Miles Davis: Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West, Jack Johnson & Live-Evil (1970)

Trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and one of the most important figures in jazz music history, and music history in general. Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in a five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major stylistic developments in jazz. Winner of eight Grammy awards.

Born: 26 May 1926 in Alton, Illinois, USA.
Died: 28 September 1991 in Santa Monica, California, USA (aged 65).

Best known for his seminal modern jazz album "Kind Of Blue" (1959), the highest selling jazz album of all time with six million copies sold.

Miles went to NYC to study at the academic school for musicians, where he met Charlie Parker. They started playing together from 1945. In 1948 Miles Davis started to make his own ensembles, at that time he met Gil Evans, The Miles Davis Nonet was born. From the few recordings they made in 1949 to 1950 came the album "Birth Of The Cool" (1957), with Davis and Evans going on to work more together in the future.

Miles Davis was one of the musicians who introduced the 'Hard Bop' in the mid 1950s. In the late 1960s he started to experiment with electronic instruments and rock and funk rhythms. In the mid 1970s he stopped playing because of health problems, though in 1980 he made an 'electronical' comeback.

Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2006 (Performer). Winner of Eight Grammy Awards.

He married dancer/actress Frances Taylor Davis on December 12, 1959; they divorced in 1968. He then married singer Betty Mabry in September 1968; they divorced in 1970. He then married actress Cicely Tyson on November 26, 1981; they divorced in 1989. Father of Cheryl Davis & Erin Davis. Uncle of Vince Wilburn, Jr.

~ discogs

Tracklist LP01-02. 1970 - Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West (1973, CBS-Sony-Japan SOPJ 39~40):

01. Directions (Zawinul) - 10:47
02. Miles Runs the Voodoo Down (Davis) - 13:00
03. Willie Nelson (Davis) - 6:27
04. I Fall in Love Too Easily (Styne-Cahn) - 1:34
05. Sanctuary (Shorter) - 4:02
06. It's About That Time Part I (Davis) - 6:22
07. It's About That Time Part II (Davis) - 4:14
08. Bitches Brew (Davis) - 13:02
09. Masqualero (Shorter) - 9:11
10. Spanish Key/The Theme (Davis) - 12:18

Miles Davis - trumpet
Steve Grossman - soprano saxophone
Chick Corea - electric piano
Dave Holland - electric bass
Jack DeJohnette - drums
Airto Moreira - percussion

Recorded live at "The Fillmore West", San Francisco, CA on April 10, 1970.

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Tracklist LP03. 1970 - Jack Johnson (1979, CBS-Sony-Japan 20AP 1405):

01. Right Off (Davis-Macero) - 26:52
02. Yesternow (Davis) - 25:34

Miles Davis - trumpet
Herbie Hancock - keyboards
John McLaughlin - guitar
Steve Grossman - saxophone
Michael Henderson - Fender bass
Billy Cobham - drums

Recorded at Columbia Studio B, New York on April 7, 1970.

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Tracklist LP04-05. 1970 - Live-Evil (1971, CBS-Sony-Japan SONP 50452~3):

01. Sivad (Davis) - 15:18
02. Little Church (Pascoal) - 3:18
03. Medley: Gemini (Davis)/Double Image (Zawinul) - 5:54
04. What I Say (Davis) - 21:12
05. Nem Um Talvez (Davis) - 4:05
06. Selim (Davis) - 2:18
07. Funky Tonk (Davis) - 23:26
08. Inamorata and Narration by Conrad Roberts (Davis) - 26:34

Miles Davis - trumpet, trumpet with wah-wah
Gary Bartz - soprano saxophone, flute
Steve Grossman, Wayne Shorter - soprano saxophone
John McLaughlin - electric guitar
Keith Jarrett - electric piano, organ
Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul - electric piano
Michael Henderson - electric bass
Dave Holland - electric bass, acoustic bass
Khalil Balakrishna - electric sitar
Ron Carter - acoustic bass
Jack DeJohnette, Billy Cobham - drums
Hermeto Pascoal - drums, whistling, vocals, electric piano
Airto Moreira - percussion
Conrad Roberts - vocal narration, poem

Recorded live at The Cellar Door, Washington, DC and Columbia Studio B, New York on February 6 - December 19, 1970.

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