“Autumn Leaves” by Miles Davis Quintet from MILES IN FRANCE 1963 & 1964: The Bootleg Series, Vol 8
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This never-released 12+ minute rendition of “Autumn Leaves” was captured at the Paris Jazz Festival October 1st, 1964. The original version of the song was also a French production, as it was originally composed by Joseph Kosma in 1945 as “Les Feuilles mortes.” The Hungarian composer had emigrated to Paris and there teamed up with Jacques Prevert who penned French lyrics to the song and it became a hit in France. It was even recorded by Miles love interest Juliette Greco in 1949 before being adapted with English lyrics by Johnny Mercer the following year and it quickly became a jazz standard. This recording is the second offering from the latest edition of the celebrated Miles Davis Bootleg Series: MILES IN FRANCE 1963 & 1964: THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 8. It features one of the earliest recordings of The Second Great Quintet as Wayne Shorter had recently joined Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams to complete this classic lineup. MILES IN FRANCE is the eighth installment in the celebrated Miles Davis Bootleg Series and this edition focuses on the birth of the Second Great Quintet in 1963 and 1964. The music heard here represents the sound of an end and a beginning coming through at once. The set contains 5 separate performances of the Miles Davis Quintet spread over 6 CDs, 8 LPs or digitally and the energy and depth of feeling in the transcendent playing hint at the special relationship Miles and the group had with the French nation that embraced them in a way their homeland would not. It contains over 4 hours of revelatory, unreleased live music featuring Miles backed by George Coleman (on the 1963 recordings), Wayne Shorter (on the 1964 recordings), Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams. This set expands on the 1964 live album MILES IN EUROPE which documented the Miles Davis Quintet’s performance at the Festival Mondial du Jazz in Antibes in July 1963. While that album included a single edited set across 2LPs, this will include all three very distinct performances from Antibes along with two never-before-released concerts from October 1964 in Paris, by which time Wayne Shorter had joined the band, so you could hear the Second Great Quintet come together before your ears. The audio has been lovingly mixed and mastered in the highest quality possible and the music is housed in a luxe slipcase box with a die-cut O-card and a book that includes dozens of unseen photos, ephemera and extensive liner notes by noted journalist Marcus J. Moore.
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