Miles Davis at Fillmore
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Jazz-rock[1] | ||||
| Length | 101:26 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Teo Macero | |||
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Miles Davis at Fillmore is a 1970 live album by jazz trumpeter
Fender Rhodes electric piano, respectively. The group opened for Laura Nyro at these performances.[2]
Compositions include, besides the standard "
In A Silent Way. The live performances were heavily edited by producer Teo Macero, and the results were named for the day of the week the band performed; only on the 1997 Columbia CD reissue were the compositions and composers identified and indexed. Promotional LP copies divided the sides into short individually titled pieces, but still did not identify the original compositions and composers.[3]
On March 25, 2014, the full recordings of the performances were issued as Miles at the Fillmore - Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3.
Release history
Miles Davis at Fillmore was released on vinyl as a double album, with liner notes written by Morgan Ames of Black Beauty: Live at the Fillmore West). This reissue featured additional liner notes by drummer Jack DeJohnette. Columbia aimed the release for the jazz market but also for college and alternative radio stations.[4]
Marguerite Eskridge, Davis' girlfriend at the time, appeared in the album cover's photo collage.[5]
Critical reception
| Retrospective reviews | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
Tom Hull – on the Web | B+[13] |
In Black Beauty in favor of "a frenzied, clangorous approach".[14]
Track listing
1970 double LP
Columbia – G 30038, C 30241, C 30242:[15]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording session | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Wednesday Miles" | Miles Davis | June 17, 1970 | 24:14 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording session | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Thursday Miles" | Miles Davis | June 18, 1970 | 26:55 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording session | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Friday Miles" | Miles Davis | June 19, 1970 | 27:57 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording session | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Saturday Miles" | Miles Davis | June 20, 1970 | 22:20 |
| Total length: | 101:26 | |||
1997 CD Reissue
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Directions" | Joe Zawinul | 2:29 |
| 2. | "Bitches Brew" | Miles Davis | 0:53 |
| 3. | "The Mask" | Miles Davis | 1:35 |
| 4. | "It's About That Time" | Miles Davis | 8:12 |
| 5. | "Bitches Brew/The Theme" | Miles Davis | 10:55 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Directions" | Joe Zawinul | 5:35 |
| 7. | "The Mask" | Miles Davis | 9:50 |
| 8. | "It's About That Time" | Miles Davis | 11:22 |
| Total length: | 50:51 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "It's About That Time" | Miles Davis | 9:01 |
| 2. | "I Fall in Love Too Easily" | Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn | 2:00 |
| 3. | "Sanctuary" | Wayne Shorter | 3:44 |
| 4. | "Bitches Brew/The Theme" | Miles Davis | 13:09 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5. | "It's About That Time" | Miles Davis | 3:43 |
| 6. | "I Fall in Love Too Easily" | Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn | 0:54 |
| 7. | "Sanctuary" | Wayne Shorter | 2:49 |
| 8. | "Bitches Brew" | Miles Davis | 6:57 |
| 9. | "Willie Nelson/The Theme" | Miles Davis | 7:57 |
| Total length: | 50:14 | ||
Personnel
Musicians
- Harmon mute
- Steve Grossman – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Chick Corea – Fender Rhodes electric piano with delay/fuzz pedals and ring modulator
- Keith Jarrett – Fender Contempo Organ with delay/fuzz pedals + tambourine
- electric bass guitarwith wah-wah pedal
- Jack DeJohnette – drums
- Airto Moreira – cuica, transverse flute, whistle, kazoo, shakers, bells, woodblock, tambourine
Production
- Teo Macero – producer
- Stan Tonkel – recording engineer
- Russ Payne – mixing engineer
- Nick Fasciano – original cover design
- Jim Marshall – cover photography
- Don Hunstein – original liner photography
See also
References
- Allmusic. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
...Davis turned more overtly to a jazz-rock style...He followed it with such similar efforts as Miles Davis at Fillmore East
- ^ Losin, Peter. "Miles Ahead". Retrieved May 21, 2016.
- ^ "Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
- ^ Macnie, Jim (June 7, 1997). "Columbia/Legacy to Present Miles Davis 'Live & Electric!'". Billboard. pp. 9, 88. Archived from the original on March 30, 2014. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
- ISBN 9780313376436. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ a b Christgau 1981, p. 101.
- Down Beat: 65. July 1997.
- ^ Sinclair, Tom (August 1, 1997). Review: Miles Davis live albums Archived November 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on February 26, 2011.
- ^ Heckman, Don (July 27, 1997). "Unleashing More of the Davis Legacy : MILES DAVIS". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ Considine et al. 2004, p. 215.
- ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Grade List: Miles Davis". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ Considine et al. 2004, p. 219.
- ^ "Miles Davis at Fillmore (LP)". Discogs. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
- ^ "Miles Davis at Fillmore (CD)". Discogs. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
Bibliography
- ISBN 0899190251.
- ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
External links
- Miles Davis at Fillmore at Discogs (list of releases)
- "Miles Davis's '70s: The Excitement! The Terror!" by Robert Christgau
