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Originally posted July 13, 2014
Miles Davis - Royal Festival Hall
November 13, 1971
London, UK
Excellent Unknown Source @256
This is what Miles wrote in his autobiography: “Airto Moreira quit
early in 1971 and I got Jimmy Heath’s son, Mtume, to replace him on
percussion. We didn’t record for a while because you have to let a band
get used to playing together before you record anything. We went out on
the road to try to get things together.
“Jack DeJohnette left the group late in 1971, around the same time
Keith Jarrett left. I wanted the drummer to play certain funk rhythms, a
role just like everybody else in the group had. I didn’t want the band
playing totally free all the time, because I was moving closer to the
funk groove in my head. Now, Jack could play drums like a motherf***er
in a groove; he could really do that shit, but he also wanted to do
other things, play a little freer, be a leader, do things his own way,
so he left…
“I tried out Leon Ndugu Chancler… But after Gary Bartz, Keith, and
Jack left my working band, I got my musicians from funk groups and not
jazz bands because that’s the way I was going. Those guys were the last
pure jazz players I’ve had in my bands up until today.”
Great article on
Miles at Jazzwise
Miles Davis - trumpet
Gary Bartz - sax
Keith Jarrett - keyboards
Michael Henderson - bass
Ngudu Leon Chancher - drums
Charles Don Alias - percussions
Mtume - percussions
Set List:
1. Directions (11:15)
2. What I Say (15:24)
3. Sanctuary (3:51)
4. It's About That Time (15:55)
5. Honky Tonk (14:25)
6. Funky Tonk (15:45)
7. Sanctuary (1:35)
Thanks to Zombieboy at Guitars101
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