Miles Davis Quintet • Complete Café Bohemia Bandstand USA 1956-58 Radio Broadcasts • Volume 1

Miles Davis Quintet • Complete Café Bohemia Bandstand USA 1956-58 Radio Broadcasts • Volume 1 (GBR00124) - 2nd Printing

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You have in your hands the first of three volumes dedicated to the recordings made by Miles Davis between 1956 and 1958 at the Café Bohemia, located at 15 Barrow Street, in Greenwich Village, New York.

The restaurant (which bore a glaring spelling error in its sign—Restraurnt) was run by Italian-American Jimmy Garofalo and opened in 1955. Café Bohemia quickly became a mecca for jazz modernists, and several albums were recorded there by some of the most interesting artists of the time (Art Blakey, Charles Mingus, Kenny Dorham, George Wallington). Furthermore, Oscar Pettiford (who in the early days served as artistic director of the Jazz Club) even dedicated a composition to it, entitled "Bohemia After Dark."

Café Bohemia was also one of the venues from which the programme was broadcast. Bandstand USA aired on Mutual Network Radio Broadcasts. Each week, host Guy Wallace, often accompanied by guests, recorded and broadcast incredible live performances directly from Bohemia. Miles Davis appeared on these broadcasts eight times between September 15, 1956, and May 17, 1958.

Here you will find, for the first time in history, the complete recordings of Miles (about 120 minutes), once broadcast by the Mutual Network.

Some of this material has been released over the years on unofficial records, but most is appearing on vinyl for the first time, or is actually completely unreleased. In all cases, the material is released here in the best possible sound quality and at the correct speed (most previous releases were played at the wrong speed, meaning they were out of tune with the original performance key).

This is a true machine that travels through time and space, as we have tried to reproduce the sound of that era as faithfully as possible. To enhance and philologically respect that world of sound , we have also decided to publish all the announcements (by Guy Wallace and his guests) in their full version. Some very interesting and unexpected aspects emerge from these announcements, which will help the listener to better experience that era, both from a social and historical perspective.

So, turn on the radio and immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the second half of the 1950s with the previously unreleased music of the Miles Davis Quintet at its finest.

Track List:

Side A

1. Announcement by Guy Wallace 2:01
2. Well You Needn't 5:48
3. It Never Entered My Mind 5:02
4. A Gal in Calico 4:43
5. Stablemates 3:48

Side B

1. How Am I to Know? 3:03
2. The Theme 1:34
3. Woody'n You 3:58
4. Walkin' [Gravy] 7:10
5. All of You 2:25

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