Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2

Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2
Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2
Live album by Miles Davis Quintet
Released	January 29, 2013
Recorded	CD 1: July 25, 1969; CD 2: July 26, 1969; CD 3: November 5, 1969; DVD: November 7, 1969
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	CD 1: 1:05:42; CD 2: 1:04:11; CD 3: 48:49; DVD: 45:22; Total: 3:44:04
Label	Sony Music Entertainment, Columbia Records, Legacy Recordings 88725 41853 2
Producer	André Francis, Steve Berkowitz
Miles Davis Quintet chronology

Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 is a 3 CD + 1 DVD live album of the Miles Davis Quintet featuring saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Chick Corea, bassist Dave Holland, and drummer Jack DeJohnette. The CDs contain recordings of two concerts in France and one in Sweden and the DVD has an additional concert recorded in Germany.^[1]

The first two discs were recorded at the Festival Mondial du Jazz d'Antibes, La Pinède in Juan-les-Pins, France, on July 25 & 26, 1969 with the first concert originally released in Japan in 1993 as 1969 Miles Festiva De Juan Pins. The third disc contains the concert from November 5, 1969 at the Folkets Hus, Stockholm. The DVD was recorded in West Germany on 7 November 1969 at the Berliner Jazztage in the Berlin Philharmonie.

Repertoire[]

The sets include two jazz standards from the mid-1940, as well as two pieces from Davis' hard bop late 1950s and early 1960s period, several pieces from Davis' second great quintet, and music from 1968-1969 that was included on the Bitches Brew and Directions albums.

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	91/100^[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	.^[3]
Los Angeles Times	^[4]
Popmatters	10/10^[5]
The Guardian	^[6]

Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 received positive reviews on release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a score of 91, based on 11 reviews which is categorised as universal acclaim.^[2] Thom Jurek's review on Allmusic stated "Live in Europe, 1969 makes obvious that on this tour, Davis' creative vision was holistic and completely assured. These fire-breathing performances offer a band at fever pitch hearing and playing what they knew even then was a new chapter in jazz history".^[3] In his review for the Los Angeles Times, Chris Barton observed ""Live in Europe 1969" documents the trumpeter's restless exploration at liftoff".^[4] PopMatters', Matthew Flander gave the album 10 out of 10 saying "It was as powerful a set of players as Davis ever played with, but it also did its own thing, carving out a space that was equal parts eccentric and classic, innovative and authoritative"^[5] The Guardian's John Fordham said "The intensity is somewhat relentless, and there is a warts-and-all feel to sound quality and some of the improvising, but this is newly emerging and influential music still in the furnace".^[6]

Track listing[]

Disc One: July 25, 1969 at the Jazz à Juan festival, La Pinède in Juan-les-Pins.
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Introduction by André Francis"		0:27
2.	"Directions"	Joe Zawinul	6:00
3.	"Miles Runs the Voodoo Down"	Miles Davis	9:17
4.	"Milestones"	Miles Davis	13:45
5.	"Footprints"	Wayne Shorter	11:44
6.	"Round Midnight"	Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen	8:51
7.	"It's About That Time"	Joe Zawinul, Miles Davis	9:30
8.	"Sanctuary"	Wayne Shorter	4:15
9.	"The Theme"	Miles Davis	0:53
Total length:			1:05:42

Disc Two: July 26, 1969 at the Jazz à Juan festival, La Pinède in Juan-les-Pins.
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Introduction by André Francis"		0:26
2.	"Directions"	Joe Zawinul	6:17
3.	"Spanish Key"	Miles Davis	10:36
4.	"I Fall in Love Too Easily"	Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne	2:54
5.	"Masqualero"	Wayne Shorter	8:28
6.	"Miles Runs the Voodoo Down"	Miles Davis	8:46
7.	"No Blues"	Miles Davis	13:34
8.	"Nefertiti"	Wayne Shorter	8:50
9.	"Sanctuary"	Wayne Shorter	0:53
10.	"The Theme"	Miles Davis	0:48
Total length:			1:04:11

Disc Three: November 5, 1969 at the Folkets Hus, Stockholm.
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Introduction by George Wein"		0:30
2.	"Bitches Brew"	Miles Davis	14:38
3.	"Paraphernalia"	Wayne Shorter	9:19
4.	"Nefertiti"	Wayne Shorter	10:02
5.	"Masqualero" (Incomplete)	Wayne Shorter	8:02
6.	"This"	Chick Corea	6:18
Total length:			48:49

Disc Four (DVD): November 7, 1969 at the Berliner Jazztage in the Berlin Philharmonie.
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Introduction by John O'Brien-Docker"		2:07
2.	"Directions"	Joe Zawinul	6:42
3.	"Bitches Brew"	Miles Davis	13:39
4.	"It's About That Time"	Miles Davis	14:09
5.	"I Fall in Love Too Easily"	Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne	3:39
6.	"Sanctuary"	Wayne Shorter	3:55
7.	"The Theme"	Miles Davis	1:11
Total length:			45:22

Personnel[]

Miles Davis – trumpet
Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Chick Corea – electric piano, piano on disc three numbers 3,4 &5
Dave Holland – bass
Jack DeJohnette – drums

References[]

^ Miles Davis website album entry Archived 2015-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 12, 2015
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 2". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Jurek, Thom. Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 2 – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Barton, Chris (January 28, 2013). "Album review: Miles Davis Quintet's exceptional 'Live in Europe 1969'". Tribune Publishing. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Flanderer, Matthew (January 13, 2013). "Miles Davis Quintet: Live in Europe 1969: The Booleg Series Vol. 2". Popmatters. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Fordham, John (February 13, 2013). "Miles Davis Quintet: Live in Europe 1969 – review". The Guardian. Retrieved April 12, 2015.

[1] Miles Davis website album entry Archived 2015-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 12, 2015

[Meta-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 2". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 12, 2015.

[Allmusic-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Jurek, Thom. Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 2 – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 12, 2015.

[LATimes-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Barton, Chris (January 28, 2013). "Album review: Miles Davis Quintet's exceptional 'Live in Europe 1969'". Tribune Publishing. Retrieved April 12, 2015.

[Popmatters-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Flanderer, Matthew (January 13, 2013). "Miles Davis Quintet: Live in Europe 1969: The Booleg Series Vol. 2". Popmatters. Retrieved April 12, 2015.

[Guardian-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b Fordham, John (February 13, 2013). "Miles Davis Quintet: Live in Europe 1969 – review". The Guardian. Retrieved April 12, 2015.

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