Acrobat Music Releases Live Miles Davis Sextet Recordings

[Lazaro Vega]

A package of CD arrived yesterday from Acrobat Music including the Miles Davis Sextet in various versions broadcasting from Birdland, The Spotlight in Washington D.C. and The Cafe Bohemia. The info isn't up at the web site yet. But this one was part of the package, too: Brubeck live at Basin Street, NYC, and The Blue Note in Chicago: http://www.acrobatmusic.net/?cid=5&AlbumId=535

[captainwrong]

Not to go OT, but what is this Acrobat Music? I've seen a bunch of their stuff at eMusic and it looks kind of questionable, at least in the US.

Also, you link goes to a Brubeck album.

[Dan Gould]

Here's the Miles Davis page.

My experience of Acrobat is that they've put out a lot of PD music but they tend to overuse or misuse noise reduction techniques and the results are often disappointing.

[captainwrong]

Also, is this different than the Jazz Band 58-59 broadcasts disc? Looks like could be or could have some cross over.

EDIT: answered my own question. It's four tracks from the Prestige Quartet box and the rest are on the Jazz Band disc, including the "What Is This Thing Called Love" that has nothing to do with Miles or his groups of the time.

Edited October 28, 2008 by Captain Wrong

[JSngry]

Also, is this different than the Jazz Band 58-59 broadcasts disc? Looks like could be or could have some cross over.

EDIT: answered my own question. It's four tracks from the Prestige Quartet box and the rest are on the Jazz Band disc, including the "What Is This Thing Called Love" that has nothing to do with Miles or his groups of the time.

What "Prestige Quartet Box" is that? And what four tracks are they?

And "What Is..." is from an Art ford show jam session, with Miles, Cannonball, & Red garland taking part, so there is some connection.

[Lazaro Vega]

This one, Jim: http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/albums/Th...intet-Sessions/

http://www.amazon.com/Legendary-Prestige-Q...s/dp/B000F5GNXS

And Jim you're right about the Jam Session track.

Edited October 28, 2008 by Lazaro Vega

[captainwrong]

OK, I thought I'd read in a review of the Jazz Band disc that Miles and the rest weren't actually on that track.

[Swinging Swede]

I think the Captain is Right. Peter Losin doesn't list this item in his Miles Davis discography. I've read before that it's Nat Adderley and not Miles, and that Cannonball isn't present, but look what I found in the Gerry Mulligan Discography by Gérard Dugelay and Kenneth Hallqvist published in March 2008:

ALL STARS

Art Farmer (tp), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Gigi Gryce (as), Gerry Mulligan (bars), Jimmy Jones (p),

Kenny Burrell (g), Bill Crow (b), Elvin Jones (dm), Candido Canero (cgs) - remaining musicians

unknown

Art Ford Jazz Party TV Show, Newark, New Jersey, November 27, 1958

What Is This Thing Called Love?

(12:03) Jazz Band EB-418,EBCD 2101-2

Notes: This date was earlier titled Miles Davis All Stars, but the trumpet player is not

Miles Davis, but Art Farmer. Unfortunately it is almost impossible to identify the

other musicians. Miles Davis is mentioned at the end of the title in an

advertisment for a concert held November 29 at ’The Mosque Theatre’ in Newark

[JSngry]

Ok, my bad about the jam session then. I have that disc but haven't listened to it in several years.

Still want to know what this "Quartet" box is & what tunes are from it...

[Lazaro Vega]

Ee-gads, guys: thanks for the info. In the Acrobat release the personnel is listed as, "Miles Davis, trumpet; Nat Adderley, clarinet; Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, alto sax; Bennie Green, trombone; Gerry Mulligan, baritone sax; William "Red" Garland, piano; Barry Miles, drums; Chris Nirobe, percussion; Candido, percussion." (Those italics were added).

[ghost of miles]

Ok, my bad about the jam session then. I have that disc but haven't listened to it in several years.

Still want to know what this "Quartet" box is & what tunes are from it...

Maybe he means the "Quintet" box, which included some live tracks?

[captainwrong]

Yeah, Quintet. I can't add.

[Lazaro Vega]

The sound on the Prestige three CD set is much, much better than this Acrobat release....

....nevermind.....

[captainwrong]