Take one of the greatest American musicians, at the peak of his skills and at that moment (1961) leader of an enormously swinging quintet. Put this band in the famous The Blackhawk, turn on the soundtrack and here's the result: Miles Davis - In Person Friday Night & Saturday Night At The Blackhawk. Although parts of these concerts have been released before, it was time for the complete recordings.
This means four previously unreleased songs from Friday evening and nine from Saturday evening and the concerts consist of 4 CDs. This full release is of further significance as it shows that the band was an excellent live band and it unmistakably shows the qualities of tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, who manages to indeed make his predecessors Coltrane and Cannonball forget. The songs (including So What, No Blues, On Green Dolphin Street and If I Were A Bell) date back to the days of the Miles / Coltrane line up, and are played with a lot of energy by Miles and co. Amazingly, this new band with Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass) and Jimmy Cobb (drums) was able to master all these songs in a very short period of time. Davis's enormous musicality is clearly audible on the CDs. The sound is fresh; the documentation, with new liner notes from Eddie Henderson, is well taken care of, so what more could one wish for? (RM) was able to master all these songs in a very short period of time. Davis's enormous musicality is clearly audible on the CDs. The sound is fresh; the documentation, with new liner notes from Eddie Henderson, is well taken care of, so what more could one wish for? (RM) was able to master all these songs in a very short period of time. Davis's enormous musicality is clearly audible on the CDs. The sound is fresh; the documentation, with new liner notes from Eddie Henderson, is well taken care of, so what more could one wish for? (RM)more