Miles Davis Quintet • Complete Café Bohemia Bandstand U.S.A. 1956-58 Radio Broadcasts • Volume 1

Miles Davis Quintet • Complete Café Bohemia Bandstand U.S.A. 1956-58 Radio Broadcasts • Volume 1 (GBR00124) - 2nd Reprint

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You hold 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 had an obvious spelling error on its sign – Restraurnt) was managed by Italian-American Jimmy Garofalo and opened in 1955. In a short time, the Café Bohemia became a sort of Mecca for jazz modernists, and several albums were recorded by some of the most interesting artists of the time (Art Blakey, Charles Mingus, Kenny Dorham, George Wallington). Furthermore, Oscar Pettiford (who initially served as the artistic director of the Jazz Club) even dedicated a composition to it, titling it "Bohemia After Dark".

The Café Bohemia was also one of the venues from which the program  Bandstand U.S.A. was broadcast on the Mutual Network Radio Broadcasts. Every week, host Guy Wallace, often accompanied by guests, recorded and broadcast incredible live performances directly from the Bohemia. Miles Davis was part of 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 (approximately 120 minutes), which were broadcast by the Mutual Network at the time.

Part of this material has been released over the years on unofficial records, but most of it appears for the first time on vinyl, if not entirely unreleased. In all cases, the material is published here with the best possible sound quality and correct speed (most previous versions ran at the wrong speed, i.e., out of tune with the original performance key).

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

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 best.

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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