: Radio broadcast > r-t-r tape > CD > flac > HD

Sound quality: A –