MILES DAVIS Complete Blackhawk Sessions Mosaic 6 LP

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MILES DAVIS: THE COMPLETE BLACKHAWK SESSIONS

Limited edition 6 LP box set. Mosaic Records  MQ6-220. Mosaic limited edition hand-numbered box set #1329  of  3000. Booklet & box are in excellent to near mint condition unless otherwise noted. All 6 discs are in NM- to NM condition.

This set is out-of-print.

"For a complete study of the jazz musician, there is absolutely nothing in any record store that can compete with, or come close to, a Mosaic set."

- Jules Epstein, Philadelphia Tribune

The 1961 Miles Davis Quintet has been relegated to footnote status in the trumpeter’s long and varied career. It has been said that this was one of Miles’ most popular groups on the club circuit. When you consider the degree of swing and compatibility that this group achieved, it is easy to see why. As soloists, Miles, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley and pianist Wynton Kelly spoke in melodic declarative sentences; they shared a sensibility and an aesthetic. Powered by Paul Chambers’ bass and Jimmy Cobb’s drums, they swung effortlessly, one solo seamlessly blending into the next. They were a master class in the state of modern jazz in 1961.

With standards like “All Of You” or “Someday My Prince Will Come,” they could dance on eggshells. They approached tunes like “Two Bass Hit,” “Well, You Needn’t” and “No Blues” with controlled ferocity, But no matter what they played, they always swung with grace and taste.

If you want Miles Davis’ take on this band, listen to every one of his solos on these sessions; they dance with delight.

MILES’ FIRST LIVE RECORDING

It night seem inconceivable 42 years after so much material has come to light, but this was Miles’ first released live session, 13 excellent performances issued as a double album Miles Davis In Person – Friday And Saturday Nights At The Blackhawk in a deluxe, gatefold jacket. Over the years, the more tunes found their way onto anthologies and six others were bootlegged in hideous sound in Luxembourg!

Now all seven sets, 29 masters in all, from those two nights appear newly remixed and in set order as the band played them. Seven previously edited performances have been restored to their full length.

The booklet includes an essay by trumpeter Eddie Henderson, original liner notes by Ralph J. Gleason and photographs of the period by Chuck Stewart.

MILES DAVIS - THE COMPLETE BLACKHAWK SESSIONS

RECORD ONE – SIDE A
Friday - Set One
1. Oleo 6:55
(Sonny Rollins)
2. No Blues 17:13
(Miles Davis)
3. Bye Bye (theme) 2:37
(Miles Davis)

RECORD ONE – SIDE B
Friday - Set Two
1. All Of You 15:28
(Cole Porter)
2. Neo 10:09
(Miles Davis)

RECORD TWO – SIDE A
Friday - Set Two
1. I Thought About You 4:52
(J. Burke-J. Van Heusen)
2. Bye Bye Blackbird 9:44
(M. Dixon-R. Henderson)

RECORD TWO – SIDE B
Friday - Set Two
1. Walkin' 14:14
(Richard Carpenter)
2. Love, I've Found You 1:48
(C. Moore-D. Small)

RECORD THREE – SIDE A
Friday - Set Three
1. If I Were A Bell 12:43
(Frank Loesser)
2. Fran Dance 7:31
(Miles Davis)

RECORD THREE – SIDE B
Friday - Set Three
1. On Green Dolphin Street 12:10
(B. Kaper-N. Washington)
2. The Theme 0:37
(Miles Davis)

RECORD FOUR – SIDE A
Saturday - Set One
1. If I Were A Bell 12:25
(Frank Loesser)
2. So What 12:14
(Miles Davis)
3. No Blues (theme) 0:18
(Miles Davis)

RECORD FOUR – SIDE B
Saturday - Set Two
1. On Green Dolphin Street 11:54
(B. Kaper-N. Washington)
2. Walkin' 12:13
(Richard Carpenter)

RECORD FIVE – SIDE A
Saturday - Set Two
1. 'Round Midnight 7:28
(Thelonious Monk)
2. Well You Needn't 8:02
(Thelonious Monk)
3. The Theme 0:09
(Miles Davis)

RECORD FIVE – SIDE B
Saturday - Set Three
1. Autumn Leaves 11:30
(J. Prevert-J. Kosma)
2. Neo 12:26
(Miles Davis)

RECORD SIX – SIDE A
Saturday - Set Three
1. Two Bass Hit 4:35
(J. Lewis-D. Gillespie)
2. Bye Bye (theme) 3:19
(Miles Davis)
3. Love, I’ve Found You 1:45
(C. Moore-D. Small)
Saturday - Set Four
4. I Thought About You 5:11
(J. Burke-J. Van Heusen)

RECORD SIX – SIDE B
Saturday - Set Four
1. Someday My Prince Will Come 9:30
(F.E. Churchill-L. Morey)
2. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise 8:37
(S. Romberg-O. Hammerstein)

DISCOGRAPHY
Issue numbers with an asterisk indicate that the version on that LP or CD is edited. All performances on this set are heard in complete form and performance order.

Miles Davis (trumpet), Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums).

The Blackhawk, San Francisco, Friday April 21, 1961
Set One:
Autumn Leaves incomplete, rejected
CO 67467 Oleo CS 8470*/CJ 44425*
CO 67461 No Blues CS 8469*/CJ 44257*
CO 67462 Bye Bye (theme) CS 8469/CJ 44257

Set Two:
CO 67460 All Of You CS 8469*/CJ 44257
Neo (Teo) previously unissued
I Thought About You previously unissued
CO 67458 Bye Bye Blackbird CS 8469/CJ 44257
CO 67458 Walkin' CS 8469/CJ 44257
CO 67463 Love, I’ve Found You (p solo) CS 8469/CJ 44257

Set Three
If I Were A Bell previously unissued
CO 67465 Fran Dance CS 8470*/CJ 44425
CO 69451 On Green Dolphin Street CS 8565*
The Theme previously unissued
Love, I’ve Found You (p solo) rejected

Miles Davis (trumpet), Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums).

The Blackhawk, San Francisco, Saturday April 22, 1961
Set One:
CO 67468 If I Were A Bell CS 8470*/CJ 44425*
CO 67466 So What CS 8470/CJ 44425
No Blues (theme) CS 8470/CJ 44425

Set Two:
On Green Dolphin Street previously unissued
Walkin' previously unissued
CO 68866 'Round Midnight KC2 36472
CO 67464 Well You Needn't CS 8470*/CJ 44425
The Theme KC2 36472*

Note: On KC2 36472, “The Theme” was incomplete and edited onto the end of “’Round Midnight”

Set Three:
Autumn Leaves previously unissued **
CO 67469 Neo (Teo) CS 8470/CJ 44425
Two Bass Hit previously unissued **
Bye Bye (theme) previously unissued **
Love, I’ve Found You (p solo) previously unissued **

Note: The tape recorder did not start until a few notes into “Autumn Leaves” requiring a fade up.

Set Four:
I Thought About You previously unissued **
Someday My Prince Will Come previously unissued **
Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (trio) previously unissued
Bye Bye (theme) (trio) incomplete, rejected

* indicates an edited version of the music

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