Miles Davis Miles In France 1963 & 1964 - Miles Davis Quintet: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8

MILES IN FRANCE is the eighth installment in the celebrated Miles Davis Bootleg Series and this edition
focuses on the birth of the Second Great Quintet in 1963 and 1964. The music heard here represents the
sound of an end and a beginning coming through at once. The set contains 5 separate performances of
the Miles Davis Quintet spread over 8 LPs and the energy and depth of feeling in the transcendent
playing hint at the special relationship Miles and the group had with the French nation that embraced
them in a way their homeland would not. It contains over 4 hours of revelatory, unreleased live music
featuring Miles backed by George Coleman (on the 1963 recordings), Wayne Shorter (on the 1964
recordings), Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams. This set expands on the 1964 live album
MILES IN EUROPE which documented the Miles Davis Quintet’s performance at the Festival Mondial du
Jazz in Antibes in July 1963. While that album included a single edited set across 2LPs, this will include all
three very distinct performances from Antibes along with two never-before-released concerts from
October 1964 in Paris, by which time Wayne Shorter had joined the band, so you could hear the Second
Great Quintet come together before your ears. The audio has been lovingly mixed and mastered in the
highest quality possible and the 8 LPs are packaged in 4 gatefold jackets housed in a luxe slipcase box
with a die-cut O-card and a 20 page book that includes dozens of unseen photos, ephemera and
extensive liner notes by noted journalist Marcus J. Moore.