Miles Davis – Miles In Berlin (LP Vinyl)
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Wayne Shorter had joined the quintet just weeks before this Berlin date, making the recording a genuine snapshot of a band still finding its footing together, which only adds to the electricity you can hear in the playing. The rhythm section of Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams was already operating at a level that would redefine what a jazz band could do, and catching them this early, this loose and this hungry, is something special.
It's 1964 and the first Berlin Jazz Festival is about to reach it's absolute peak: the final concert on the night of Friday, 25th September by Miles Davis. And the European subsidiary of Columbia Records, CBS, couldn't wait to release this legendary event on LP. The new quintet, for the first time with Wayne Shorter on the tenor sax (and not yet as composer), thrilled and roused the audience in the Philharmonie from the first minute to the very end. The classics "Miles (tones)", "So What" and "Walkin'" were performed at an astonishingly fast pace, the ballads were tender and dreamy. Such a magical atmosphere was rarely evoked at later concerts, which was probably due to the excellent acoustics of the large concert hall.
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UPC: 4260019715418
Label: Speakers Corner
Release Date: 9.4.26
Format: LP Vinyl