Session details: Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (July 5, 1981)

Miles Ahead session details

July 5, 1981 (9 items; TT = 160:58)

Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York NY

Commercial for Columbia

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

First concert
1	Back Seat Betty (M. Davis)	22:44
2	Kix (M. Davis)	20:01
3	Aida (M. Davis)	18:01
	Wrongly listed "Fast Track" on Columbia and equivalents

Second concert
4	Back Seat Betty (M. Davis)	21:00
	The complete version is unissued
5	Back Seat Betty (edit) (M. Davis)	8:10
	All releasd versions are inc, edited to 08:10
6	Back Seat Betty (inc) (M. Davis)	11:00
	Truncated version, listed as "Miles Davis - Live cut from Avery Fisher Hall" (11:00)
7	My Man's Gone Now (D. Heyward-G. Gershwin)	21:51
8	Aida (M. Davis)	18:02
9	Kix (M. Davis)	20:09


3 Aida 12" LP: Columbia C2 38005, Get on Down GET 51470, Music on Vinyl MOV LP207, CBS/Sony 36AP 2350/1 CD: CBS/Sony CSCS 5131/2, Sony SRCS 9133/4, Sony SRCS 9763/4, Sony SICP 1235/6, Sony SICP 20084/5, Sony SICP 4019/20, Sony SICJ 30105/6, Columbia Legacy 88697 91482, Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 [= Columbia (F) 86975 52492] (CD 48)
4 Back Seat Betty CD: CBS/Sony CSCS 5131/2, Sony SRCS 9133/4, Sony SRCS 9763/4, Sony SICP 1235/6, Sony SICP 20084/5, Sony SICP 4019/20, Sony SICJ 30105/6, Columbia Legacy 88697 91482, Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 [= Columbia (F) 86975 52492] (CD 48)
5 Back Seat Betty (edit) 12" LP: Columbia C2 38005, Get on Down GET 51470, Music on Vinyl MOV LP207, CBS/Sony 36AP 2350/1 CD: CBS/Sony CSCS 5131/2, Sony SRCS 9133/4, Sony SRCS 9763/4, Sony SICP 1235/6, Sony SICP 20084/5, Sony SICP 4019/20, Sony SICJ 30105/6, Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 [= Columbia (F) 86975 52492] (CD 48), 88697 91482
7 My Man's Gone Now 12" LP: Columbia C2 38005, Get on Down GET 51470, Music on Vinyl MOV LP207, CBS/Sony 36AP 2350/1 CD: CBS/Sony CSCS 5131/2, Sony SRCS 9133/4, Sony SRCS 9763/4, Sony SICP 1235/6, Sony SICP 20084/5, Sony SICP 4019/20, Sony SICJ 30105/6, Columbia Legacy 88697 91482, Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 [= Columbia (F) 86975 52492] (CD 48)
8 Aida 12" LP: Columbia C2 38005, Get on Down GET 51470, Music on Vinyl MOV LP207, CBS/Sony 36AP 2350/1 CD: CBS/Sony CSCS 5131/2, Sony SRCS 9133/4, Sony SRCS 9763/4, Sony SICP 1235/6, Sony SICP 20084/5, Sony SICP 4019/20, Sony SICJ 30105/6, Columbia Legacy 88697 91482, Columbia Legacy 86975 24922 [= Columbia (F) 86975 52492] (CD 48)

The version of "Back Seat Betty" on Columbia 2C-38005 and Sony SRCS-6842 is edited in the trumpet and guitar solo (8:10). The version on AS 1367 is unedited but still incomplete.

The title on the label of AS-1367 is listed as "Miles Davis - Live Cut from Avery Fisher Hall" (11:00). "Aida" is listed as "Fast Track" on Columbia and equivalents. On some releases the location and date are wrongly listed as Kix, Boston, June 27, 1981.

The issued version of "Aida/Fast Track" is edited, including ten excerpts from both the first and second concert. The end of "My Man's Gone Now" and the start of "Kix" are included in the start and end of "Aida." The editing is approximately as follows (special thanks to Flambay for this information):

Segment 1: 00:00-07:10 2nd concert
Segment 2: 07:10-08:32 2nd concert
Segment 3: 08:32-10:25 2nd concert
Segment 4: 10:25-12:04 1st concert
Segment 5: 12:04-12:11 1st concert
Segment 6: 12:11-13:15 1st concert
Segment 7: 13:15-14:46 1st concert
Segment 8: 14:36-14:57 2nd concert (partial repeat of same portion in segment 2)
Segment 9: 14:57-15:01 2nd concert
Segment 10: 15:01-18:02 2nd concert

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)