Session details: Philharmonie (October 29, 1983)

Miles Ahead session details

October 29, 1983 (21 items; TT = 167:51)

Philharmonie, Berlin (West Germany)

Sender Freies Berlin TV broadcast (unkn)

Miles Davis (tpt, synth); William D. "Bill" Evans (ss, ts, fl); John Scofield (g); Robert Irving III (synth); Darryl Jones (el-b); Al Foster (d); Mino Cinelu (perc)

First concert
1	Speak (M. Davis)	12:12
2	Star People [New Blues] (M. Davis)	9:05
	Evans out
3	What It Is (M. Davis-J. Scofield)	6:41
4	It Gets Better (M. Davis)	11:31
5	Hopscotch (M. Miller)	6:02
6	Star on Cicely - Unite [Creepin' In] (M. Davis)	13:44
7	Jean Pierre (M. Davis)	10:49
	Evans out
8	Unknown Title	0:53
	rhythm only
9	Code M.D. (R. Irving III)	8:11
10	Speak (M. Davis)	2:46
11	Unite [Creepin' In] (M. Davis)	1:44
	Evans out

Second concert
12	Speak (M. Davis)	12:10
13	Star People [New Blues] (M. Davis)	9:10
	Evans out
14	What It Is (M. Davis-J. Scofield)	10:25
15	It Gets Better (M. Davis)	12:32
16	Hopscotch (M. Miller)	8:55
17	Star on Cicely - Unite [Creepin' In] (M. Davis)	8:53
18	Jean Pierre (M. Davis)	12:00
	Evans out
19	Unknown Title	0:38
	rhythm only
20	Code M.D. (R. Irving III)	7:03
21	Speak (M. Davis)	2:27

"Star People" through "Star on Cicely" from the second concert were announced as "Miles Blues" - "That's What Happened" - "It Gets Better" - "United."

"Code M.D." from the first concert was broadcast in an incomplete version (6:47); and "Speak" was not broadcast.

In a 2006 re-broadcast of the second concert, an excerpt from Scofield's solo from "Jean Pierre" was added to "It Gets Better" (TT = 15:31).

Davis played a few European venues in late October:

October 23: Sala Kongresowa, Warsaw, Poland
October 25: Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain
October 29: Philharmonie, Berlin, West Germany (two concerts)
October 31: Palais des Congres, Paris, France (two concerts)