Miles Davis Quintet - 1967 - Footprints

The video is actually from a concert done on October 31, 1967 in Sweden. Miles and the band were in Europe, playing in a concert package dubbed "Newport Jazz Festival In Europe" by George Wein. The video as shown is an outtake of this concert.

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• 1967
• Footprints

[Fjord76]

this quintet was sthg else, musical freedom at its best (Wayne's still doin it, saw him live 2 times(2001 & 2003) words can't describe 8)

Hearing Herbie's solo beginning without any drumming reminds me of a story Miles tells in his bio: they were giggin in Japan and Tony had just bought a new tape recorder and before he had any chance to say a word about it, Herbie began to explain how it worked.Tony was so pissed that he stopped playing during the 1st piano solo that evening!!!

[laddie71]

@amendez92

Coltrane had been dead for over five months at the time of this performance! That's Wayne Shorter!

[notesleb]

Herbie

[freein2339]

Herbie plays his solo masterfully....

[killinkeys]

Great stuff!

[blackandtanful]

67年のﾏｲﾙｽ･ﾃﾞヴｨｽ"ﾌｯﾄﾌﾟﾘﾝﾂ"のﾗｲヴ映像­、このどこか冷めた各ｿﾛがそそるといえばそそるんだが･･不可­思議ｶﾙﾃｯﾄだ! #jazzm 

[TheJazzdr]

studying miles is absolutely essential to ANYONE wanting to play modern jazz today... this group wrote the book on everything since coltrane and he was in the early quintet too...all great jazz today springs from miles.(and bird)

[NewarkChe]

Quite possibly the greatest musical gathering to have ever graced the planet Earth. Their only rivals are, arguably, the Coltrane classic quartet. Tony Williams sympathy and reaction with the soloists will be studied and listened to a thousand years from now. And in that time in the future the Miles Davis classic quintet from this period will take it's rightful place alongside Bach, Ellington, and Beehtoven as the greatest ever. As far as I am concerned it already belongs there.

[Fjord76]

@eustaceflynn try Wayne's 4tet i saw 'em twice (2OO1 & 2OO3) it's really close imo

[eustaceflynn]

I often wonder if we will ever see a group of performers such as these again. Equally talented artists may exist at this very moment, dedicated to the music in a way that challenges the status quo and accepted art forms. They can only be heard if we listen. The kid next door could be the creator of a new musical genre!

Remember there's more to be heard than what's on MTV.

[Easleytee]

The intuitive, incendiary relationship between Carter + Williams has never been equaled in a small group setting.

This includes Trane + company.