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Miles Davis’ France Concerts With Second Great Quintet Focus of Latest ‘Bootleg Series’
Miles Davis’ live work with his Second Great Quintet is the focus of the upcoming eighth volume in the late jazz legend’s Bootleg Series.
Miles Davis ’ live work with his Second Great Quintet — as documented in a handful of unreleased French concerts — is the focus of the upcoming eighth volume in the late jazz legend’s Bootleg Series. 8, due out November 8 via Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, features four hours of unreleased music that the trumpeter and his Second Great Quintet — pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter, drummer Tony Williams and saxophonists George Coleman (in 1963) and Wayne Shorter (in 1964 — performed over five concerts in France in that two-year span. 8 ’s arrival, check out the album opener, a 10-minute rendition of the Kind of Blue classic “So What,” recorded at a July 26, 1963 show at the Festival Mondial Du Jazz, Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins.
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