Miles Davis - Miles Davis Quintet: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 (19802801681) 8 LP Box Set

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 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.

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. 

1. Introduction by André Francis 
2. So What 
3. All Blues 
4. Stella By Starlight 
5. Seven Steps To Heaven 
6. Walkin’ 
7. My Funny Valentine 
8. Joshua 
9. The Theme 
10. Closing announcement by André Francis 
11. Introduction by André Francis 
12. Autumn Leaves 
13. Milestones 
14. I Thought About You 
15. Joshua 
16. All Of You 
17. Walkin’ 
18. Bye Bye Blackbird 
19. The Theme 
20. Introduction by André Francis 
21. If I Were A Bell 
22. So What 
23. Stella By Starlight 
24. Walkin’ 
25. The Theme 
26. Autumn Leaves 
27. So What 
28. Stella By Starlight 
29. Walkin’ 
30. The Theme 
31. All Of You 
32. Joshua 
33. My Funny Valentine 
34. No Blues 
35. The Theme