Miles Davis: Big Fun `72, In Concert `72, On the Corner `72

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.

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Tracklist LP1-2. 1972 - Big Fun (1974, CBS-Sony-Japan SOPW 5~6):

01. Great Expectations (Davis-Zawinul) - 27:29
02. Ife (Davis) - 21:38
03. Go Ahead John (Davis) - 28:29
04. Lonely Fire (Davis) - 21:25

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Tracklist LP3-4. 1972 - In Concert (1973, CBS-Sony-Japan SOPJ 37~38):

01. Rated X (Davis) - 12:24
02. Honky Tonk (Davis) - 8:20
03. Theme from Jack Johnson (Davis) - 11:17
04. Black Satin/The Theme (Davis) - 14:04
05. Ife Part I (Davis) - 18:11
06. Ife Part II (Davis) - 9:53
07. Right Off/The Theme (Davis) - 10:27

Miles Davis - electric trumpet with wah-wah
Carlos Garnett - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Cedric Lawson - electric piano, synthesizer
Reggie Lucas - electric guitar
Khalil Balakrishna - electric sitar
Michael Henderson - electric bass
Al Foster - drums
Badal Roy - tablas
James Mtume - percussion

Recorded live at Philharmonic Hall, New York on September 29, 1972.

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Tracklist LP5. 1972 - On the Corner (1972, CBS-Sony-Japan SOPL 125):

01. On the Corner (Davis) - 2:59
02. New York Girl (Davis) - 1:31
03. Thinkin' One Thing and Doin' Another (Davis) - 6:43
04. Vote for Miles (Davis) - 8:49
05. Black Satin (Davis) - 5:16
06. One and One (Davis) - 6:09
07. Helen Butte (Davis) - 16:05
08. Mr. Freedom X (Davis) - 7:15

Miles Davis - trumpet
David Liebman - soprano saxophone (#1)
Carlos Garnett - soprano saxophone (#2), tenor saxophone (#4)
Bennie Maupin - bass clarinet (#2)
John McLaughlin (#1), David Creamer (#2-4) - guitar
Herbie Hancock - Fender Rhodes, synthesizer
Chick Corea - Fender Rhodes
Harold "Ivory" Williams - organ, synthesizer
Michael Henderson - bass
Colin Walcott (#1,3,4), Khalil Balakrishna (#2) - electric sitar
Billy Hart, Jack DeJohnette, Al Foster - drums
Badal Roy - tabla

Recorded in New York on June 1-7, 1972.

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