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Miles Ahead session details

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April 9, 1970 (9 items; TT = 67:32)
Fillmore West Auditorium, San Francisco CA
Soundboard recording (B)

Miles Davis (tpt); Steve Grossman (ss); Chick Corea (el-p); Dave Holland (b, el-b); Jack De Johnette (d); Airto Moreira (perc)

1 Directions (J. Zawinul) 7:08

Theme stated at 1:18
2 Miles Runs the Voodoo Down (M. Davis) 10:08
3 This (C. Corea) 4:58
4 It's About That Time (M. Davis) 12:22
5 I Fall in Love Too Easily (S. Cahn-J. Styne) 2:03
6 Sanctuary (W. Shorter-M. Davis) 3:25
7 Spanish Key (M. Davis) 13:00

Incomplete (9:54) on Super Sonic. Splice at 6:40
8 Bitches Brew (M. Davis) 14:12
9 The Theme (with applause) (M. Davis) 0:16


1 Directions
CD: Super Sonic SS 201056

2 Miles Runs the Voodoo Down
CD: Super Sonic SS 201056

3 This
CD: Super Sonic SS 201056

4 It's About That Time
CD: Super Sonic SS 201056

5 I Fall in Love Too Easily
CD: Super Sonic SS 201056

6 Sanctuary
CD: Super Sonic SS 201056

7 Spanish Key
CD: Super Sonic SS 201056


The Davis Sextet opened for the Grateful Dead and Stone the Crows for four nights at the Fillmore West, April 9-12. Complete tapes of all four shows are in wide circulation.

The date is wrongly given as April 11, 1970 on the Super Sonic CDR. The tape from which the CD was mastered is about 5% fast. In addition, the indexes are all wrong: 1. Directions (4:30); 2. Miles Runs the Voodoo Down - Untitled Tune (9:24); 3. It's About That Time (7:36); 4. I Fall in Love Too Easily (9:15); 5. Sanctuary (7:41); 6. Spanish Key (9:46).

In addition to the Fillmore West shows, the Sextet played the fourth annual University of California Jazz Festival at the Berkeley Greek Theatre (April 24), and the Both/And Club, San Francisco (April 28). After this Davis returned to New York for another period of intense studio activity -- five dates in the period from May 17-June 4.

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