Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment has announced the newest box set in the Miles Bootleg Series out November 8th — Miles in France – Miles Davis Quintet 1963/64: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8 which includes all the music made at the 1963 Festival Mondial Du Jazz in Antibes (July 26-28 of that year) and the 1964 Paris Jazz Festival (October 1). The 1963 recordings feature George Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams – while the 1964 recordings feature Wayne Shorter’s arrival on tenor saxophone as the final member of the Second Great Quintet.
Miles In France will arrive November 8th as a 6 CD and 8 LP set with more than four hours of previously unreleased music and new liner notes by journalist Marcus J. Moore. A 2LP break-out set, of just the 1964 recordings, will also be available. The release will also be available digitally in its entirety on DSPs. Pre-orders begin today HERE:
Miles in France – Miles Davis Quintet 1963/64: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8 was produced by the multi-GRAMMY winning team of Steve Berkowitz, Richard Seidel and Michael Cuscuna (marking one of the last productions for Cuscuna, who passed away earlier this year) and mastered by multi-GRAMMY winning Sony Music engineer Vic Anesini at Battery Studios in NYC.
MILES IN FRANCE SET LISTS
MILES DAVIS QUINTET
The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8
Festival Mondial Du Jazz, Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins, July 26, 1963
1. Introduction by André Francis (:46)
2. So What (9:46)
3. All Blues (11:59)
4. Stella By Starlight (14:13)
5. Seven Steps To Heaven (11:01)
6. Walkin’ (10:43)
7. My Funny Valentine (9:55)
8. Joshua (11:02)
9. The Theme (2:59)
10. Closing announcement by André Francis (0:37)
Festival Mondial Du Jazz, Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins July 27, 1963
1. Introduction by André Francis (:52)
2. Autumn Leaves (13:55)
3. Milestones (9:23)
4. I Thought About You (11:47)
5. Joshua (11:31)
6. All Of You (16:44)
7. Walkin’ (16:16)
8. Bye Bye Blackbird (16:49)
9. The Theme (6:06)
Festival Mondial Du Jazz, Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins July 28, 1963
1. Introduction by André Francis (1:21)
2. If I Were A Bell (12:46)
3. So What (12:41)
4. Stella By Starlight (15:47)
5. Walkin’ (18:19)
6. The Theme (:28)
Paris Jazz Festival, Salle Pleyel, October 1, 1964 (1st concert)
1. Autumn Leaves (12:49)
2. So What (9:39)
3. Stella By Starlight (11:05)
4. Walkin’ (9:07)
5. The Theme (0:38)
Paris Jazz Festival, Salle Pleyel, October 1, 1964 (2nd concert)
1. All Of You (16:05)
2. Joshua (12:35)
3. My Funny Valentine (12:18)
4. No Blues (13:13)
5. The Theme (1:05)
