The most requested Miles Davis reissue arrives for his centennial in spectacular style. What began as a holiday residency at Chicago's Plugged Nickel Café became the crucible where the Second Great Quintet forged its identity. Miles, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams delivered a masterclass in risk and invention, dismantling familiar tunes and rebuilding them on the fly. Producer Teo Macero captured every note across seven sets on December 22 and 23, 1965. Portions trickled out in the '70s and '80s, but only in the early '90s did Legacy (CD) and Mosaic (LP) reveal the full scope of seven and half hours of revelatory music-instantly hailed as one of the greatest live jazz recordings ever, earning the Penguin Jazz Guide's coveted 'Crown,' and becoming pricey, secondary-market rarities. Now, 30 years later and six decades after the shows themselves, veteran fans finally get the repress they've demanded, and new fans get a chance to own one of the most mythologized live engagements in jazz history. This new 10LP edition mirrors the original sequence, cut from the high-res Mosaic masters and pressed on 140-gram black vinyl. Each LP comes in its own newly designed jacket, housed in a gold foil-embossed slipcase box. The 44 page 12'x12' Smyth Sewn book includes rare Plugged Nickel photos and extensive new liner notes and track-by-track commentary by Syd Schwartz alongside Bob Blumenthal's original essay.
Track Listing:
1. If I Were a Bell (December 22, 1965 - 1st Set) - Miles Davis (16.42)
2. Stella By Starlight (December 22, 1965 - 1st Set) - Miles Davis (13.09)
3. Walkin' (December 22, 1965 - 1st Set) - Miles Davis (11.01)
1. I Fall in Love Too Easily (December 22, 1965 - 1st Set) - Miles Davis (11.43)
2. The Theme (December 22, 1965 - 1st Set) - Miles Davis (10.19)
3. My Funny Valentine (December 22, 1965 - 2nd Set) - Miles Davis (16.33)
1. Four (December 22, 1965 - 2nd Set) - Miles Davis (15.05)
2. When I Fall in Love (December 22, 1965 - 2nd Set) - Miles Davis (10.44)
3. Agitation (December 22, 1965 - 2nd Set) - Miles Davis (13.03)
4. 'Round Midnight (December 22, 1965 - 2nd Set) - Miles Davis (8.42)
1. Milestones (December 22, 1965 - 2nd Set) - Miles Davis (14.04)
2. The Theme (December 22, 1965 - 2nd Set) - Miles Davis (0.38)
3. I Fall in Love Too Easily (December 22, 1965 - 3rd Set) - Miles Davis (11.53)
4. All of You (December 22, 1965 - 3rd Set) - Miles Davis (14.38)
5. Oleo (December 22, 1965 - 3rd Set) - Miles Davis (6.05)
1. No Blues (December 22, 1965 - 3rd Set) - Miles Davis (17.35)
2. I Thought About You (December 22, 1965 - 3rd Set) - Miles Davis (11.03)
3. The Theme (December 22, 1965 - 3rd Set) - Miles Davis (8.05)
1. If I Were a Bell (December 23, 1965 - 1st Set) - Miles Davis (13.29)
2. Stella By Starlight (December 23, 1965 - 1st Set) - Miles Davis (13.09)
3. Walkin' (December 23, 1965 - 1st Set) - Miles Davis (11.01)
4. I Fall in Love Too Easily (December 23, 1965 - 1st Set) - Miles Davis (12.07)
5. The Theme (December 23, 1965 - 1st Set) - Miles Davis (2.5)
1. All of You (December 23, 1965 - 2nd Set) - Miles Davis (10.39)
2. Agitation (December 23, 1965 - 2nd Set) - Miles Davis (10.48)
3. My Funny Valentine (December 23, 1965 - 2nd Set) - Miles Davis (13.52)
4. On Green Dolphin Street (December 23, 1965 - 2nd Set) - Miles Davis (12.48)
1. So What (December 23, 1965 - 2nd Set) - Miles Davis (13.36)
2. The Theme (December 23, 1965 - 2nd Set) - Miles Davis (3.28)
3. When I Fall in Love (December 23, 1965 - 3rd Set) - Miles Davis (13.39)
4. Milestones (December 23, 1965 - 3rd Set) - Miles Davis (11.49)
1. Autumn Leaves (December 23, 1965 - 3rd Set) - Miles Davis (11.56)
2. I Fall in Love Too Easily (December 23, 1965 - 3rd Set) - Miles Davis (11.43)
3. No Blues (December 23, 1965 - 3rd Set) - Miles Davis (20.06)
4. The Theme (December 23, 1965 - 3rd Set) - Miles Davis (0.22)
1. Stella By Starlight (December 23, 1965 - 4th Set) - Miles Davis (14.16)
2. All Blues (December 23, 1965 - 4th Set) - Miles Davis (12.18)
3. Yesterdays (December 23, 1965 - 4th Set) - Miles Davis (15)
4. The Theme (December 23, 1965 - 4th Set) - Miles Davis (4.51)
Year of Production: 1965
The colour of this vinyl is digitally rendered for illustrative purposes. The colour of the final product may vary slightly.
