MILES DAVIS In Person, Saturday Night At The Blackhawk 1964 UK CBS *MONO*
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Nov 7, 2016
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Oct 28, 2016
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MILES DAVIS In Person, Saturday Night At The Blackhawk 1964 UK CBS *MONO*
MILES DAVISIn Person, Saturday Night At The Blackhawk
1964 UK CBS (BPG 62307) *MONO* PRESSING
Recorded at The Blackhawk Restaurant, Hyde and Turk, San Francisco, California, April 23, 1961
AN EXCELLENT ORIGINAL COPY - BARELY PLAYED AND DELIVERING SENSATIONAL SOUND
Miles Davis Trumpet
Hank Mobley Tenor Sax
Wynton Kelly Piano
Paul Chambers Bass
Jimmy Cobb Drums
FIRST TEXTURED CBS LABELS WITH “33” SPEED INDICATION AND “RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1961” STATEMENT
MATRIX SIDE ONE: AA 682514 ? 1L ? 2// 420 vov BPG 62307 1L
MATRIX SIDE TWO: AA 682514 ? 2L ? 1// ? 420 vvo BPG 62307 2L
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FRONT LAMINATED DUO-FLIPBACK SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL DIE-CUT INNER SLEEVE WITH BRITISH PATENT NUMBER, FOREIGN PATENTS PENDING AND MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN ALL PRINTED IN GREY
The second of two sets recorded during a weekend in 1961 features the Miles Davis Quintet at a period of time when Hank Mobley was on tenor and the rhythm section was comprised of pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Jimmy Cobb.
What is most remarkable is the way Kelly fits into this particular blend of the Miles band. Kelly's interplay with Chambers is especially brilliant, because his sense of blues phrasing inside counterpoint harmony is edgy and large, with left-hand chords in the middle register rather than sharp right-hand runs to accentuate choruses.
Davis himself has never played with more intensity and muscularity on record than he does here. He is absolutely fierce, both on the Friday night and Saturday night sets.
Kelly plays more like a drummer than a pianist, using gorgeously percussive left-hand comps and fills to add bottom to the front line's solos. Mobley displays his bebop rather than hard bop and groove sides here, and reveals his intricate knowledge of the bop phraseology; he sounds free of the baggage and responsibility that he replaced John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley. His solos on "If I Were a Bell" and "No Blues" are simply revelatory.
This is an under appreciated group because of its relatively short life, but as evidenced here, the bandmembers swung fast and hard and never looked back. Hearing a dropped bass line, an out-of-time cymbal flourish, and a shortened series of phrases by Miles because he miscounted -- you guess the track -- adds to the charm of this being recorded as it was, without any cleanup.
It is difficult to recommend this set over Friday Night or vice versa; Miles fans will need both to fully appreciate how special this engagement and this band was
Side One:
Well You Needn't (4:42)
Fran-Dance (6:06)
So What (12:44)
Side Two:
Oleo (5:12)
If I Were A Bell (8:40)
Neo (12:51)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with just a few light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT+
Both surfaces shine like-new with only one light and harmless mark at the edge of Side One
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT+
Plays with little to fault - just a little low-level surface on the run-ins and the occasional one-off background tick - nothing really - great sound - very highly recommended indeed - a strong EX+
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
Crisp, clean, sharp and fresh
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