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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 ...