Black Beauty: Live at the Fillmore West
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Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West is a live album
by American jazz
recording artist Miles Davis
, recorded on April 10, 1970 at the Fillmore West
in San Francisco. It was first released in 1973 on vinyl LP in Japan
, and reissued in 1997 on a double-CD
format in the United States.
Record two
1. "Directions" (Joe Zawinul
) - 10:46
2. "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" (Miles Davis) - 12:22
3. "Willie Nelson" (Miles Davis) - 6:23
4. "I Fall in Love Too Easily
" (Sammy Cahn
, Jule Styne
) - 1:35
5. "Sanctuary" (Wayne Shorter
) - 4:01
6. "It's About That Time" (Miles Davis) - 9:59
Disc two
1. "Bitches Brew" (Miles Davis) - 12:53
2. "Masqualero" (Wayne Shorter) - 9:07
3. "Spanish Key/The Theme" (Miles Davis) - 12:14
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
by American jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
recording artist Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
, recorded on April 10, 1970 at the Fillmore West
Fillmore West
The Fillmore West was an historic music venue in San Francisco, California made famous by concert promoter Bill Graham. Named after Graham's original "Fillmore" location at the intersection of Fillmore Street and Geary Boulevard, it stood at Market Street and South Van Ness Avenue and was formerly...
in San Francisco. It was first released in 1973 on vinyl LP in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, and reissued in 1997 on a double-CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
format in the United States.
Vinyl LP
Record one- "Black Beauty - Part I [medley]" – 23:46
- "Black Beauty - Part II [medley]" – 18:22
Record two
- "Black Beauty - Part III [medley]" – 17:15
- "Black Beauty - Part IV [medley]" – 21:28
1997 CD Reissue
Disc one1. "Directions" (Joe Zawinul
Joe Zawinul
Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with...
) - 10:46
2. "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" (Miles Davis) - 12:22
3. "Willie Nelson" (Miles Davis) - 6:23
4. "I Fall in Love Too Easily
I Fall in Love Too Easily
"I Fall in Love Too Easily" is a 1944 song composed by Jule Styne with lyrics by Sammy Cahn. It was introduced by Frank Sinatra in the 1945 film Anchors Aweigh...
" (Sammy Cahn
Sammy Cahn
Sammy Cahn was an American lyricist, songwriter and musician. He is best known for his romantic lyrics to films and Broadway songs, as well as stand-alone songs premiered by recording companies in the Greater Los Angeles Area...
, Jule Styne
Jule Styne
Jule Styne was a British-born American songwriter especially famous for a series of Broadway musicals, which included several very well known and frequently revived shows.-Early life:...
) - 1:35
5. "Sanctuary" (Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards...
) - 4:01
6. "It's About That Time" (Miles Davis) - 9:59
Disc two
1. "Bitches Brew" (Miles Davis) - 12:53
2. "Masqualero" (Wayne Shorter) - 9:07
3. "Spanish Key/The Theme" (Miles Davis) - 12:14
Musicians
- Miles DavisMiles DavisMiles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
: TrumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air... - Steve Grossman: Tenor saxophoneTenor saxophoneThe tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
, Soprano saxophoneSoprano saxophoneThe soprano saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument, invented in 1840. The soprano is the third smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists of the soprillo, sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass and tubax.A transposing instrument pitched in... - Chick CoreaChick CoreaArmando Anthony "Chick" Corea is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever...
: Fender Rhodes electric piano - Michael HendersonMichael HendersonMichael Henderson is an American bass guitarist and vocalist best known for his bass playing with Miles Davis in the early 1970s, on early fusion albums such as A Tribute to Jack Johnson, Pangaea, and Live-Evil.- Biography :He was one of the first notable bass guitarists of the fusion era as well...
: Electric Bass - Jack DeJohnetteJack DeJohnetteJack DeJohnette is an American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer. He is one of the most influential jazz drummers of the 20th century, due to extensive work as leader and sideman for musicians like Miles Davis, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Keith Jarrett and Sonny...
: DrumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... - Airto MoreiraAirto MoreiraAirto Moreira is a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. Airto is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. He currently resides in Los Angeles.-Biography:...
: Percussion, CuicaCuícaCuíca , or "kweeca", is a Brazilian friction drum often used in samba music. The tone it produces has a high-pitched squeaky timbre. It has been called a 'laughing gourd' due to this sound....
Production
- Producer: Teo Macero
- Recording Engineer: Stan Tonkel
- Original Cover Design: Shuichi Yoshida , Teruhisa Tajima
- Cover Photography: Tadayuki Naitoh
- Produced for Reissue by Bob Belden
- Digitally Mastered by Tom Ruff, Sony Music Studios, NYC.
External links
- Black Beauty: Live at the Fillmore West at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
- Miles Ahead: Discography