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Miles Davis Quintet - Monterey Jazz Festival (1963) Genre: Jazz

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This is a transitional point for Miles Davis, recorded at the Monterey festival on September 20 1963 with the band that had been formed that summer around the visionary young rhythm section of recently -emerged pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter and the 16 year-old drummer Tony Williams. It's transitional because the music still reflects the bebop and standards-based music that drove Miles' late-1950s bands, whilst looking forward to the more abstract possibilities opened up by the pared- down modal structures introduced on Milestones and Kind of Blue. Saxophonist George Coleman, an overlooked figure in the Miles story but an awesome, if orthodox, virtuoso, unleashes a few avalanches of hard-boppish improvisation, Herbie Hancock already sounds as if no musical thought is out of reach of his fingers - his solo on a high-tempo So What is jaw-dropping - and the whirlwind Williams' drumming on the same famous track spurs all the soloists to the edge. The earlier Seven Steps to Heaven and Miles in Antibes albums also represent this heated 1963 summer - so this might be a completist's option, but it's a very persuasive one.

The new series of unreleased concerts of the Monterey Jazz Festival are splendid. It seems if we can add long hidden treasures from several jazzgreats to our collections. The first few are out, and among these is a very fine concert of Miles Davis Quintet, recorded 44 years ago with George Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams. As we all know Clint Eastwood, great jazzlover, is behind the Monterey Jazz Festival for many years, and it's great that now we can have these unexpected music. Miles and his group are in great shape on this one. Splendid and long, inspired tracks are: Autumn Leaves, So What, Stella by Starlight and Walkin', all over 10 minutes each! Of course Miles played these tracks many. many times, but here in Monterey he blows his head off. Listen to "So What" taken here in dazzling tempo, or to the beautiful "Stella", the group is at his very best. You will realise that Clint ("Make my day") really makes our days to give us back these treasures from long ago. I am really looking forward what other treasures will be released, because the first volumes and The Sampler are just great! --Arnold van Kampen, jazzcritic, the Netherlands.

Personnel:

Miles Davis, trumpet

George Coleman, tenor sax

Herbie Hancock, piano

Ron Carter, bass

Tony Williams, drums

Recorded at County Fairgrounds , Monterey - California, USA, 20 August, 1963

Tracks:

1. Intro (Waiting for Miles)

2.Autumn Leaves (11:11)

3. So What (11:15)

4. Stella by Starlight (14:15)

5. Walkin’ (12:36)

6. The Theme (1:18)

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