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Miles Ahead session details

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July 27, 1969 (4 items; TT = 19:57)
Rutgers University Stadium, New Brunswick NJ
Audience recording (C+)

Miles Davis (tpt); Wayne Shorter (ss, ts); Chick Corea (p); Dave Holland (b); Jack De Johnette (d)

1 No Blues (incomplete) (M. Davis) 0:06
2 Miles Runs the Voodoo Down (M. Davis) 9:31
3 Masqualero (W. Shorter) 10:06
4 The Theme (with applause) (M. Davis) 0:14


1 No Blues (incomplete)
CD: Electric Blue EB 004

2 Miles Runs the Voodoo Down
CD: Electric Blue EB 004

3 Masqualero
CD: Electric Blue EB 004

4 The Theme (with applause)
CD: Electric Blue EB 004


Despite the poor-quality audience recording, this is a fascinating show, with Corea on acoustic piano and Davis playing with panache. Presumably the Quintet played a full 50-60 minute set, but this is all that has surfaced. Many tapes of this show are quite fast; the times listed here are from a speed-corrected version.

Immediately after the second Juan-les-Pins performance (July 26) the Quintet returned to the U.S. and resumed its busy touring schedule: Rutgers University Stadium, New Brunswick (Rutgers Jazz Festival) (July 27); Sheraton Park Hotel, French Lick (French Lick Jazz Festival) (July 31); Spectrum, Philadelphia (August 15); Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis (St. Louis Jazz Festival) (August 16); Grant Park Auditorium Theatre, Chicago (August 22); Crosley Field, Cincinnati (Ohio Jazz Festival) (August 23); Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis (Memphis Jazz Festival) (August 24); Shelly's Manne-Hole, Los Angeles (September 9-21).

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