Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4
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| Live album by Miles Davis | ||||
| Released | July 17, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | July 17, 1955, July 3, 1958, July 4, 1966, July 2, 1967, July 5, 1969, October 22, 1971, November 1, 1973 and July 1, 1975 Newport Jazz Festival, RI; Dietikon, Switzerland; Berlin, West Germany; Avery Fisher Hall, NYC |
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| Genre | Jazz, jazz fusion, funk | |||
| Length | 295:38 | |||
| Label | Sony Music Entertainment, Columbia Records, Legacy Recordings 88875 08195 2 | |||
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| Metacritic | 92/100 |
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Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 is a 4 CD live album compiling five of Miles Davis' performances at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island and two other European concerts branded under the Festival moniker with one additional track recorded in New York City.
The first disc contains Davis' critically acclaimed debut appearance at the 1955 festival and his headlining performance from 1958 which was originally released in part as one side of the LP Miles & Monk at Newport (Columbia, 1964) and given its first complete release as part of The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane box set in 1999. The second disc contains previously unreleased performances from the 1966 and 1967 festivals. The third disc contains the Newport Festival concert from 1969 which was released as part of Bitches Brew Live in 2011, a complete unreleased concert from Berlin in 1973 and one performance from New York in 1975. The fourth CD contains a complete unreleased performance from Switzerland in 1971.
Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 received positive reviews on release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a score of 92, based on 14 reviews which is categorised as universal acclaim. Matt Collar's review on Allmusic stated "Miles Davis at Newport details the association between Davis and the festival, each performance serendipitously documenting his ever-morphing sound, from swinging cool jazz in the '50s to aggressive, free jazz-influenced modal bop in the '60s and finally to funky, acid-soaked fusion in the '70s".PopMatters', John Paul gave the album 10 out of 10 saying "Perhaps no other recording better illustrates how Miles Davis bridged the gap between jazz’s old guard and its younger visionaries"The Observer's Dave Gelly said "Summer is traditionally the season for unearthing treasures from the jazz archives, and this is a real prize".
All compositions written by Miles Davis, except where noted.
Disc One (64:47)
Disc Two (72:49)
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