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October 30, 2009

Michael Azerrad on the 'Revolutionary' 1967 Miles Davis Live DVD Buried Inside the 71 CD Box Set...

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Like any credible person, I dig Miles Davis. But I particularly dig his quintet with saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams. “All-stars” is not nearly the word — these guys turned out to be a Mt. Rushmore of modern jazz. So it was really exciting to hear about Live in Europe ‘67, the DVD that’s included in the soon-to-be-released 71-disc (!) The Miles Davis Complete Columbia Album Collection. After many years of listening to their music, I could finally see these guys play!

Live in Europe ‘67 is in black-and-white video but both concerts — October 31st in Stockholm and November 7th in Karlsruhe, Germany — are well shot and the remastered sound is very good. (There are no plans to release the DVD separately, so if you don’t have a pal at Sony/Legacy or don’t want to shell out the 300+ simoleons for the box, even though it’s an excellent deal, you can also watch it all on Youtube, but picture and sound quality are both sorely lacking.) I’ve gotten kind of obsessed with it.



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