The date of this set is uncertain. It circulates with the date "April 1969," but this
date is pretty clearly wrong. There are two alternatives. The Quintet was booked at the
Blue Coronet June 21-29,
and again in October (probably October 6-12). Given the tunes performed and the playing,
this set is probably from one of the June sets.
Summer 1969 was a very busy time for the Davis Quintet. In addition to three appearances
at the Village Gate -- April 25-26, May 23-24, and July 29-August 10 -- other dates include:
Lennie's on the Turnpike, West Peabody MA (May 5-11); Spectrum, Philadelphia (May 11);
Plugged Nickel Club, Chicago (June 4-14); Blue Coronet Club, Brooklyn (June 21-29);
Morgan State Jazz Festival, Baltimore (June 22); Miami Jai-Alai (Miami Jazz Festival)
(June 27); Armstrong Stadium, Hampton VA (Hampton Jazz Festival) (June 28); Festival
Field, Newport RI (Newport Jazz Festival) (July 5); Central Park, New York (Schaefer
Music Festival) (July 7); Olympia Stadium, Detroit (Detroit Jazz Festival) (July 13);
Memorial Auditorium, Dallas (Longhorn Jazz Festival) (July 18); Municipal Auditorium,
Austin (Longhorn Jazz Festival) (July 19); Coliseum, Houston (Longhorn Jazz Festival)
(July 20); Juan-les-Pins Festival, Antibes (July 25-26); 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).
Columbia had planned to record the Quintet live at the Village Gate on August 6-7,
and at the Spectrum in Philadelphia (August 15), but those plans were canceled.
I am grateful to Iver McLeod for help with this session.
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