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Miles Davis Quintet – Freedom Jazz Dance
The Bootleg Series Vol. 5
Miles Davis Quintet – Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Series Vol. 5
Release Date:
Oct 21, 2016
Billboard Jazz Albums Peak Position:
3
Label:
Columbia/Legacy
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1. Freedom Jazz Dance – Session Reel
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2. Freedom Jazz Dance – Master Take
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3. Circle – Session Reel
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4. Circle – (Take 5) [Closing Theme Used on Master Take]
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5. Circle – (Take 6) [Released Master Take Excluding Closing Theme]
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6. Dolores – Session Reel
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7. Dolores – Master Take
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1. Orbits – Session Reel
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2. Orbits – Master Take
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3. Footprints – Session Reel
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4. Footprints – Master Take
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5. Gingerbread Boy – Session Reel
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6. Gingerbread Boy – Master Take
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7. Nefertiti – Session Reel
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8. Nefertiti – Master Take
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1. Fall – Session Reel
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2. Fall – Master Take
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3. Water Babies – Session Reel
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4. Water Babies – Master Take
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5. Masqualero – Alternate Take / Take 3
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6. Country Son – Rhythm Section Rehearsal
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7. Blues in F (My Ding)
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8. Play Your Eight (Miles Speaks)
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A 3CD box set collection chronicling Miles’ musical evolution in the studio from 1966-1968 working with his “second great quintet,” the latest edition in Columbia/Legacy’s acclaimed Miles Davis Bootleg Series provides an unprecedented look into the artist’s creative process, drawing on full session reels including all rehearsals, partial and alternate takes, extensive and fascinating studio conversation and more.

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Miles Smiles, the groundbreaking second studio album from the Miles Davis Quintet–Miles Davis (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Herbie Hancock (piano), Ron Carter (bass) and Tony Williams (drums)–this definitive new collection includes the master takes of performances which would appear on the Miles Smiles (1967), Nefertiti (1968) and Water Babies (recorded 1967, released 1976) albums alongside more than two hours worth of previously unreleased studio recordings from original sessions produced by Teo Macero (with the exception of “Fall,” produced by Howard A. Roberts).

“Circle,” “Orbits,” “Dolores” and “Freedom Jazz Dance” were recorded at the historic Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City on October 24, 1966. “Gingerbread Boy” and “Footprints” were recorded at the same location the following day, October 25, 1966. Full session reels – every second of music and dialogue – that were taped for the Miles Smiles album are included. Prior to this the only material ever released from the classic album were the master takes for the six songs. Never before have the full session reels for an entire Miles Columbia album been released, here providing an in-depth look at the studio process of one of jazz’s greatest bandleaders, and arguably the greatest small jazz group ever.

“Masqualero,” heard on the set in a previously unreleased alternate take, was recorded at Columbia 30th Street Studio on May 17, 1967. “Water Babies” and “Nefertiti” were recorded there on June 7, 1967. “Fall” was cut at the Columbia studio on July 19, 1967. Complete session reels for “Water Babies,” “Nefertiti” and “Fall” are included in the box.

“Country Son,” heard in a unique previously unreleased rhythm section only rehearsal, was recorded at Columbia Studio B in New York City on May 15, 1968.

Miles Davis Quintet: Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5 box set was produced for contemporary release by the multi-GRAMMY Award winning team of Steve Berkowitz, Michael Cuscuna and Richard Seidel. The album was mixed from the original 4-track tapes and mastered by GRAMMY Award winning engineer Mark Wilder, Battery Studios, New York City, July 2016.

In addition to more than two hours of previously unreleased studio sessions, the collection includes “Blues in F (My Ding),” a rare and unique home recording featuring Miles, demonstrating on piano a new blues he was working on to Wayne Shorter.

Miles Davis Quintet: Freedom Jazz Dance: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5 includes revelatory behind-the-scenes liner notes penned by Grammy Award-winning Ashley Kahn, author of Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece, as well as new interviews with Quintet members Ron Carter and Wayne Shorter.

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