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Miles in France 1963 & 1964: Miles Davis Quintet: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8 Image
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  • Summary: The eighth release in the Miles Davis Bootleg Series features previously unreleased performances at the 1963 Festival Mondial du Jazz with George Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams and the 1964 Paris Jazz Festival with Wayne Shorter taking over at tenor saxophone.
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  1. Record Collector
    Dec 3, 2024
    100
    Some of the best playing of his career. Essential listening. [Christmas 2024, p.121]
  2. Dec 3, 2024
    90
    Davis is a wonder throughout these shows. .... From the first minute of “So What” in July 1963, the Quintet sounds as if they had spent a decade together.
  3. Dec 3, 2024
    90
    This handsomely packaged box offers stellar sound across four discs. The sound on the final two suffers a bit as Carter's playing is sometimes difficult, though not impossible to hear: It's a minor, fleeting irritation.
  4. The Wire
    Jan 3, 2025
    90
    The material from Antibes and Paris is similar – standards, plus modal compositions such as “So What” and “All Blues” that first appeared on Kind Of Blue. The difference – and it’s huge – lies in the freedom with which these are explored. This excellent set brings out that difference in all its aspects. [Jan/Feb 2025, p.102]
  5. Mojo
    Dec 3, 2024
    80
    Coleman is the revelation, a muscular, soulful conscience in the modal frenzy, raw and swinging like a barroom Coltrane. Shorter is already headed for tomorrow, spiralling through So What and Walkin’ with acrobatic modernism. But Coleman paved the way. This is his party. [Jan 2025, p.94]