Amsterdam Concert

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Amsterdam Concert
Live album by Miles Davis Quintet
Released	2005
Recorded	December 8, 1957
Venue	Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Genre	Jazz
Length	58:53
Label	Lone Hill Jazz
Miles Davis Quintet chronology
Birdland 1951 (2004) Amsterdam Concert (2005) Miles Davis Quintet at Peacock Alley (2006)

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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[1]

Amsterdam Concert is a rare live Miles Davis recording from 1957. This album was recorded at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam on December 8, 1957,^[2] a couple of days after the recording of the movie soundtrack Ascenseur pour l'échafaud.

Davis recorded the album with drummer Kenny Clarke and three French musicians: Pierre Michelot on bass, Rene Urtreger on piano, and Barney Wilen on tenor saxophone.^[2]

Track listing[]

1. "Woody 'n' You" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 5:07
2. "Bags' Groove" (Milt Jackson) - 7:17
3. "What's New" (Bob Haggart) - 3:41
4. "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin) - 6:52
5. "A Night in Tunisia" (Gillespie) - 7:30
6. "Four" (Miles Davis) - 4:33
7. "Walkin'" (Richard Carpenter) - 6:48
8. "Well You Needn't" (Thelonious Monk) - 5:36
9. "'Round About Midnight" (Monk) - 5:37
10. "Lady Bird" (Tadd Dameron) - 5:50

Personnel[]

• Miles Davis – trumpet
• Barney Wilen – tenor saxophone
• René Urtreger – piano
• Pierre Michelot – bass
• Kenny Clarke – drums

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