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Columbia/Legacy Recordings Set to Release Miles
Davis Quintet: Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Series, Vol 5, a 3CD Set
featuring 2+ Hours of Previously Unreleased Studio Recordings from 1966-1968, Newly Mixed and Mastered in High Resolution
Audio
Latest Volume of Acclaimed Miles Davis Bootleg Series
Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Landmark Miles Smiles Album
with In-Depth Access to Full Session Reels including Rehearsals, Partial and
Alternate Takes, Studio Conversation & More
Available Everywhere Friday, October 21, 2016
August
18, 2016-New York, NY-Columbia/Legacy
Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Miles Davis
Quintet: Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Series, Vol 5 on Friday, October 21, 2016.
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A 3CD box set collection
chronicling Miles' musical evolution in the studio from 1966-1968 working with
his "second great quintet,"
the
latest edition in Columbia/Legacy's acclaimed Miles Davis Bootleg Series
provides an unprecedented look into the artist's creative process, drawing on
full session reels including all rehearsals, partial and alternate takes, extensive and fascinating studio
conversation and more.
Celebrating the 50th
anniversary of Miles Smiles, the groundbreaking second
studio album from the Miles Davis Quintet--Miles Davis (trumpet), Wayne Shorter
(tenor saxophone), Herbie Hancock (piano), Ron Carter (bass) and Tony Williams
(drums)--this definitive new collection includes the master takes of
performances which would appear on the Miles Smiles (1967), Nefertiti
(1968) and Water Babies (recorded 1967, released 1976)
albums alongside more than two hours worth of previously unreleased studio
recordings from original sessions produced by Teo Macero (with the exception of
"Fall," produced by Howard A. Roberts).
"Circle," "Orbits," "Dolores"
and "Freedom Jazz Dance"
were recorded at the historic Columbia
30th Street Studio in New York City on October 24, 1966. "Gingerbread
Boy" and "Footprints" were
recorded at the same location the following day, October 25, 1966. Full session reels – every second of music and
dialogue – that were taped for the Miles Smiles album are included.
Prior to this the only material ever released from the classic album were the
master takes for the six songs. Never before have the full session reels
for an entire Miles Columbia album been released, here providing an in-depth
look at the studio process of one of jazz’s greatest bandleaders, and arguably
the greatest small jazz group ever.
"Masqualero", heard on the set in a previously
unreleased alternate take, was recorded at Columbia 30th Street Studio on May 17,
1967. "Water Babies" and
"Nefertiti"
were recorded there on June 7, 1967. "Fall"
was cut at the Columbia studio on July 19, 1967. Complete session reels for “Water Babies”, “Nefertiti” and “Fall” are
included in the box.
"Country Son", heard in a unique previously
unreleased rhythm section only rehearsal, was
recorded at Columbia Studio B in New York City on May 15, 1968.
Miles Davis Quintet: Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg
Series, Vol 5 box set was produced for contemporary release by the
multi Grammy Award winning team of Steve Berkowitz, Michael Cuscuna and Richard
Seidel. The album was mixed from the original 4-track tapes and mastered by
Grammy Award winning engineer Mark Wilder, Battery Studios, New York City, July
2016.
In addition to more than two
hours of previously unreleased studio sessions, the collection includes
"Blues
in F (My Ding)," a rare and unique home recording featuring Miles, demonstrating on piano a new blues he was
working on to Wayne Shorter.
Miles Davis Quintet: Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg
Series, Vol 5 includes revelatory behind-the-scenes liner notes
penned by Grammy Award-winning Ashley Kahn, author of Kind of Blue: The
Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece, as well as new interviews with
Quintet members Ron Carter and Wayne Shorter.
Sourced from original
four-track analog session reels and master tapes transferred and mixed in high
resolution at 24-bit/192 kHz, Miles Davis Quintet: Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg
Series, Vol 5 offers a profound and intimate look at Miles' creative
process in the studio, providing insight into the bold new musical directions
Davis and members of his quintet would take as the 1960s drew to a close.
Miles Davis Quintet: Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg
Series, Vol 5
Disc 1
1. Freedom
Jazz Dance (Session Reel)
2.
Freedom
Jazz Dance (Master Take)
3.
Circle
(Session Reel)
4.
Circle
(Take 5)
5.
Circle
(Take 6)
6.
Dolores
(Session Reel)
7.
Dolores
(Master Take)
Disc 2
1.
Orbits
(Session Reel)
2.
Orbits
(Master Take)
3.
Footprints
(Session Reel)
4.
Footprints
(Master Take)
5.
Gingerbread
Boy (Session Reel)
6.
Gingerbread
Boy (Master Take)
7.
Nefertiti
(Session Reel)
8.
Nefertiti
(Master Take)
Disc 3
1.
Fall
(Session Reel)
2.
Fall
(Master Take)
3.
Water
Babies (Session Reel)
4.
Water
Babies (Master Take)
5.
Masqualero
(Alt. Take 3)
6.
Country
Son (Trio Rehearsal)
7.
Blues
in F (My Ding)
8.
Play
Us Your Eight (Miles Speaks)
Miles Davis Quintet: Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg
Series, Vol 5 is the fifth installment in Legacy/Columbia's ongoing
commitment to the musical and cultural impact of Miles Davis, finding new ways
of exploring and appreciating the Miles Davis catalog.
The first four volumes of The
Miles Davis Bootleg Series have received numerous honors and accolades:
Live in Europe 1967: The
Bootleg Series Vol. 1 (released September 2011) was the most acclaimed
historic jazz box set of 2011, receiving a "5-star" review
from Down Beat magazine, where it was voted Historical Album of the
Year in the Down Beat 2012 Readers and Critics Poll.
The album was ranked #1 reissue in
the Readers Poll of JazzTimes magazine while the
Jazz Journalists Association voted it Best Historical or Boxed Set. The
set peaked at #3 on Billboard's Top Jazz Album Charts.
Miles Davis Quintet
–
Live In Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (released
January 2013) won the Jazz Journalists Association Historical Record of the
Year, voted Historical Album of the Year in
the Downbeat Readers and Critics Poll, and #1 reissue in
both the Critics and Readers polls of JazzTimes magazine.
Like its predecessor, the album also peaked at #3 on Billboard's Top
Jazz Album Charts.
MILES AT THE FILLMORE – Miles
Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3 (released
March 2014) won the Jazz Journalists Association Historical Record of the Year,
voted the #1 Historical Album of the Year in the 2014 Downbeat Critics
Poll, #3 Historical Album of the Year in the 2014 JazzTimes Critics
Poll, and included in Rolling Stone's Best Reissues of 2014 list with a 4.5/5
STAR rating. The set peaked at #1 on Billboard's Top Jazz Album Charts.
MILES DAVIS AT NEWPORT
1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (released March 2015) was voted the #1 Historical
Reissue in the 2015 JazzTimes Critics
Poll and won Historical/Reissue/Vault Release in the 2015 JazzTimes Readers
Poll. The set was also named in Downbeat's "Best Albums of 2015"
list, received 4 Stars in
the Historical category and in Downbeat's Critics Poll was the winner
in the Historical Album category. The set
won the 2016 NAACP Image Award for the Outstanding Jazz Album category.
Miles Davis, American musical
icon and international cultural archetype, would have turned 90 years old on
May 26, 2016. To commemorate Miles 90th, Legacy Recordings (the catalog
division of Sony Music Entertainment) and Polygraph.cool (the groundbreaking
online publication pioneering the art of interactive graphic forensics)
launched the
Universe of Miles Davis,
an immersive destination website visualizing the astounding ongoing cultural
impact and importance of Miles Davis. An innovative 21st century interactive
platform, the
Universe of Miles Davis
is as revolutionary as the artist and genius it celebrates.
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