Miles Davis- November 20, 1971, Cascais Jazz Festival [COMPLETE (sort of) and UPGRADED]

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All the available material from Miles's appearance at the 1971 Cascais Jazz Festival, now with improved video- *HOWEVER*, thanks to KZfaq's copyright algorithms, a short section of footage has had to be obscured. See the notes below.
November 20, 1971
1º Festival de Jazz de Cascais
Sports Pavilion, Cascais, Portugal
MILES DAVIS
Miles Davis- trumpet
Gary Bartz- alto and soprano saxophones
Keith Jarrett- electric piano, organ
Michael Henderson- bass guitar
Ndugu Leon Chancler- drums
Charles Don Alias- congas, percussion
James Mtume Forman- congas, percussion
Luiz Villas-Boas- announcer
opening titles 0:00
backstage and introduction 0:28
Directions [incomplete] (J. Zawinul) 2:19
Honky Tonk [incomplete] (M. Davis) 4:15
Funky Tonk (M. Davis) 15:28/
Sanctuary [theme] (W. Shorter-M. Davis) 35:23
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) TV broadcast
This footage, from the first Cascais Jazz Festival in 1971, has been posted to KZfaq by other channels before but no versions are complete and have other deficiencies. I came across the footage from a couple of different sources in extremely variable quality so I have attempted to compile everything available, even out some of the visual differences and edit out some superfluous material. What's left is obviously imperfect, but it's a fascinating glimpse of another officially undocumented Davis band.
The opening footage, of Miles backstage, is very good (it's accompanied by an excerpt of Sanctuary, in good quality stereo sound, recorded at the Dietikon concert of 1971). It's followed by a stage announcement by festival organiser Luiz Villas-Boas in poor quality, then cuts to much better footage of the band taking to the stage. This portion of video had no audio, possibly because the original TV broadcast included officially released music (I have dubbed in a small portion of music from the concert). The show opens with two minutes of the regular set opener from this period, Directions. The footage is fairly poor, originally very dark and murky, which I have brightened. The visuals are still very blocky, with a lot of digital artefacting. The audio here is acceptable enough, in what sounds like (electronically channelled?) stereo.
The remainder of the footage is also poor but watchable and the raw footage, while still black and white, had a green tint to it, possibly the result of multiple generations of copies being made. I took the green out and again brightened the image. The sound is mono and, while not hi-fi, is decent enough. This portion of video started with a minute and a half interview with an unidentfied man, conducted in Portuguese. I have eliminated this footage, as it had no musical content. About halfway through this performance there was a station break, with a title card and a few seconds of unrelated music (taken from a live version of So What). I have removed this, as it interrupted the flow of the concert footage. From 22'09 to 23'29 there is a portion of footage which KZfaq's algorithms would not permit me to post, due to a copyright claim by broadcaster RTP. Unfortunately, I have had to digitally obscure this section of footage (the audio is uninterrupted). A huge pity, but nothing can be done.
There is footage extant of Dexter Gordon, Ornette Coleman, and The Giants Of Jazz (Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Stitt) from this festival in very good quality. It's unfortunate the Miles footage is mostly so poor. It is rumored that better quality footage is in circulation amongst collectors and presumably still exists in the RTP vaults, so hopefully one day we will be able to see this remarkable footage in better quality (if KZfaq allows it to be posted!). Until then, enjoy.
Oh, and... MILES SMILES!
THE 1971 EUROPEAN TOUR:
Oct 21, 1971 Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi, Milan • Miles Davis- October 2...
Oct 22, 1971 Neue Stadthalle, Dietikon • Miles Davis- October 2...
Oct 23, 1971 Théâtre Nationale Populaire, Paris (audio) • Miles Davis- October 2...
Oct 23, 1971 Théâtre Nationale Populaire, Paris (video) • Miles Davis- October 2...
Oct 26, 1971 Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels • Miles Davis- October 2...
Oct 27, 1971 Théâtre Nationale Populaire, Paris [1st concert] • Miles Davis- October 2...
Oct 27, 1971 Théâtre Nationale Populaire, Paris [2nd concert] • Miles Davis- October 2...
Oct 29, 1971 De Doelen, Rotterdam • Miles Davis- October 2...
Nov 3, 1971 Dom Sindikata, Belgrade • Miles Davis- November ...
Nov 5, 1971 Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna • Miles Davis- November ...
Nov 6, 1971 Philharmonie, Berlin • Miles Davis- November ...
Nov 7, 1971 Universitets Aula, Uppsala • Miles Davis- November ...
Nov 8, 1971 Tivoli Konsertsal, Copenhagen • Miles Davis- November ...
Nov 9, 1971 Chateau Neuf, Oslo [audio version] • Miles Davis- November ...
Nov 12, 1971 Sartory Festsaal, Cologne • Miles Davis- November ...
Nov 13, 1971 Royal Festival Hall, London • Miles Davis- November ...

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@blackassdave 3 жыл бұрын

This is highly evolved music way ahead of it’s time. Keith’s playing is Celestial, out of this world and musical nourishment to me. Gary is killing it! The whole band is great...saw this Band with DeJohnette and others in Boston, life changing.mthank you for posting this, amazing

@plec15 3 жыл бұрын

Gary Bartz Killing It

@timmotion6494 3 жыл бұрын

I was there!! I took my first jazz photographs there with my old Leica....not very good but the one of Miles.......

@keyshawnirvin2039 3 жыл бұрын

That’s be an amazing pic to see.

@benaviberkowitz2115 3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see the photo.

@ericperson56 3 жыл бұрын

Let the world see your pictures!

@timmotion6494 3 жыл бұрын

@@ericperson56 You can view some on my old website which is still accessible: www.timmotion.com.

@ericperson56 3 жыл бұрын

@@timmotion6494 don't be so modest. You are an excellent photographer! And you have captured many of my favorite musicians. Bravo!

@vascopimentel6500 3 жыл бұрын

I was there. I would not have an EXISTENCE now if I had not happened to be there. I was 14 years old.

@MilestonesArchive 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing! I'm sure that left quite an impression. Did you only see Miles or did you see anyone else at the festival?

@antonioqm5579 3 жыл бұрын

Como o invejo!!

@timmotion6494 3 жыл бұрын

Eu estava la tambem! The Newport AllStars. Art Blakey, Thelonius Monk, Kay Winding, Al McGibbon(?).... Foi la tambem em 1972.

@AndreaCCorda 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your efforts..! (Yes, Miles smiles 👍)

@cmkilcullen8176 3 жыл бұрын

re Keith - When I listen to interviews that he did regarding this era he says things that indicate that he agreed , at Miles behest, to play electric with him (Miles) in his band. So what you are seeing is a musician who is pushing himself to be - as is often said these days- out of his comfort zone. Sometimes being out of one's comfort zone can result in something creative and beautiful and sometimes it just does not come off. Artists push themselves and Miles, it is said, did this all the time. He was driven. There is a lot to be said about coming out of one's comfort zone. One really has to be willing to do that and embrace it - feel motivated or compelled within yourself to want to do it - or be inspired to. I believe you cannot always be made to do it. There has to to be a desire to do that. It may be untapped or unconscious. Sometimes you just don't know until you try. And - as I said - sometimes that leads to greatness and sometimes it don't. So - you just learn from that. Now as for the racial piece - I don't know about Keith's heritage to comment, but I knew white folks that had perms and such done as that was "in". Hell, even Eric Clapton tried to do that sort of thing post Hendrix exploding in England some 4 years earlier.

@kako2049 Жыл бұрын

Lññññ

@keyshawnirvin2039 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Milestones-this is really cool, your efforts are appreciated.

@MilestonesArchive 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@timmotion6494 3 жыл бұрын

There is my friend Jose Duarte who organised the event. He worked at Lisbon Airport but was a passionate jazz aficionado, and ran an occasional jazz club in his house in Cascais. This is great to find this video; thank you so much for putting it together. I'm looking through my pictures now!

@timmotion6494 3 жыл бұрын

I meant Luis Villas-Boas!! Although Jose Duarte was there too.

@charle8511 3 жыл бұрын

Hola, cuantos kebap te comes a la semana?

@timmotion6494 3 жыл бұрын

@@charle8511 menos que tu, claro!

@JR-nl3mh 3 жыл бұрын

And José Duarte is still alive.

@timmotion6494 3 жыл бұрын

@@JR-nl3mh Good! He was an important figure in the Portuguese jazz scene, such as it was. I knew Luis Villas-Boas better however.

@cmkilcullen8176 3 жыл бұрын

PS thank you - this was fun to watch! l love Miles Music and find all the phases he went through interesting! I finally had the opportunity to see him during the 80's on 3 occasions. And I was heartbroken when he passed away..

@ypolchenko-freejazz-guitar 3 жыл бұрын

High high energy talk. Unbelievable performance. Thanks for vid!

@hvanngil9575 3 жыл бұрын

THE 1971 EUROPEAN TOUR started in MUNICH on Oct 17, 1971 Kongress-Saal Deutsches Museum There were 2 concerts this evening starting at 19.00 hours and 22.00 hours (maybe 21.45) Because of only few visitors (audience of about 500 persons in a hall with a seating capacity of 2500) the promoter offered to visit the second appearance for all those with tickets of the 1st set. Therefore I listened both breathtaking gigs. The day after on Oct 18, 1971 the Septet played in FRANKFURT two sets like in MUNICH. I drove to Franfurt and reached in time the second set - marvelous! Probably on Oct 19, 1971 the Miles Davis Group guested in STUTTGART - 2 sets. Visit www.plosin.com/milesAhead/Sessions.aspx?s=711105 for tour plan the Concert Poster FRANKFURT can be called up there

@MilestonesArchive 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Unfortunately, no known recordings of those shows are in circulation, but I live in hope!

@hermeticxhaote4723 3 жыл бұрын

If time machines are ever built I will go back and watch these concerts just like you!

@atomikclocks 3 жыл бұрын

pure gold bro, thank you so much for sharing

@honeybozo 3 жыл бұрын

Wow -you said it would be surprising and you did not disappoint: many thanks.

@ladystardust4706 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!!

@jozsefletenyei3783 3 жыл бұрын

Nagy köszönet a szerkeztésednek !!!! Köszönöm :-)

@MilestonesArchive 3 жыл бұрын

Disappointed that I couldn't post this show without making a major compromise in the quality of a portion of it (it literally took six attempts at re-editing and reposting before KZfaq let it through). Ironically, other (incomplete) versions of this show seem to have bypassed the algorithms by being poorer quality. I'm not sure how this helps anyone, but there it is. THE 1971 EUROPEAN TOUR: Oct 21, 1971 Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi, Milan kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nrN5bNOjv9zXgZs.html Oct 22, 1971 Neue Stadthalle, Dietikon kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rsyRl9Op1rK2Y2g.html Oct 23, 1971 Théâtre Nationale Populaire, Paris (audio) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aZ2VhLOmsMWunYU.html Oct 23, 1971 Théâtre Nationale Populaire, Paris (video) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p9yWideTnL7ceoU.html Oct 26, 1971 Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Ztt-oNJ9tb3ZpJc.html Oct 27, 1971 Théâtre Nationale Populaire, Paris [1st concert] kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m7iqmLNlr6e7Yqs.html Oct 27, 1971 Théâtre Nationale Populaire, Paris [2nd concert] kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j92HksdmxreYiI0.html Oct 29, 1971 De Doelen, Rotterdam kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q5uena5j05ule3k.html Nov 3, 1971 Dom Sindikata, Belgrade kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rNGEeLWXvZ6VpmQ.html Nov 5, 1971 Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nraIpdaBr-DUY3U.html Nov 6, 1971 Philharmonie, Berlin kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j7aJpate3Ninaas.html Nov 7, 1971 Universitets Aula, Uppsala kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r82PqLhntrmUlKc.html Nov 8, 1971 Tivoli Konsertsal, Copenhagen kzfaq.info/get/bejne/prx-oLiHr5PPdWQ.html Nov 9, 1971 Chateau Neuf, Oslo [audio version] kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qtShhK2f26imeqc.html Nov 12, 1971 Sartory Festsaal, Cologne kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mt6Raq2Cmt64pWQ.html Nov 13, 1971 Royal Festival Hall, London kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eKykn8mKysvSdmg.html

@josemenezes1878 3 жыл бұрын

dear Milestones Probably you found this clip on my personal page josemenezes dot pt, the only place that I knew where this could be seen. I tried many times to post it on youtybe but it was always removed due to copyright issues . Glad you found a way around it. Thanks for the upgrade.

@MilestonesArchive 3 жыл бұрын

@@josemenezes1878 Hi, José! Actually, no, you weren't the source for this, although looking at the footage on your site it does look as though they both come from the same original source (they start in the same place and have the same station break halfway). Interesting that you had the same uploading issues, though, even in the original version. Out of interest, who was it being interviewed in the opening minute of the clip? Anyone I should know?

@mnose 3 жыл бұрын

@@MilestonesArchive He is a well-know Portuguese journalist and TV producer of the time. No special musical interest for the clip. May I ask where in the internet did you find the video ?

@MilestonesArchive 3 жыл бұрын

@@mnose Thanks for the info. The video was collected over a period of months from a couple of different torrent sites. None of them were complete and varied in quality, although the bulk of it seemed to be from the same original source.

@mnose 3 жыл бұрын

@@MilestonesArchive Congrats for the great work ! Stay safe ! Miles lives !!

@egyptianminor 3 жыл бұрын

1:46-50 = Keith Jarrett w/ a beer bottle? That's new to me! This 1971 band was in a way the best of Miles' 1970s 'Electric Period' a perfect blend of Groove and poly-rhythmic oriented back bone and 'ethos' (Ndugu + Don Alias + Mtume) coupled w/ just the right amount of harmony & color explorations in the middle (Keith Jarrett). And both Gary Bartz Miles soaring on top w/ beautiful melodic inventions. Back in '71 Miles was in still relatively good health and still in top musical form. His health would start to decline thereafter and in my humble opinion, the music would start to slowly become somewhat erratic and not as focused as it was here.

@sloburnjo 3 жыл бұрын

Miles tolerated Jarrett. least interesting of his 'electric period' pianists to me.

@markpearson1006 3 жыл бұрын

superb footage, where has all this stuff been hiding?

@cali22boi 3 жыл бұрын

The Dietekon sound byte is "Sanctuary/closing" from the first show that day.

@MilestonesArchive 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed it is. It comes at 1:18:40 here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rsyRl9Op1rK2Y2g.html

@13stray 2 жыл бұрын

27:05 Michael Henderson 🔥

@roddyfraser 3 жыл бұрын

At his coolest!

@flame-sky7148 3 жыл бұрын

What Kieth does at the thirty fifth minute is insane.

@ilovetomorrow Жыл бұрын

👍

@Jiv_Ing57819 3 жыл бұрын

Wow ,:-0

@sclogse1 3 жыл бұрын

Audio gets good around 4:18.

@rillloudmother 3 жыл бұрын

the GOOGorithm earned its keep today. today...

@johnestes705 2 жыл бұрын

It's ok to say you don't like Miles Davis's music, most people don't like what they can't understand, That's understandable, the Prince of darkness, I love tomorrows known ,unknown life.

@customercustomer9479 3 жыл бұрын

I'm

@charleswinokoor6023 3 жыл бұрын

Obviously what’s interesting is that it’s a transitional group in terms of personnel. I don’t think I knew that Alias ever played with Davis even if for a short time. And then you’ve got Bartz and Jarrett from the Live-Evil period playing alongside Mtume. Most surprising is seeing Ndugu Leon Chancler in place of DeJohnette. It’s also the last time for what would be a period of eight years that we would hear Miles play some real trumpet. From ‘73 to ‘75 it was all bleats and chromatic throwaways. I know, because I went to some of the shows. And then he stopped playing and secluded himself in his apartment for almost five years. But this video is a real find.

@frankfeldman6657 3 жыл бұрын

Talented though he is, there is something deeply fraudulent about Keith Jarrett.

@hermeticxhaote4723 3 жыл бұрын

What? Fraudulent? How so?

@cali22boi 3 жыл бұрын

@@sgtfritter Keith chose to grow an afro and appear black, though he isn't. I suppose by today's standards he's guilty of racial appropriation

@hvanngil9575 3 жыл бұрын

Keith just dances his music

@tomas60 3 жыл бұрын

You' re deaf?

@frankfeldman6657 3 жыл бұрын

@@tomas60 I transcribed a couple of dozen of his solos in my youth. There is a large element of bullshit in the note selection. He CAN (but does not always, by a long shot) play the piano very beautifully.