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Miles Ahead session details

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June 28, 1981 (8 items; TT = 105:20)
Kix, Boston MA
Audience recording (unkn)

Miles Davis (tpt, synth); William D. "Bill" Evans (ss, ts); Mike Stern (g); Marcus Miller (el-b); Al Foster (d); Mino Cinelu (perc)

First concert
1 Aida (M. Davis) 15:30
2 Back Seat Betty (M. Davis) 16:45
3 Jean Pierre (M. Davis) 13:35

Second concert
4 My Man's Gone Now (D. Heyward-G. Gershwin) 15:47
5 Jean Pierre (M. Davis) 14:03
6 Back Seat Betty (M. Davis) 8:04
7 Aida (M. Davis) 7:52
8 Kix (M. Davis) 13:44


The Davis Sextet was booked for four nights at Kix (June 26-29). Columbia recorded both concerts on all four nights. Only material from June 27 was issued.

The Davis group played several live dates early in the summer:

June 11: Village Vanguard, New York NY (Mel Lewis band)
June 26-29: Kix, Boston
July 5: Avery Fisher Hall, New York NY (two concerts)
July 7: Xenon, New York NY (Davis attends Columbia cocktail party)

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