Session details: Columbia Studio C (June 4, 1970)

Miles Ahead session details

June 4, 1970 (12 items; TT = 77:13)

Columbia Studio C, New York NY

Commercial for Columbia

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Miles Davis (tpt); Steve Grossman (ss); Herbie Hancock (el-p, org); Chick Corea (el-p); Keith Jarrett (el-p); John McLaughlin (g); Dave Holland (b, el-b); Jack De Johnette (d); Airto Moreira (perc); Hermeto Pascoal (d, voc)

1	The Mask (part 1 (rehearsal)) (M. Davis)	7:48
2	The Mask (part 2 (take 1)) (M. Davis)	2:30
3	The Mask (part 2 (rehearsal)) (M. Davis)	9:57
	Davis playing solo wah-wah trumpet runs for first 0:52, then over slow bass vamp (0:17). Long run-through (5:46), after which Davis says, "Play some of that, Teo..." Engineer: "That was..." [cut off] Bass and percussion rehearsal (1:16, 0:23, 0:31)
4	The Mask (part 2 (take 2)) (M. Davis)	1:21
	Macero: "Two..." More bass and percussion (0:22, 0:07, 0:17)
5	The Mask (part 2 (take 3)) (M. Davis)	16:37
	Macero: "Three..." More bass and percussion (0:19), then a long run-through (15:43)
6	The Mask (part 1 (issued version)) (M. Davis)	7:46
7	The Mask (part 2 (issued version)) (M. Davis)	15:45
8	Little Church (take 1) (M. Davis)	1:24
	Pascoal: "Yeah, yeah... Yeah..." Short run-through (0:51), then rehearsing
9	Little Church (take 2) (M. Davis)	4:05
	Macero: "All right, we'll have a go at it here. Take two..." Short run-through (1:28), then Davis: "Teo!" Macero: "Do you wanna hear some of that?" Davis: "[unintelligible] What combination can I use?" Rehearsing with organ and whistling, bass, and wah-wah trumpet (2:17). Afterward Macero from studio, "Can we make it?" Davis: "Yeah." Macero: "OK..."
10	Little Church (take 3) (M. Davis)	3:30
	Macero (from control booth): "Three..." Warming up (1:23), then another run-through (2:45). Afterward Davis and Hancock have a laugh and Davis says, "Right, Teo's on the phone as usual..." Macero: "I'm with your mentor -- Jack... OK, we'll play it back..."
11	Little Church (take 7) (M. Davis)	3:16
12	Little Church (take 10) (M. Davis)	3:14


6 The Mask (part 1 (issued version)) CD: Columbia Legacy C5K 86359, Columbia Legacy C5K 90926, Sony SICP 431/5
7 The Mask (part 2 (issued version)) CD: Columbia Legacy C5K 86359, Columbia Legacy C5K 90926, Sony SICP 431/5
11 Little Church (take 7) CD: Columbia Legacy C5K 86359, Columbia Legacy C5K 90926, Sony SICP 431/5
12 Little Church (take 10) 12" LP: Columbia G 30954, Four Men with Beards 4M 809LP, CBS/Sony SONP 50452/3, CBS/Sony SOPJ 88/9, CBS/Sony 28AP 2153/4, CBS/Sony 36AP 1773/4, Vinyl Me, Please A017 CD: Columbia Legacy C2K 65135, Columbia Legacy C5K 86359, Columbia Legacy C5K 90926, Columbia Legacy C2K 85475, Columbia Legacy CK 65449, CBS/Sony 50DP 707/8, Sony SRCS 5715/6, Sony SRCS 9123/4, Sony SRCS 9739/40, Sony SRCS 2493/4, Sony SIGP 24/5, Sony SICP 843/4, Sony SICP 1225/6, SICP 20061/2, Sony SICP 431/5, Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 [= Columbia (F) 86975 52492] (CD 40)

The issued versions of "The Mask" are taken from these sources:

The Mask, part 1	Part 1 (rehearsal), 0:00-7:45
The Mask, part 2	Part 2 (take 3), 0:46-16:30

Pascoal does not play on "The Mask." Corea, Jarrett, McLaughlin, De Johnette, and Moreira do not play on "Little Church."

This was the last studio session Davis was involved in until March 1972. He spent a lot of time in the studio in the first half of 1970 (fourteen dates from late January to early June), and some of the music recorded in the studio during this period -- e.g. "Willie Nelson," "Honky Tonk," "The Mask" -- was immediately added to the live book.

The Davis Septet (with Corea and Jarrett on keyboards) was busy in the summer: Fillmore East, New York (June 17-20); Hampton Roads Coliseum (July 3); Central Park, New York (July 6); Hollywood Bowl (July 10); Randall's Island, New York (July 18); Madison Square Garden, New York (July 25); Shea Stadium, New York (August 6); SUNY Stony Brook (August 16); Berkshire Music Center, Tanglewood (August 18). At the end of the summer the Septet played at the Isle of Wight Festival (August 29).