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Miles Davis: In Person Friday Night At The Blackhawk, Complete, Volume I
New technology continues to bring us better sound quality with every release, 24-bit Super Bit Mapping making a huge difference here. Not even that evening’s audience can say that they had a better listen. Balance, tone, and attention to detail keep things at a superior level.
Davis brought a spontaneity to his performances that must have left his audiences in awe. Who’d expect that Paul Chambers would be called upon for a second bass solo during “No Blues” that would lead to another round of fours with drummer Jimmy Cobb? That, of course, turned out to be a run-on into “Bye Bye.” Davis wasn’t about to stop the momentum and spoon-feed his audience with narrative comments.
Four of the tracks appearing here have never been issued before, and each of the three sets is presented in its performance order. Davis is at once familiar and brand new. Columbia’s new package honors the memory of the master in his prime through this well crafted reissue.
See the companion Saturday Night review.
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Track Listing
Oleo; No Blues; Bye Bye (Theme); If I Were a Bell; Fran Dance; On Green Dolphin Street; The Theme; All Of You; Neo; I Thought About You; Bye Bye Blackbird; Walkin
Personnel
Miles Davis
trumpetMiles Davis- trumpet; Hank Mobley- tenor saxophone; Wynton Kelly- piano; Paul Chambers- bass; Jimmy Cobb- drums.
Album information
Title: In Person Friday Night At The Blackhawk, Complete, Volume I | Year Released: 2003 | Record Label: Columbia Records
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