Davis, Miles Quintet / Complete 1960 Holland Concerts, The
Album: Complete 1960 Holland Concerts, The   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Davis, Miles Quintet   Added:Jan 2018
Label:Green Corner  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2018-01-15 Pull Date: 2018-03-19 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Mar 18 Mar 11 Mar 4 Feb 25 Feb 18 Feb 4 Jan 28 Jan 21
Airplays: 3 2 2 2 2 5 4 2

Recent Airplay
1. Mar 10, 2024: Stuck In A Groove
All Blues
4. Dec 13, 2018: Hanging in the bone yard
If I Were A Bell
2. Dec 26, 2021: Hot Probs (rebroadcast from Mar 6, 2018)
So What
5. Mar 16, 2018: Traditions
So What
3. Sep 30, 2021: Hot Probs (rebroadcast from Mar 13, 2018)
All Blues, On Green Dolphin Street
6. Mar 15, 2018: dream sequence #22
All Blues, Old Folks, Stardust

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2018-01-04
Reviewed: 2018-01-07
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: 5 musicians at the top of their game show off what was possible while making history together. Interestingly, while this is Miles' band, most of the solos go to his sax players (Coltrane on disc 1 & 3, and Sonny Stitt on disc 2) and his pianist, Wynton Kelly.
If You Like:jazz
Track Reviews on individual discs (favorites denoted by *):
DISC 1
1/ spoken intro
2/ If I Were A Bell (12:05) piano starts> trumpet leads uptempo jam> sax solo> piano solo. trumpet solo> crescendo end
*3/ Fran-Dance (7:24) - trumpet starts> slow tempo jam> piano solo> bass solo> trumpet solo> quick fade
*4/ So What (10:23) - bass starts> uptempo jam with trumpet wailing> trumpet solo> scintillating sax solo> piano solo> uptempo jam> quick stop
*5/ All Blues (12:56) - bass starts> slow tempo jam> trumpet solo> sax solo> piano solo> slow jam> fade
6/ The Theme (0:58) - trumpet starts> short uptempo jam> quick stop
7/ Whisper Not (8:32) - piano starts> midtempo piano trio> piano solo> drums/piano duet> midteempo trio> crescendo end
*8/ Ease It (12:21) - piano starts> uptempo piano trio> bowed bass solo> uptempo pianp trio jam> drum solo. uptempo trio> quick fade
DISC 2
9/ spoken intro
*10/ But Not For Me (11:12) - trumpet starts> midtempo jam swings uptempo> sax solo> trumpet solo> piano solo> uptempo jam slows to fade
*11/ Walkin' (15:20) - trumpet starts> fast tempo jam> trumpet solo> sax solo> piano solo> bass solo> uptempo jam> fade
12/ All Of You (15:20) - muted trumpet starts> midtempo jam> sax solo> piano solo> muted trumpet solo> midtempo jam with flights of trumpet> fade
*13/ So What (9:00) - bass/piano starts> uptempo jam> bass/trumpet duet> sax solo> piano solo> crescendo end
14/ The Theme (0:50) - trumpet starts> fast tempo jam> quick fade
*15/ Stardust (4:08) - trumpet starts> slow tempo jam> crescendo end
16/ Old Folks (3:46) - piano starts> slow tempo jam> trumpet solo> slow fade
*17/ All Blues (12:36) - bass starts> midtempo jam> trumpet solo> sax solo> piano solo> slow tempo jam> quick fade
18/ The theme (1:23) - trumpet starts> uptempo jam> crescendo end
DISC 3
*19/ So What (17:37) - bass starts> uptempo jam> sax solo> piano solo> uptempo jam> quick fade
*20/ 'Round Midnight (5:44) - trumpet starts> slow tempo jam> trumpet solo swings to midtempo> crescendo end
*21/ On Green Dolphin Street (12:27) - piano starts> slow tempo jam> trumpet solo swings to midtempo jam> sax solo> piano solo> bowed bass solo> midtempo jam> fade
22/ Walkin' (9:09) - trumpet starts> uptempo jam> bowed bass solo> uptempo jam> sax solo> jam> quick fade
23/ The Theme (0:50) - trumpet starts> uptempo jam> quick fade
24/ On Green Dolphin Street (8:55) - piano starts> midtempo jam> sax solo> piano solo> midtempo jam> quick fade
*25/ Autumn Leaves/What's New/ Moonlight In Vermont (6:22) (Stan Getz added on tenor sax) - piano starts> slow tempo jam> sax solo> piano solo> slow jam> fade
*26/ Walkin' (7:16) - sax starts> uptempo jam> sax solo> piano solo> bowed bass solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
27/ The Theme (3:31) - drums start> uptempo jam> bass solo> piano solo> crescendo end

Track Listing
1. (Disc 1) Introduction By Norman Granz   15. Stardust
2. If I Were A Bell   16. Old Folks
3. Fran-Dance   17. All Blues
4. So What   18. The Theme
5. All Blues   19. (Disc 3) So What
6. The Theme   20. ' Round Midnight
7. Whisper Not   21. On Green Dolphin Street
8. Ease It   22. Walkin'
9. (Disc 2) Introduction By Norman Granz   23. The Theme
10. But Not For Me   24. On Green Dolphin Street
11. Walkin'   25. Autumn Leaves/ What's New/ Moonlight In Vermont
12. All Of You   26. Walkin'
13. So What   27. The Theme
14. The Theme   .