Identifier8101360
Created AtTue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Media TypeCD-R
Media Count6
Trades Allowed
Performance
Miles Davis 1946-??-?? Rare Miles 1946-1960, Various, Various
Set 1Disc 1
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March 31, 1946 (5 items, 24:36)
Streets of Paris, Los Angeles
Unknown radio broadcast
Benny Carter Orchestra

Miles Davis (tpt); Howard McGhee (tpt); Al Grey (tb);
Britt Woodman
(tb); Benny Carter (as); Hubert "Bumps" Myers (ts);
James Cannady
(g); Sonny White (p); Thomas Moultrie (b); Percy Brice
(d)

Just You, Just Me (R. Klages-J. Greer) (incomplete)
7:59
Don't Blame Me (D. Fields-J. McHugh) (incomplete) 8:58

Sweet Georgia Brown (B. Bernie-M. Pinkard-K. Casey)
(incomplete)
7:30

January 17, 1949 (4 items, 16:34)
WPIX Studio, New York
WPIX radio broadcast
All-Star jam session

Miles Davis (tpt); Kai Winding (tb); Buddy DeFranco
(cl);
Eli "Lucky" Thompson (ts); Charlie Ventura (ts, bs);
Al Haig (p);
Oscar Pettiford (b); Shelly Manne (d)

The Squirrel (T. Dameron) 4:20
Anthropology (D. Gillespie-C. Parker) 3:35
Body and Soul (J. Green-E. Heyman-R. Sour-F. Eyton)
4:58
How High the Moon (N. Hamilton-M. Lewis) 3:41

February 19, 1949 (5 items, 13:44)
Royal Roost, New York
WMCA radio broadcast
Tadd Dameron's Big Ten

Miles Davis (tpt); Kai Winding (tb); Sahib Shihab
[Edmund Gregory]
(as); Benjamin Lundy (ts); Cecil Payne (bs); Tadd
Dameron (p); John
Collins (g); Dillon "Curly" Russell (b); Kenny Clarke
(d); Carlos
Vidal (bgo)

Good Bait (T. Dameron-C. Basie) 3:19
Focus (T. Dameron) 3:53
April in Paris (E.Y. Harburg-V. Duke) 2:53
Webb's Delight (T. Dameron) 3:36

February 26, 1949 (2 items, 7:11)
Royal Roost, New York
WMCA radio broadcast
Tadd Dameron's Big Ten

Miles Davis (tpt); Kai Winding (tb); Sahib Shihab
[Edmund Gregory]
(as); Benjamin Lundy (ts); Cecil Payne (bs); Tadd
Dameron (p); John
Collins (g); Dillon "Curly" Russell (b); Kenny Clarke
(d); Carlos
Vidal (bgo)

Milano (J. Lewis) [Miles] 3:35
Casbah (T. Dameron) 3:36

May 15, 1949 (1 item, 3:47)
Salle Pleyel, Paris
ORTF radio broadcast
All-Star jam session

Miles Davis (tpt); Aime Barelli (tpt); Oran "Hot Lips"
Page (tpt);
Kenny Dorham (tpt); Bill Coleman (tpt); Russell "Big
Chief" Moore
(tb); Hubert Rostaing (cl); Sidney Bechet (ss);
Charlie Parker (as);
Don Byas (ts); James Moody (ts); Hazy Osterwald (vb);
Jean "Toots"
Thielemans (g); Al Haig (p); Tommy Potter (b); Max
Roach (d)

Farewell Blues (Traditional) (incomplete) 3:47
Begins toward the end of Byas's solo, followed by Page (0:32-1:38),
then Bechet (1:40-2:30), then Davis (2:32-3:06), then
Parker (3:06-
3:52). Cut off.

Set 2Disc 2
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February 18, 1950 (5 items, 21:56)
WNYC Studio, New York
WNYC radio broadcast
Miles Davis Sextet

Miles Davis (tpt); J.J. Johnson (tb); Stan Getz (ts);
Tadd Dameron
(p); Gene Ramey (b); Art Blakey (d)

Conception (G. Shearing) 4:07
Ray's Idea (R. Brown-W.G. Fuller) 5:54
That Old Black Magic (J. Mercer-H. Arlen) 2:16
Max is Making Wax (O. Pettiford) 3:59
Woody 'n' You (D. Gillespie) 5:40

June 2, 1951 (4 items, 21:13)
Birdland, New York
WJZ radio broadcast
Miles Davis Sextet

Miles Davis (tpt); J.J. Johnson (tb); Sonny Rollins
(ts); Kenny Drew
(p); Tommy Potter (b); Art Blakey (d)

Move (D. Best) 6:15
Half Nelson (M. Davis) 7:36
Down (M. Davis) 7:17

September 29, 1951 (3 items, 20:43)
Birdland, New York
WJZ radio broadcast
Miles Davis Sextet

Miles Davis (tpt); Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (ts); George
"Big Nick"
Nicholas (ts); Billy Taylor (p); Charles Mingus (b);
Art Blakey (d)

Move (D. Best) 6:23
The Squirrel (T. Dameron) 8:43
Lady Bird (T. Dameron-N. Heath) 5:37

Set 3Disc 3
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April 25, 1952 (8 items, 12:45)
Birdland, New York
WJZ radio broadcast
Beryl Booker Quintet with Miles Davis

Miles Davis (tpt); Don Elliot (vb, mellophone); Chuck
Wayne (g);
Beryl Booker (p); Clyde Lombardi (b); Connie Kay (d)

Unidentified title (theme?) 0:07
(This is evidently the Booker group's opening and
closing theme.)
Rifftide (T. Monk) 3:40
All the Things You Are (J. Kern-O. Hammerstein) 4:44
The Squirrel (T. Dameron) 3:31

May 2, 1952 (2 items, 11:29)
Birdland, New York
WJZ radio broadcast
Miles Davis Sextet

Miles Davis (tpt); Jackie McLean (as); Don Elliot (vb, mellophone);
Gil Coggins (p); Connie Henry (b); Connie Kay (d)

Confirmation (C. Parker) 5:47
Out of the Blue (M. Davis) 5:42

May 16, 1953 (9 items, 26:47)
Birdland, New York
WABC radio broadcast
Miles Davis All-Stars
ed. note - a shoddy performance from the height of
junkiedom.
Included as a PSA on drug use.

Miles Davis (tpt); Sahib Shihab [Edmund Gregory] (bs);
Wade Legge
(p); Lou Hackney (b); Al Jones (d); Candido Camero
(cga); Joe
Carroll (voc); Bob Garrity (ann)

Move (D. Best) 5:35
Tenderly (J. Lawrence-W. Gross) 4:40
A Night in Tunisia (D. Gillespie-F. Paparelli) 6:08
Dig (M. Davis) 3:47
I Got Rhythm (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) 4:50

July 17, 1955 (6 items, 23:50)
Festival Field, Newport
Voice of America (VOA) recording
All-Star jam session

Miles Davis (tpt); Zoot Sims [John Haley] (ts); Gerry
Mulligan (bs);
Thelonious Monk (p); Percy Heath (b); Connie Kay (d);
Duke Ellington
(ann)

Hackensack (T. Monk) 7:47
'Round Midnight (B. Hanighen-C. Williams-T. Monk) 5:57

Now's the Time (C. Parker) 8:30

Rare Miles 4
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November 17, 1955
Hudson Theatre, New York
NBC-TV broadcast - Tonight Show with Steve Allen
Miles Davis (tpt); John Coltrane (ts); William "Red" Garland (p);
Paul Chambers (b); Philly Joe Jones (d); Steve Allen (ann)

1. Max is Making Wax (Pettiford) / It Never Entered My Mind (Rodgers -
Hart)

November 12, 1956
Stadthalle, Freiburg
Birdland All-Stars in Europe plus Kurt Edelhagen Orchestra
Miles Davis (tpt); Ren? Urtreger (p); Pierre Michelot (b); Christian
Garros (d); Lester Young (ts); Milt Jackson (vb); John Lewis (p);
Percy Heath (b); Connie Kay (d); Siegfried Ackhammer (tpt); Conny
Jackel (tpt); Klaus Mitschele (tpt); Rolfe Schnoebiegel (tpt); Hanne
Wilfert (tpt); Werner Betz (tb); Otto Bredl (tb); Helmut Hauck (tb);
Heinz Hermannsdorfer (tb); Helmut Reinhardt (as); Franz Von Klenck
(as); Bubi Aderhold (ts); Paul Martin (ts); Helmut Brandt (bs);
Johnny Feigl (bs); Werner Drexler (d); Kurt Edelhagen (cond)

2. How High the Moon (Hamilton - Lewis)
3. Lester Leaps In (L. Young)

July 13, 1957
Caf? Bohemia, New York
Miles Davis (tpt); Sonny Rollins (ts); William "Red" Garland (p);
Paul Chambers (b); Arthur Taylor (d); Guy Wallace (ann)

4. Four
5. Bye Bye Blackbird (incomplete) (Henderson - Dixon)
6. It Never Entered My Mind (incomplete) (Rodgers - Hart)

July 20, 1957
Caf? Bohemia, New York
Miles Davis (tpt); Sonny Rollins (ts); William "Red" Garland (p);
Paul Chambers (b); Arthur Taylor (d); Guy Wallace (ann)

7. Dear Old Stockholm (traditional)
8. Bags' Groove (incomplete) (M. Jackson)

July 27, 1957
Caf? Bohemia, New York
Miles Davis (tpt); Sonny Rollins (ts); William "Red" Garland (p);
Paul Chambers (b); Arthur Taylor (d); Guy Wallace (ann)

9. Bye Bye Blackbird (Henderson - Dixon)
10. Tune Up (incomplete)

Rare Miles 5
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December 8, 1957
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
"The Amsterdam Concert"
Miles Davis (tpt); Barney Wilen (ts); Ren? Urtreger (p); Pierre
Michelot (b); Christian Garros (d)

(Set 1)
1. Woody `N You (Gillespie)
2. Bags' Groove (M. Jackson)
3. What's New? (Burke-Haggart)
4. But Not For Me (Gershwin-Gershwin)
5. A Night in Tunisia (Gillespie-Paparelli)
6. Four
(Set 2)
7. Walkin' (Carpenter)
8. Well, You Needn't (Monk)
9. Round Midnight (Hanighen-Williams-Monk)
10. Lady Bird (Dameron-Heath)

May 17, 1958
Caf? Bohemia, New York
Miles Davis (tpt); John Coltrane (ts); Bill Evans (p); Paul Chambers
(b); Philly Joe Jones (d); Guy Wallace (ann)

11. Four
12. Bye Bye Blackbird (Henderson-Dixon)
13. Walkin' (Carpenter)
14. Two Bass Hit (incomplete) (Lewis-Gillespie)

Rare Miles 6
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November 1, 1958
Spotlite Lounge, Washington
Miles Davis (tpt); Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (as); John Coltrane
(ts); William "Red" Garland (p); Paul Chambers (b); Jimmy Cobb (d)

1. Sid's Ahead (Weirdo)
2. Bye Bye Blackbird (Henderson-Dixon)
3. Straight, No Chaser (incomplete) (Monk)

January 3, 1959
Birdland, New York
Miles Davis (tpt); Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (as); John Coltrane
(ts); Wynton Kelly (p); Paul Chambers (b); Jimmy Cobb (d); Guy
Wallace (ann)

4. Bags' Groove (M. Jackson)
5. All Of You (incomplete) (C. Porter)

August 25, 1959
Birdland, New York
AFRS radio broadcast - the night Miles got beaten and arrested
Miles Davis (tpt); Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (as); John Coltrane
(ts); Wynton Kelly (p); Paul Chambers (b); Jimmy Cobb (d); Ray
Barrett (ann)

6. Introduction
7. So What
8. The Theme (incomplete)




CommentCompilation of Rare Miles Davis performances 1946-> 1960