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Back From The Dead...as requested...
Originally posted May 23, 2014
Weather Report - Bellingham,WA.
Unknown Venue
March 10, 1974
Excellent Audience Recording @320
Set List: 01.125th Street Congress
02.Early Minor
03.Title
04.Bass solo
05.title
06.It's About That Time
07.unknown
08.Jungle Book
09.Boogie Woogie Waltz
Back From The Dead as requested... Originally posted in mp3 May 30, 2018
Miles Davis Quintet - Sindelfingen Stadthalle Sindelfingen, Germany
(the former West Germany) October 8, 1964
Broadcast Source @flac
**Originally posted as a single set in mp3. Now you have the flac version
of the 2 sets played on that night!!
Hot on the heels of that landmark concert at New York’s Philharmonic Hall in February, The Miles Davis Quintet, with Tony Williams, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock and Ron Carter embarked on a tour of Europe to spread the message.
One of those concerts (of which most were recorded, thank god), was presented by Suddeutsches Rundfunk from the Stadthalle in Sindelfingen on October 8, 1964.
~Original Notes~
LDB Special Series #377 (#703 of the entire series)
Out of my 7,000+ shows and radio broadcasts, I have many concerts that were special for some reasons: the setlist, the musicians, the venue or unexpected events. These are the ones I'd like to propose you. Most of these come from my cassettes collection, so they will be released at a slower pace than my Master Series! But you won't be disappointed!
I will try to gather the most unusual things I have in my collection and, as always, your feedback and comments will be my reward for all the work involved in this project.
DO NOT share this music on mp3, just convert it for your own use. Sharing mp3's is the right way to make me stop sharing music here.
Finally, some notes about yours truly ldb: I have been a fan of live music since I was 9 years old (that is where I attended my very first show, a PFM/De André gig at Milano's Palalido) and my first taped show was at 11 using a crappy portable cassette player with embedded microphone. I become more serious about taping in 1983 when I started to record every show. In 1991 I acquired my first Sony Professional and in 2000 I moved to MiniDisc to finally settle on R-09 in early 2008.
I have seen nearly 500 shows in my career. Most of them were taped but for others bad luck struck and I could not record it: on top of my mind there's a Paul McCartney show in 1993 in Milano where I was caught by the security or Porcupine Tree in Roma in March 1999 when the DAT machine would seem to work but listening back to the tape there would just be a long bunch of silence. Or during a Y.Malmsteen show where I got so annoyed that I left halfway through the show and erased the tape and finally on a PFM show in Milano in 2007 where I had to leave before the encore because the baby-sitter had to leave early that evening. Some other times I was very close not to tape or
had to do it in extremely difficult situations: for the four Peter Gabriel shows at Earls Court in 1987 security was checking tapers with metal detector; at the David Gilmour comeback show in London in 2001 at RFH I had the security guy sitting next to me but I managed to tape the show without checking one single time my MiniDisc!
There was a time I was travelling anywhere in Europe to see shows, especially if there was no touring in Italy: I remember Rush in Paris in 1992 when the trio did not even know what Italy was. I have seen shows at stadiums (Genesis at Wembley) and in places with 30 people (Porcupine Tree in Milano in 1997); bands that would later become huge (Pearl Jam in a free show for 150 people) and masters of jazz (Miles Davis or Sarah Vaughan). Shows I will never forget (Pink Floyd at Versailles castle) and some I would rather forget (no comment...).
I truly believe that live music is what keeps music alive, what make us enjoying it together, what allow us to have deep feelings and transmit it to others. Studio records are nowadays 'commodities': you can buy online as anonymous wav files and listen in your iPod or at home. Live music will always imply an effort to buy the tix, travel to the venue, see the show, think about it when coming back home.
Miles Davis Quintet
Stadthalle, Sindelfingen
October 8, 1964
First concert
01.Autumn Leaves (J. Prevert-J. Mercer-J. Kosma)
02.So What (M. Davis)
03.All Blues (M. Davis)
04.Oleo (S. Rollins)
XX.Stella by Starlight (N. Washington-V. Young)
05.Walkin' / The Theme (M. Davis)
TT 47:37
Second concert
01.Milestones (M. Davis)
02.No Blues (M. Davis)
03.All of You (C. Porter)
04.Joshua / The Theme (M. Davis)
TT 37:04
Lineage: Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR) radio broadcast > 2CD set (trade) > EAC > HD > SoundForge 7.0 > CD Wave > FLAC Frontend (level 6)
Miles Davis (tpt)
Wayne Shorter (ts)
Herbie Hancock (p)
Ron Carter (b)
Tony Williams (d)
I had two CDs coming from different sources with mixed setlists between the first and second show, with some overlaps. I took the time to reconstruct both setlists in the way the were played that evening. Here you have the whole thing except for one track of show 1. The concert is magnificent and the quintet that played with Miles in 1964 astonishing. That was the first year of the second great quartet that lasted until 1967-68. The source is a very good radio broadcast. If you think that this music wasperformed nearly 50 years ago...
Weather Report are widely regarded as America’s finest ever jazz fusion band. Originally recorded for FM broadcast, this superb live set at The Agora in Columbus, Ohio, on October 17th, 1972, was taped a few months after the release of their classic 1972 album I Sing the Body Electric, and features Joe Zawinul (keyboards), Wayne Shorter (saxophone), Miroslav Vitous (bass), Eric Gravátt (drums), and Dom Um Romão (percussion).
Beginning with a tight (17 min.) “Unknown Soldier” the band slips into “Vertical Invader” (17+ minutes), and then into “Improvisation” that continues with a similar feel. “Percussion>Directions” begins with some keyboard sounds along with Gravatt’s relatively straight drumming, with Romao adding some nice percussion flourishes. On “Directions”,…
…Shorter comes in for some typically minimalist stabs of his sax with Zawinul coloring things, with the rest of the band adding density to this well known tune. For whatever reason the tune fades out around the 2 minute mark, and then fades in rapidly, which detracts from the effect of the music.
Disc 2 begins with a band introduction by Gravatt after the first portion of the concert. and then fades into “Improvisation>Dr. Honoris Causa” (tracks 2, 3), which is another chance for the band to show what WR was capable of during this period in their development–plenty of keyboard, sax, and percussion–in a swirling piece of music. The band then begins another “Improvisation” (which flows into “In A Silent Way>It’s About That Time”) with Zawinul’s keyboards sounding like he’s from outer space and Romao’s percussion sounding very organic. Gravatt and Shorter both add texture to this improvisation which sounds very much from it’s time before the band’s sound morphed into somewhat funkier areas later on. The short “…Silent Way” is (obviously) reminiscent of what Davis was exploring during this time. “It’s About…” continues the same open, impressionistic feel. The music has an open feeling–very expansive–with some nice percussion from Romao, and more shards from Shorter adding to the mix which builds and subsides very nicely. A very nice (10 minutes) version of these pieces. Track 7 is “Percussion”, with Gravatt out front showing why Zawiinul thought he was the best drummer for the band. His muscular, precise solo at the start is a nice intro for the rest of the band to follow. This is a very tight (7 minutes) tune that unfortunately fades out, into “Orange Lady” (track 8), which is well known to fans of this era of the band. Sounding very upbeat at first and then slowing things down, the band flowing together, this too is a nice version of this tune. Things end with “Percussion”, with Romao using several instruments for an exotic feel–an organic way to end things.
