Format: LP / 12" / 33rpm / HI FI

Label: FRESH SOUND RECORDS

Catalogue Reference: FSR33-101 LP

Recording Year: 1957

Country of Pressing: Spain

Comments: DeLuxe Double LP Gatefold release

Sealed New Copy

 

The recording of this historic concert is presented in its entirety for the first time in this edition. The remastered original tapes have been used to produce this double LP, ensuring excellent sound quality.

 

With little publicity and only one star arrived from America, Miles Davis, Bruno Coquatrix, owner and manager of the Olympia, accomplished an impressive feat by presenting a sold-out concert on Saturday, November 30, 1957, at 6 p.m. André Hodeir in Jazz Hot had written, "This concert by Miles Davis was one of the most beautiful jazz concerts we have ever heard in Paris. Brilliantly supported by Kenny Clarke, René Urtreger, Pierre Michelot, and Barney Wilen, the great trumpeter gave the best of himself in many passages."

 

The producer and owner of this recording was the late jazz promoter Marcel Romano, who brought Miles Davis to Paris. After more than 60 years in storage, Romano’s nephew and heir discovered the tapes and sold them to Fresh Sound Records for a commercial release.

 

The music on this album is a magnificent testament to Miles Davis’ engaging and captivating style, showcasing his unrivaled ability to push his peers beyond their limits and share his boundless creativity and inspiration with them, leaving an indelible mark on our hearts and minds.

—Jordi Pujol

 

Tracklist

Side A

1. Solar (Miles Davis) 7:24

2. Four (Miles Davis) 6:27

3. What's New? (Haggart-Burke) 3:26

 

Side B

1. No Moe (Sonny Rollins) 8:11

2. Lady Bird (Tadd Dameron) 7:25

3. Tune Up (Miles Davis) 4:44

 

Side C

1. I’ll Remember April (De Paul-Raye-Johnson) 6:29

2. Bag's Groove (Milt Jackson) 7:29

3. 'Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk) 5:11

 

Side D

1. Now's The Time (Charlie Parker) 6:28

2. Walkin' (Richard Carpenter) 7:18

3. The Theme (Miles Davis) 2:21

 

Personnel:

Miles Davis, trumpet (out on #5, 7, 10); Barney Wilen, tenor sax; René Urtreger, piano; Pierre Michelot, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.

Recorded live at the Olympia, Paris, November 30, 1957

 

Restored & mastered by Marc Doutrepont

Photos by Jean-Pierre Leloir (front, back cover and inside left)

Other photos: X

Liner notes by Jordi Pujol

 

Original recordings produced by Marcel Romano

Source of the original tapes: Laurent Guenoun

Produced for release by Jordi Pujol

 

Hi Fi · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered