Music
Miles Davis at Newport: A Four-Disc Set Coming in July
By Ben Ratliff
April 30, 2015 12:01 am
Columbia/Legacy Recordings is to announce Thursday that it plans to release “Miles Davis at Newport 1955-75: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4” on July 17. A four-disc set of live recordings, it traces the history of Davis’s concerts at the various Newport Festivals — in Newport, R.I., as well as in Berlin; Dietikon, Switzerland; and New York City. (About three-quarters of the tracks have not been commercially released.)
The set includes his complete performance at a festival all-star jam session in 1955, which led to his signing with Columbia; the 1969 concert played shortly before the recording of the studio album “Bitches Brew”; and an appearance in 1975 before a extended hiatus from performing — all of which cemented his status as a Newport mainstay.
This year’s Newport Jazz festival, in Newport, R.I., will observe the 60th anniversary of his first performance there with various events: panel discussions about Davis’s history inside and outside the festival, and performances of pieces related to Davis during scheduled sets by various trumpeters. Information about the box set and the festival is at legacyrecordings.com and newportjazzfest.org.
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Unerwartet … und ich bin etwas irritiert, aber eine Meinung habe ich wohl erst, wenn klar ist, was genau drin ist … das 1955er Set fand ich wegen des ganzen (falschen) Gelabers von Miles‘ „come back“ immer etwas enttäuschend, auch wenn es nicht schlecht ist, aber Miles hat 1954 diverse bessere Aufnahmen gemacht. Aber Plattenfirmen mögen ja „come backs“.
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