Given the two versions of "What I Say," this music is probably from more than one night. Fragment 5 picks up at the end of fragment 4 (not included on Jazz Masters), which follows immediately after fragment 3.
Titles listed on Jazz Masters as: 1. Inamorata (7:40) [= fifth fragment]; 2. Funky Tonk (33:41) [= first fragment]; 3. What I Say (13:04) [= second fragment]; 4. Inamorata (11:25) [third fragment].
John McLaughlin is sometimes wrongly listed among the musicians. Maybe this is based on a confusion of this date with that of the Hill Auditorium performance (February 21, 1970), where McLaughlin did join the Davis Sextet for one night.
In addition to four days at Lennie's on the Turnpike (March 11-14), the Sextet played at Constitution Hall, Washington (March 28); soon afterward the group headed west: Shrine Auditorium, LA (April 23); Hollywood Bowl, Shelly's Manne-Hole, Los Angeles (dates unknown); Fillmore West, San Francisco (May 6-9). It was during this tour that Jarrett and De Johnette recorded Ruta and Daitya (ECM 1021) in Sunset Studios, Hollywood. Later in May the Sextet was booked for a week at the Gaslight Club, New York; and it was also booked at the Newport Jazz Festival (July 5) and The Beacon Theater, New York (July 20-21). Around this time De Johnette left the Sextet to form his own group, Compost.
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